Danish center-left opposition to take power – projection after early count
Denmark could become the third Nordic country in a year to elect a leftist government as voters in Wednesday’s parliamentary election appeared to rebel against austerity measures and deal a blow to right-wing nationalists.
China’s panda diplomacy puts a smile on ‘best friend’ Putin’s face
Chinese President Xi Jinping presented two pandas to Moscow’s zoo at a ceremony with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, in a gesture the Russian president described as a sign of deepening trust and respect between the two powers.
Romanian president asks ruling party to revise controversial justice laws
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asked the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) on Wednesday to agree to undo changes to judicial legislation that have raised concerns about the rule of law in one of the European Union’s most corrupt states.
British veterans parachute over Normandy 75 years after making D-Day jump
Two British war veterans in their mid-nineties parachuted over the fields of Normandy, northern France, on Wednesday, 75 years after they jumped behind German defences on D-Day in an operation that helped turn the tide of World War Two against Adolf Hi…
Hope grows for deal to avoid U.S. tariffs on Mexican goods
Hope grew on Wednesday for a deal to avoid the United States imposing tariffs on Mexican goods in return for Mexico doing more to halt illegal immigration but President Donald Trump said he was willing to go ahead with the import duties if he is not sa…
Don’t fret, Trump tells nervous Ireland, Brexit will work out ‘very well’
Donald Trump, arriving in Ireland for the first time as U.S. president on Wednesday, sought to reassure the country that Britain’s exit from the European Union would work out fine for its near neighbour.
Trump casts doubt on reports of North Korean executions
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the aftermath of a failed Hanoi summit and lamented that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was blamed too quickly.
Danish center-left opposition set to take power, exit polls suggest
Denmark’s opposition parties led by the Social Democrats look set to oust the ruling Liberal Party and its center-right alliance, two exit polls after Wednesday’s election suggested.
Exclusive: U.S. preparing to sell over $2 billion in weapons to Taiwan, testing China – sources
The United States is pursuing the sale of more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates.
Macron pays D-Day tribute to Resistance victims of Caen prison massacre
President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Wednesday to 71 French Resistance fighters shot dead by the Gestapo on the day Allied forces landed in Normandy but whose bodies were never recovered, as he marked the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
