Germany’s SPD eyes Scholz as chancellor candidate for 2021 election
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) will ask Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to be their chancellor candidate at an election next year when conservative Angela Merkel’s fourth and last term ends, the weekly Die Zeit reported on Wednesday, citing SPD sources….
No injuries as UK PM Johnson’s car shunted by security vehicle: Reuters witnesses
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s car was shunted by a security vehicle outside parliament on Wednesday when Kurdish protesters ran into the road, two Reuters witnesses said.
Mexican president says Trump summit unlikely, but keeps door open
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday backtracked further on a Washington summit he had proposed with U.S. President Donald Trump for the July 1 launch of the USMCA trade deal, although he did not totally rule it out.
EU chief executive sets conditions for Brexit deal this year
The European Union will do its best to seal an agreement on new ties with Britain by the end of the year but will not compromise its core values to achieve that, the bloc’s chief executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Wednesday.
Cyber spies use LinkedIn to hack European defence firms
Hackers posed as recruiters working for U.S. defence giants Collins Aerospace and General Dynamics on LinkedIn to break into the networks of military contractors in Europe, cybersecurity researchers said on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says time to end ‘abuses’ by Supreme Court
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday told supporters it is necessary to stop “abuses” from the nation’s Supreme Court and that time was nearing to put “everything in its rightful place,” his latest attack in an ongoing confrontation with the …
Brother of George Floyd urges U.N. probe into U.S. racism, violence
The brother of the late George Floyd, a black man whose death under the knee of a white officer roused world protests against racial injustice, urged the United Nations on Wednesday to investigate U.S. police brutality and racial discrimination.
Egypt passes electoral changes that could bolster Sisi supporters
Egypt’s parliament approved amendments on Wednesday which critics say will help supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi extend their dominance over the chamber in elections expected this year.
Germany approves 6 billion euro warship contract, 2.8 billion to Airbus: source
The German parliament’s budget committee on Wednesday approved a 6 billion euro ($6.73 billion) contract to buy four MKS 180 warships from Dutch shipyard Damen, a source said.
Poor health and family ties brought Rwanda genocide suspect into custody
As dawn broke on May 16, an elite French police team blew open the door to an apartment in a sleepy northwestern Parisian suburb where they found Felicien Kabuga, suspected of bankrolling the genocide against Rwanda’s Tutsis in 1994.
