Spain gears up for repeat election on June 26
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s King Felipe dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a new national election for June 26 after a vote in December left such a fractured political landscape that no government could be formed.
German comedian says Merkel ‘served me up for tea’ to Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German comedian under investigation by prosecutors for mocking Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday of “filleting” him and serving him to a despot for tea in his first public comments since t…
UK’s ‘Out’ camp lead narrows ahead of EU referendum: ICM poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union saw its lead narrow slightly over the rival “In” campaign, according to a weekly online poll published by opinion poll firm ICM on Tuesday.
Merkel says won’t change tack to counter anti-immigration party
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Tuesday her conservatives would not change strategy to counter the fast-rising Alternative for Germany (AfD) after a newspaper reported she wanted to shift course to lure back voters from t…
Hollande against signing U.S.-EU trade deal at current stage
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that he was opposed at this stage to concluding the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States.
More than 100 migrants die in Libya to Italy weekend shipwrecks
GENEVA (Reuters) – An estimated 113 people died in four shipwrecks between Libya and Italy at the weekend as the crossing becomes the preferred sea route for migrants to Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Drought-hit Zimbabwe sells off wild animals
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe put its wild animals up for sale on Tuesday, saying it needed buyers to step in and save the beasts from a devastating drought.
Hungary to hold EU migrant quota referendum by October
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will hold a referendum in September or early October on whether to accept any future European Union quota system for resettling migrants, the prime minister’s office said on Tuesday.
North Korea capital gears up for congress; South fears nuclear test
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – North Korea’s rain-soaked capital was festooned on Tuesday with banners celebrating leader Kim Jong Un ahead of a ruling party congress, as rival South Korea expressed concern that Pyongyang could conduct a nuclear test before or …
China to investigate Baidu over student’s death, shares dive
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Internet regulator said on Monday it will send a team to investigate Baidu Inc over the death of a university student who used the Chinese search engine to look for treatment for his cancer.
