Portugal Socialists say ready to form leftist government
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s caretaker centre-right prime minister and the head of the opposition Socialists made rival offers on Tuesday to form the next government, exacerbating the country’s political stalemate following this month’s inconclusive e…
Yemen peace talks story withdrawn
((The Oct. 19 story on Yemen peace talks is wrong and is withdrawn. The UN says no time or date has been announced for the talks, and the Facebook account cited is fake. There won’t substitute story.)
Fragmented post-recession Europe harder to govern
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – From Portugal to Sweden, European countries are becoming harder to govern, and economic reforms more difficult to implement, as a prolonged financial crisis bequeaths a fragmented political landscape with weaker and more divided go…
EU aviation safety body to set up pilots’ medical database by end 2016
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s aviation safety regulator aims to set up a medical database for pilots by December 2016 following the Germanwings crash earlier this year, it said on Tuesday.
As Pope visit nears, U.S. Catholic Church faces financial strain
BOSTON (Reuters) – When Pope Francis makes his first visit to the United States this month he will face a national Catholic Church whose finances are staggering under a shrinking membership and huge payouts to sex-abuse victims, threatening to undermin…
Around 4 million voters shut out of historic Myanmar election
MAHACHAI, Thailand/NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – When Myanmar votes next month in what has been billed as its first free and fair election in 25 years, Tun Lin, and around 4 million of his fellow citizens, won’t be taking part.
Cuba releases artist who was considered a prisoner of conscience
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba released a graffiti artist known as “El Sexto,” his sister said on Tuesday, ten months after he was jailed for “disrespect of the leaders of the revolution” over a satire of Fidel and Raul Castro.
EU to sign pre-membership accord with Kosovo, sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is expected to sign an agreement with Kosovo next week paving the way for the accession of the Balkan country to the bloc, a move seen as also helpful in bringing Serbia closer to the EU, officials said.
Canada’s Trudeau topples PM Harper in shock election win
MONTREAL/CALGARY (Reuters) – Canada’s Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rode a late surge to a stunning majority election victory on Monday, toppling Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives with a promise of change and returning a touch of glamor, yo…
Taliban threatens southern Afghan city, civilians flee
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban forces advanced on the capital of the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand on Tuesday amid fierce fighting with government forces that threatened to cut off a major highway and prompted many families…
