South Korean firms to plead guilty to rigging U.S. military fuel bids
Three South Korean companies will plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $236 million for their role in a conspiracy to fix the price of fuel sold to U.S. military bases in South Korea, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Irish PM says Brexit deal achieved all key Irish priorities
Ireland achieved all its key priorities in Britain’s withdrawal agreement with the European Union, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday, adding that its approval by the British government marked one of the better days in his career.
Factbox: What does the Brexit deal say about the Irish ‘backstop’?
One of the most difficult issues in Brexit talks was the Northern Irish ‘backstop’, an insurance policy to avoid a return to controls between the British province and EU-member Ireland which could threaten the 1998 peace accord which ended 30 years of …
Brazil’s Bolsonaro names Trump fan top diplomat as Cuba relations sour
Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro chose an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump’s conservative nationalism as his top diplomat on Wednesday, while escalating tensions with communist Cuba over a medical aid program.
No resignation threats during PM May’s cabinet meeting: UK official
No one threatened to resign at a meeting of Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet of top ministers during discussions over whether to back a draft deal on Britain’s divorce terms with the European Union, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Germany welcomes draft agreement on Brexit as ‘a great relief’
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday he was very pleased British and European Union negotiators had reached a draft agreement on the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc.
As relationship sours, Macron tells Trump France is not vassal of U.S.
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday told Donald Trump that France was the United States’ ally and not a vassal state after the U.S. president attacked him in a series of tweets that demonstrated how much their relationship had soured.
EU trade chief says she hopes EU member states will approve Brexit deal
European Union trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on Wednesday she hoped that EU member states would approve the Brexit deal, and that she agreed with criticism by the United States on China.
Colombia to probe deaths of Odebrecht whistleblower, son
Colombia’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into the deaths of a whistleblower and his son at the center of a corruption probe involving Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, it said late on Tuesday.
Draft Brexit deal bad for Scotland, parliament unlikely to back: Sturgeon
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday British Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft Brexit divorce agreement was bad for the Scottish economy, adding that parliamentary approval would be difficult to win.
