Temporary housing first step as wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray recovers
FORT MCMURRAY/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) – Reconstructing Fort McMurray will be easier than first feared since much of the city’s critical infrastructure remains intact but the once booming oil town will be smaller than before, according to its mayor.
Iraq says Islamic State control shrinks to 14 percent of its territory
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq said on Wednesday its U.S.-backed military campaign against Islamic State had retaken around two-thirds of the territory seized by the militants in their lightning sweep across the country’s north and west in 2014.
Russia boosts power supplies to annexed Crimea
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw on Wednesday the launch of a fourth and final electricity line from Russia to Crimea, which will almost completely end the peninsula’s reliance on the Ukrainian grid for its power.
Dozens of terrorism suspects among refugees who entered Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities are investigating 40 cases in which Islamic militants are suspected of having entered the country with the recent flood of refugees from the Middle East, the federal police said on Wednesday.
Campaigns for Britain to leave EU get biggest donations: watchdog
LONDON (Reuters) – Campaigns for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum next month received 8.2 million pounds ($12 million) in donations, more than the funding received by the “In” campaign over 81 days.
Britain’s queen caught on camera calling Chinese officials ‘very rude’
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were “very rude” during a state visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping that London had said would herald a “golden era” in relations with Beijing.
Egypt opens Gaza crossing for 48 hours after 85-day closure
GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt opened its border with Gaza for the first time in three months on Wednesday, giving Palestinians a two-day respite from a closure stemming from friction between Cairo and the enclave’s Islamist rulers.
Turkey has killed 3,000 Islamic State fighters in Syria, Iraq: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has killed 3,000 Islamic State fighters in Syria and Iraq, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that no other country is fighting Islamic State as Ankara is.
U.S. to switch on European missile shield despite Russian alarm
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – The United States’ European missile defense shield goes live on Thursday almost a decade after Washington proposed protecting NATO from Iranian rockets and despite Russian warnings that the West is threatening the peace in central…
Sturgeon ‘reasonably confident’ Scotland will vote to stay in EU
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she is “reasonably confident” Scotland will vote to remain in the European Union in next month’s referendum.
