Germany summons U.S. ambassador over Merkel phone tapping
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister has summoned the United States’ ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, to discuss information obtained by Berlin that the U.S. may have monitored Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, a government spokesman said o…
U.S. talking to Turkey about China missile deal concerns: envoy
ANKARA (Reuters) – The United States is talking to Turkey about its concern over Ankara’s decision to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system with a Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions, U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said on Thursday….
Plane fighting Australia fires crashes, kills pilot
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A plane dousing wildfires in bushland south of Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, crashed into a national park on Thursday, killing the pilot and sparking a new fire to add to 55 still burning across the state of New South Wales.
Insight: Merkel’s Europe – how her men run Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In Brussels, Germans have shrugged off their postwar reserve and make no apology for shaping Europe’s future, taking key posts in EU institutions and pushing Berlin’s trade interests with vigor.
Special Report: Poland’s roads to ruin
MSZANA, Poland (Reuters) – When Poland started handing out billions of euros worth of contracts for a wave of road-building five years ago, everyone was meant to benefit.
France’s Hollande seen losing 2017 presidential election: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Four fifths of French voters believe President Francois Hollande will not win the next presidential election in 2017, a poll showed on Thursday, a fresh blow to the leader of the euro zone’s second-biggest economy.
Mexico ruling party ready to back higher junk food tax: lawmaker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is ready to support an opposition proposal to increase a planned tax on junk food included in the government’s fiscal reform, the PRI’s leader in the Senate said on Wednesd…
Brazil high court ruling on large Indian reserve a setback for farmers
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the terms for the creation of one of the country’s largest Indian reservations did not apply elsewhere, in a setback for agricultural interests hoping to limit the expansion of reserve…
Tunisian police battle militants, talks delayed
TUNIS (Reuters) – Seven Tunisian policemen were killed in clashes with militants on Wednesday as the government cracked down on Islamist fighters using the chaos in neighboring Libya to get weapons and training.
Tank traps meet tourist traps at Korea’s Demilitarised Zone
DEMILITARISED ZONE, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean soldiers are everywhere on the south side of the misleadingly named Demilitarized Zone. They guard buildings and man roadblocks to keep the invading hordes at bay.
