Britain’s May heads for defeat in Brexit vote
British Prime Minister Theresa May was heading for defeat on Tuesday on her plans to leave the European Union as skeptical members of her own party appeared ready to defy her warning that Britain might not leave the EU at all if they voted against her….
Macron’s party rules out joining EU centrist group after Le Pen accusations
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party will not join the pan-European ALDE group, his EU election campaign chief said, after it emerged the centrist alliance had received funding from the Bayer-Monsanto agriculture and chemicals conglomerate.
EU suspends Boeing 737 MAX flights after Ethiopia crash
The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc by Boeing 737 MAX planes in the biggest setback yet for the U.S. planemaker following a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people.
Venezuela, blaming U.S. for blackout, orders diplomats to leave
Venezuela ordered American diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro accused U.S. counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the OPEC nation into its worst blackout on record.
Venezuela’s Guaido moves to re-open energy industry: document
Venezuela’s interim government led by congress head Juan Guaido is preparing new legislation to reverse late President Hugo Chavez’s energy industry nationalization, allowing private companies a bigger role in its oilfields and shrinking state-run PDVS…
UK PM May’s Brexit deal has reached the end of the road: Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has reached the end of the road and Britain should leave the bloc without an agreement, former British foreign secretary and leading Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
EASA suspends all flight operations of two Boeing 737 models
The European Union’s aviation safety agency EASA suspended all flights in the bloc by Boeing’s 737-8 and 737-9 airplanes following the Sunday’s deadly plane crash in Ethiopia.
Nigeria’s ruling party takes close lead in governor elections, but balance could tip
Nigeria’s ruling party took a close lead in elections for powerful state governors on Tuesday, although the final results hang in the balance as seven races were declared inconclusive or suspended.
U.S. expands return of asylum seekers to Mexico to new ports of entry
The United States is expanding its program to send asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court proceedings and so far has returned 240 people since starting the program in January, U.S. officials told reporters on Tuesday.
Equal rights row flares over Arab-Jewish divide in Israel election
A remark by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel is a state for Jews alone has heated up an election row over equal rights that has drawn in the president and even the Israeli who plays Wonder Woman over alleged prejudice against Israeli Arabs…
