French workers turn to sabotage as transport strike flags
French energy workers protesting against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans cut power to Paris’ wholesale food market on Tuesday in the latest of a series of sabotage and wildcat actions as a weeks-long transport strike loses momentum.
Main Irish opposition party would double vacant-site levy
Ireland’s main opposition party Fianna Fail, leading opinion polls before an election on Feb. 8, would double the state levy on sites suitable for housing but not yet developed in an effort to increase much needed supply.
Russia gets new government in what Putin calls major shake-up
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday approved a new Russian government that kept many veteran and senior ministers in place, but brought in a new economy minister and a new first deputy prime minister.
Brazil prosecutors charge The Intercept’s Greenwald with hacking
Brazilian prosecutors charged U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday with assisting a group of hackers who intercepted the cellular phone calls of Justice Minister Sergio Moro when he was the judge handling Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption case.
UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan warn media over paparazzi shots
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have issued a warning over harassment by paparazzi photographers after stepping down from their royal duties to start a new life in Canada, a royal source said on Tuesday.
Brazil charges Vale employees with homicide for dam disaster: source
Brazil state prosecutors have charged employees at miner Vale and auditor TUV SUD with homicide in relation to a deadly dam disaster last year, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Lebanon government to be announced on Tuesday: sources, media
Lebanon’s new government will be announced on Tuesday, political sources and local media said, after the powerful Shi’ite Hezbollah group and its allies clinched an agreement on a cabinet that must tackle a deep economic crisis.
Russia gets new economy minister but finance, energy and agriculture ministers keep jobs
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Energy Minister Alexander Novak, and Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev will keep their posts in Russia’s new government, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
Novak stays on as Russian energy minister after government shake-up
Alexander Novak has retained his post as Russian Energy Minister after a government reshuffle, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, following days of uncertainty over who would lead Moscow’s global energy diplomacy.
Russian defense and foreign ministers keep posts in Putin shake-up: Kremlin
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov kept their posts in a government shake-up unveiled on Tuesday, the Kremlin said.
