German SPD urges fast renewables reform in coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) will push for a quick reform of incentives for green energy in any deal to share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, documents showed on Tuesday.
Turkey realizes Ottoman dream with rail tunnel linking Europe to Asia
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey opened the world’s first underwater rail link between two continents on Tuesday, connecting Asia and Europe and allowing Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to realize a project dreamt up by Ottoman sultans more than a century ago…
Russia lays new theft charges against Putin foe Navalny
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators announced new theft and money laundering charges against opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, increasing pressure against one of President Vladimir Putin’s biggest domestic critics.
Spain launches legal inquiry into U.S. spying allegations
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s public prosecutor launched a preliminary inquiry on Tuesday into reports that U.S. intelligence has spied on million of its citizens.
U.N. inspectors hold ‘very productive’ nuclear talks with Iran
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran held “very productive” talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked investigation into Iranian atomic activities and will meet again in Tehran next month, they said in a rare joint statement on …
Letter bomb sent to Northern Ireland minister
BELFAST (Reuters) – A letter bomb addressed to the British government’s minister for Northern Ireland has been found at the province’s administrative buildings and made safe, police and politicians said on Tuesday.
Egypt and Brotherhood should pursue reconciliation: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed government and the Muslim Brotherhood should seek reconciliation because only an inclusive political process, not security crackdowns, can bring stability to the country, a senior minister said on Tuesday.
France must beat U.S. at economic intelligence: trade minister
PARIS (Reuters) – France must get better than the United States at economic intelligence rather than whining about U.S. phone tapping, which is no reason to suspend EU trade talks with Washington, its trade minister told Reuters on Tuesday.
Bulgaria to seek Roma girl’s return from Greece
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria said on Tuesday it would seek the return of a four-year-old girl found with a Roma family in Greece after DNA tests proved her natural parents were Bulgarian.
Kenya says some soldiers looted during Nairobi mall attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan soldiers sent to protect civilians looted shops while al Qaeda-linked militants killed scores of people during a siege at a Nairobi shopping mall last month, the army admitted on Tuesday.
