UK’s Labour faces wipe-out in Scotland despite change of leader: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party could suffer a wipe-out in Scotland in a UK-wide parliamentary election in May, scuppering its overall chances of supplanting Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, a poll suggested on Friday….
Venezuela’s Maduro moves foreign minister Ramirez to U.N.
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro named powerful Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez to a new post as envoy to the United Nations on Friday, saying the appointment would strengthen Venezuela’s voice on the world body’s Security Council from Jan….
Uganda says it will pull troops out of South Sudan only if Juba secured
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Uganda’s president said on Friday he would pull troops out of South Sudan only if regional forces secured its capital Juba from rebel attack, as fighting in the world’s newest state dragged on into a second year.
In Cuba’s sea of classic cars, the truly valuable are elusive
HAVANA (Reuters) – Luis Abel Bango spent seven years searching for his dream car, a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. He finally found it on Cuba’s far western tip, buying it off the original owner for $7,000.
Doubts deepen over Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal as work starts
MANAGUA (Reuters) – When one of the poorest countries in the Americas and a little-known Chinese businessman said they planned to undertake one of the biggest engineering projects in history, few people took them seriously.
Schaeuble says he is ready to tackle tax ‘bracket creep’ in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he would be ready to cut income taxes by adjusting thresholds for inflation if the upper house of parliament agrees to scrap a practice that generates billions of euros in annual revenu…
Sudan defends decision to expel two United Nations officials
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan defended on Friday its decision to expel two senior UNDP officials and urged the world body to respect Sudanese sovereignty, worsening tensions with the United Nations.
Some 1,250 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over Christmas
ROME (Reuters) – Nearly 1,250 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the Christmas period and five bodies have been recovered, Italian officials said on Friday.
Former Belgian premier Leo Tindemans dies at 92
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Former Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, whose record support in European elections earned him the nickname “Mr. Europe”, died on Friday at the age of 92.
Erdogan tells Europe to stop criticizing Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed European countries on Friday for criticizing deteriorating press freedom in Turkey and said they should instead try to find a solution for what he said was increasing Islamophobia in the con…
