LONDON (Reuters) – The Brexit blame game began on Tuesday when a source in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office blamed German Chancellor Angela Merkel for scuppering any chance of an exit deal with unacceptable demands about the future of Northern Ireland. FILE PHOTO: A pro-Brexit protester holds a placard in Westminster, London, Britain September
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QUITO (Reuters) – Indigenous protesters paralyzed roads around Ecuador and blocked a main highway into the capital on Monday in a fifth day of action against government austerity measures that have sparked the worst unrest in years, resulting in 477 arrests. People participate in a protest against Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures in Quito,
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States began pulling troops from northeast Syria on Monday in a major policy shift, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington and handing Turkey responsibility for thousands of jihadi captives. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
PRISTINA (Reuters) – The opposition leftist Vetevendosje party was set to come in first in Kosovo’s parliamentary poll, but it will have to negotiate a coalition to form a government. According to preliminary results based on 82% of the votes counted, Vetevendosje (Self-determination) won 26% of the votes, while another opposition party – the center-right
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean indigenous and union organizations kept protests going on Saturday and promised no let-up in their push to overturn austerity measures by President Lenin Moreno’s government that have convulsed the nation for three days. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators are seen at a burning barricade during protests after Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno’s government ended
A motorcade carrying North Korean delegation heads for Villa Elfvik on the island of Lidingo off Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S. and North Korean officials arrived to begin nuclear talks at an isolated conference center on the outskirts of Stockholm on Saturday, in an attempt to end months of
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s prime minister accused Turkey on Friday of appearing to “exploit” Europe’s migrant crisis for its own ends and said Ankara can and must control migrant flows to the continent. FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s centrist President Martin Vizcarra swore in a new Cabinet on Thursday as a challenge to his leadership by dismissed lawmakers fizzled out, potentially ushering in a rare period of political calm in the South American nation. Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra and newly appointed ministers pose for a picture during their swearing-in
OTTAWA, Ontario (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his election campaign team were on the way to the airport in Nova Scotia on Sept. 18 when Time magazine journalists called with alarming news. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an election campaign stop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada September 19, 2019.
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a final Brexit offer to the European Union on Wednesday, pitching a possible compromise for a last-minute exit deal that was cautiously welcomed by the EU though the two sides still remain far apart. In what Johnson’s supporters cast as a moment of truth after
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Wednesday that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States aimed at ending its nuclear program. The launch was likely a reminder by the North of its
LIMA (Reuters) – About 20 dismissed Peruvian lawmakers remained cloistered in Congress on Tuesday in defiance of President Martin Vizcarra’s decision to dissolve the body, with police in riot gear blocking others from reentering the building. Streets surrounding Congress were put on police lockdown as downtown Lima became the focus of the latest chapter in
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani holds a news conference in Istanbul January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Ali Larijani, said on Tuesday he welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s willingness to resolve issues with Iran through talks. The Saudi Crown Prince had said he preferred a political
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – As Britain’s governing Conservatives hold their annual conference in Manchester there is one riddle which has echoed around the bars and restaurants – how will Prime Minister Boris Johnson fulfill his pledge to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31? Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the Conservative Party annual conference in Manchester,
LIWONDE, Malawi (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday for increased global efforts to protect the environment against human “greed, apathy and selfishness” during a visit to a national park in Malawi. Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex speaks during reception at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 29, 2019. Dominic
Liberal leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a rally in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is promising billions of dollars in new spending initiatives if re-elected next month, but said on Sunday those commitments would require annual deficits of more