Peru’s president throws cold water on Chinese railway proposal
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said a transcontinental railway proposed by China to slash the costs of shipping Brazilian goods to Asia could be too expensive and environmentally harmful to build.
Mexico puts federal police under spotlight over 43 student deaths
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has widened its investigation into the abduction and apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in the southwestern city of Iguala in 2014 to examine the role of federal and state police, a federal prosecutor said.
Germany’s Steinmeier against new integration push by EU
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday said the European Union lacked the cohesion to undertake major new integration steps after Britain’s vote to leave the bloc, but also warned against efforts to unwind the cur…
Mexico reaches compensation deal for victims of 2015 Egypt bombing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans who lost relatives or were wounded in an aerial bombing in Egypt last year have reached a compensation agreement with the Egyptian Travel Agents Association (ETAA), Mexico’s government said on Tuesday.
Chile ad thanking military in dictatorship years causes stir
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A two-page newspaper advertisement in Chile commemorating members of the armed forces killed during the nation’s 1973 to 1990 right-wing military dictatorship is causing a stir in a country still divided by its political history.
France pledges more aid for struggling tourism sector
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government on Tuesday pledged more aid to help the country’s struggling tourism sector cope after a wave of Islamist attacks, bringing to 10 million euros its contribution to a campaign to promote the country abroad.
Spanish court to investigate politician from Rajoy’s People’s Party
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would investigate a prominent figure from the conservative People’s Party (PP) for alleged money laundering offences, as politicians struggling to form a government clash over corruption cases…
For some ‘Jungle’ migrants, France isn’t that bad after all
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Afghan national Sajjad had dreamt of a new life in Britain, but the teenager is among a growing number of migrants holed up in a squalid camp in Calais to decide that France might not be such a bad second choice.
Top German companies say refugees not ready for job market
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s blue-chip companies will have to explain to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday why they have managed to hire fewer than 100 refugees after around a million arrived in the country last year.
EU’s Timmermans says rule of law row with Poland not resolved
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The deputy head of the European Commission said a dispute with Warsaw over Poland’s top court has not been resolved, while European lawmakers lambasted the EU’s biggest ex-Communist state on Tuesday for undercutting democratic ch…
