Day of democracy in communist Vietnam in vote on party’s parliament
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam will showcase its five-yearly day of democracy on Sunday with an election for a parliament tightly controlled by a Communist Party that is seeing unprecedented challenges to its four-decade political monopoly.
EgyptAir jet sent smoke-alarm warnings before crash
PARIS/CAIRO (Reuters) – The EgyptAir jet which crashed in the Mediterranean on Thursday sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board, shortly before it disappeared off radar screens, French investigators said on Saturday.
Europe’s neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders
KELMIS, Belgium (Reuters) – A small town in Belgium that spent a century living outside the map of Europe’s great power system celebrates the 200th anniversary of the quirky autonomy it secured in the wake of the Napoleonic wars.
Yemeni government to give peace talks ‘last chance:’ minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemen’s government will give U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait a “last chance”, the country’s foreign minister said on Saturday, four days after the delegation suspended participation in the process aimed at ending the year-long wa…
Some evacuation orders lifted in Canada’s scorched oil lands
TORONTO (Reuters) – Authorities in Canada’s wildfire-ravaged energy heartland have lifted evacuation orders on Suncor Energy Inc and Syncrude oil sites after rain and cold weather helped dampen the flames.
U.S defense secretary apologizes after American charged in Japanese woman’s death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called his Japanese counterpart on Saturday to express regrets after an American working at a U.S. military base in Japan was arrested on suspicion of dumping the body of a Japanese woman.
Strikes bring shortages in hundreds of French petrol stations
PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of petrol stations faced shortages in France on Saturday as protests over a labor law reform led to a fall in refinery output and blockades that hampered fuel supply and prompted consumer panic.
UK ‘Remain’ camp gains ground in EU poll, bookmakers lengthen Brexit odds
LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union extended its lead over the “Out” campaign in an opinion poll published on Saturday, while two major bookmakers offered the shortest odds to date on a vote to remain.
G7 united against Brexit but can only hope for an ‘In’ vote
SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) – Finance leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers united over the weekend in wishing that Britain stays in the European Union, but acknowledged they could do little more than hope.
Kazakh police break up anti-government protests
ALMATY/ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakh police broke up anti-government protests across the country on Saturday, detaining dozens of protesters and cordoning off the main squares of major cities.
