Farage says can envisage Britain contribution to EU budget post-Brexit: Le Figaro
PARIS (Reuters) – Britain can make compromises to secure continued access to the EU’s single market, including possibly a contribution to the bloc’s budget, but compromises on immigration are out of the question, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage told Le …
Malaysian opposition leader charged with graft over land deal, bungalow purchase
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities on Thursday charged a senior federal opposition leader with two counts of abuse of power, a move government critics say is part of a crack down on those opposed to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administrati…
Mongolia’s opposition MPP sweeps back to power on country’s economic woes
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – The main opposition Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) swept back to power in landslide parliamentary elections, results from Mongolia’s election committee showed on Thursday, after campaigning dominated by concern over slowing econ…
Venezuela first lady’s nephews U.S. drug case gets new defendant
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged a new defendant accused of participating in a scheme with two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady to transport a multi-hundred kilogram load of cocaine to the United States.
North Korea’s Dear Respected Comrade leader gets a new title
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s parliament awarded Kim Jong Un a new post on Wednesday, adding to a long list of titles for the young leader.
U.S.-led strikes pound Islamic State in Iraq, kill 250 fighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters ki…
North America leaders mount strong defense of trade despite threats
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday mounted a fierce defense of free trade, vowing to deepen economic ties despite an increasingly acrimonious debate about the value of globalization.
U.S. says Russian ship raised false signal in incident
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of deliberately displaying the wrong naval signals and interfering with a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, in the latest salvo about a June incident that both countries bla…
EU tells UK single market access requires full free movement
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders met for the first time without Britain on Wednesday less than a week after it voted to leave, delivering a tough message that London can access the bloc’s lucrative single market only if it agrees to a…
No fanfare as Philippines’ Duterte prepares to take office
MANILA (Reuters) – There will be no fancy ‘vin d’honneur’ at Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration as president of the Philippines on Thursday, just simple fare at a low-key event. Then he will get straight down to the business of crushing crime, drugs and la…
