‘Very, very nasty’: Trump clashes with Macron before NATO summit
U.S. President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron clashed over the future of NATO on Tuesday before a summit intended to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Western military alliance.
Lebanese politicians suggest progress in government talks
Lebanese politicians signaled progress on Tuesday towards agreeing a new government to tackle the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, though a deal had yet to be done.
U.S. exempts local baseball league from Venezuela sanctions: document
The U.S. Treasury Department has created an exemption from its Venezuela-related sanctions allowing for transactions with the country’s local baseball league, according to a Treasury document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
New SPD leaders pull back from sinking German coalition
Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats are leaning away from proposing the party quit Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as they work on a motion to put to delegates at a party congress, party sources said.
Argentina’s president-elect says cabinet ‘chosen,’ some names still under wraps
Argentina’s incoming cabinet has already been chosen and will be revealed on Friday, President-elect Alberto Fernandez said in a social media post on Tuesday, as the country and markets watch closely for the make-up of the Peronist’s core leadership te…
‘Missed his moment’: opposition corruption scandal undermines Venezuela’s Guaido
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido’s faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro are facing a new challenge in the form of an influence-peddling scandal that has left disillusioned Venezuelans wondering if Guaido’s moment has passed.
Employee of French defense company Thales killed in Bogota
An employee of French defense electronics company Thales was killed in Bogota, Colombia, on Monday, the company said on Tuesday.
EU finds Czechs should return subsidies due to PM Babis’s business conflict: reports
The European Commission has determined that the Czech Republic must return hundreds of millions of crowns in EU subsidies as Prime Minister Andrej Babis did not sufficiently separate himself from holdings that received the funds, Czech news websites re…
Setting Iran deadlines ‘might not be the best idea’: new IAEA chief
Setting Iran deadlines to explain how uranium particles were found in an undeclared Tehran warehouse could be counter-productive, the new U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Tuesday, hoping fresh dialogue will resolve the months-long standoff.
Bromance or bad date? Trump, Macron trade barbs over tariffs, NATO
They have hosted each other for state visits and dined at the Eiffel Tower, but the once-budding bromance between U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron looks to have turned into a bad date as they traded blows ahead of a NATO summit….
