U.S. seeks Russian support on Iran at key Israel meeting: source
The United States believes Russia may be more amenable than in the past to addressing U.S. and Israeli concerns about Iran’s influence, including in Syria, when national security leaders meet in Jerusalem this month, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Center-left looks set to win Denmark election on welfare pledges
Danes were voting on Wednesday in a parliamentary election that could deliver the Nordic region’s third leftist government in a year as people rebel against austerity measures they fear could dismantle their cherished welfare model.
Trump says British royal Meghan was ‘nasty’ to him in new interview
Donald Trump thinks that Meghan, wife of the British royal Harry, is “very nice” even if she has been “nasty” to him, the U.S. president said in pre-released extracts of a broadcast interview.
Trump defies own party to push ahead with Mexican tariff threat
Defying increasing criticism from within his own party, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely go ahead with new tariffs on imports from Mexico to pressure it to clamp down on rising numbers of migrants entering the United States.
After backlash, Trump U-turns on UK health service in trade talks
U.S. President Donald Trump backtracked on comments that Britain’s public health service should be on the table in future post-Brexit trade talks between the two countries, after Prime Minister Theresa May said some areas might be off-limits.
Trump says Britain’s health service not on table for trade talks
U.S. President Donald Trump rowed back comments that Britain’s health service could be involved in any future trade deal on Tuesday, after his remark that everything was on the table in talks sparked controversy in Britain.
U.S.-Mexico talks on Wednesday to be held around 3 or 4 p.m: official
Talks at the White House on Wednesday with Mexican leaders will be held around 3 or 4 p.m., a U.S. administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Finland’s Greens name Haavisto as foreign minister in new government
Finland’s Greens, fresh from their best ever election result in April and part of the incoming governing coalition, named party chief Pekka Haavisto as the next foreign minister on Tuesday.
Skirt or trousers? Mexican gender-neutral school uniform plan creates stir
A proposal to allow children in Mexico City to decide whether to wear skirts or trousers to school has caused a swirl of controversy in a country long regarded as a bastion of Roman Catholic family values.
As U.S. tariff deadline on Mexican goods looms, Pence to host talks on Wednesday
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will host Mexican leaders at the White House on Wednesday for talks aimed at pressuring authorities to clamp down on migrants heading for the southern U.S. border, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday.
