Size matters: France deflates EU enlargement aspirations
European Union outsider nations courting accession to the club face dimmer prospects after French President Emmanuel Macron refused to countenance further enlargement until the bloc speeds decision-making and restores its credibility.
Iran’s Guards kill two militants in northwestern region: Fars
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards killed two members of an “anti-revolutionary terrorist” group in a security operation in the northwest of the country, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
European Parliament kicks off new term with protests, more women
The European Parliament opened for a new term on Tuesday with the highest number of women ever but short of three pro-independence Catalan members who were barred from joining as hundreds protested over their exclusion outside the building.
Mexico touts efforts to curb flow of migrants to U.S. border
Mexico’s president on Tuesday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for saying Mexico was keeping its commitment to reduce the flow of U.S.-bound migrants, as criticism mounted within the United States over conditions in the Trump administration’s immigr…
Vale CFO, ex-CEO should be indicted for manslaughter-Brazil Senate panel
Iron ore miner Vale SA’s chief financial officer and its former chief executive should both be indicted for manslaughter, a Brazilian Senate committee that has been investigating a deadly dam collapse in late January, recommended on Tuesday.
Putin to meet Russian defense minister after death of sailors: RIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu soon, RIA quoted the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday, after 14 sailors on board a deep water research sub were killed in a fire while carrying out a survey of the sea floor.
EU’s Tusk says deal on top jobs ‘closer and closer’
A deal on assigning the European Union’s top jobs is getting “closer and closer”, Donald Tusk, chairman of the EU leaders’ summit, said on Tuesday.
Brazil Senate committee recommends blanket ban on mining tailings dams
A Brazilian Senate committee investigating a deadly dam collapse at a Vale SA mining facility recommended on Tuesday that Congress pass a blanket ban on all tailings dams, with those already in place be decomissioned in 10 years.
Fourteen Russian sailors killed in sub fire: ministry
Fourteen Russian sailors on board a deep water research sub were killed in a fire while carrying out a survey of the sea floor, the Russian defense ministry was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
Flood victims in Siberia complain authorities failed to warn them
Russian residents of the Siberian region of Irkutsk devastated by a fatal flood have accused the authorities of failing to give them adequate warning that could have helped save lives and avert damage.
