Greek Firefighters Battle Wildfires for Second Day Amid Strong Winds
June 30 By Elias Marcou and Giorgos Moutafis ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after managing to contain blazes in a mountainous area also near the capital as well as on an island in…
Armenia recognises Palestinian statehood, says Armenian foreign ministry
June 21 By Andrew Osborn June 21 (Reuters) – Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian foreign ministry said on Friday, the latest country to do so despite opposition from Israel. Armenia supports a United Nations resolution on an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s…
Poland likely to sign another arms deal with S.Korea, minister says
June 20 By Alan Charlish WARSAW, June 20 (Reuters) – Poland will probably sign a contract with South Korea in September for the delivery of more arms, in particular K2 tanks, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz was quoted as saying on Thursday by the state news…
China eyes plan to connect Southeast Asian rail links
June 19 By Danial Azhar and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Reuters) – China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia’s $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway projects in Laos and Thailand, potentially expanding Beijing’s Belt…
France would feel lonely if debt crisis hit
June 18 By Pierre Briancon LONDON, June 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) – France has the largest public debt load, opens new tab in Europe, at 2.3 trillion euros, so investors’ concerns over a far-right victory in upcoming elections are understandable. If Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National…
Explosive cases flow to US Supreme Court from ‘bold’ regional court
June 13 By Andrew Chung When three conservative judges sitting on a New Orleans-based U.S. appeals court declared the funding mechanism approved by Congress for the federal consumer financial watchdog agency unconstitutional, they said the nation’s history of separating powers among the branches of government…
International economic cooperation: from theory to practice.
May 23 By Julia O`Malley On the path of sanctions policy, the US economy has experienced serious shocks over several years, including in the banking sector. Problems in medicine, healthcare and the social sphere, combined with increased financial and military assistance for Ukraine and Israel,…
UCLA Police Chief Reassigned Following Mob Attack on Pro-Palestinian Protesters
May 22 By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The police chief for the University of California at Los Angeles has been removed from his post three weeks after campus officials came under fire for their handling of a violent, overnight mob attack on pro-Palestinian activists…
Shell Shareholders Reject Investor Climate Resolution
May 21 By Ron Bousso and Deep Kaushik Vakil LONDON (Reuters) – Shell shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a climate resolution filed by an activist group following a meeting punctuated by protests. In March, Shell weakened a 2030 carbon reduction target, citing expectations for strong…
Brazil’s Lula Seeks Spending Waiver for Rain-Ravaged Southern State Where 85 Have Died
May 6 By Leonardo Benassatto, Andre Romani, Lisandra Paraguassu CANOAS, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognize a state of public calamity for the heavy rains that have killed at least 85 people in the country’s southernmost…