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Merkel defends climate plan as activists block Berlin squares

Editorial Bureau October 8, 2019

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday defended climate protection measures condemned by critics as unambitious, while activists blocked traffic in Berlin to demand drastic action to cut carbon emissions responsible for global warming. Speaking at the launch of a centre for

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U.S. forces will not support Turkish operation in Syria: White House

Editorial Bureau October 7, 2019

WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL – Turkey will soon move forward with its long-planned military operation to create what it calls a “safe zone” in northern Syria and U.S. forces will not support or be involved in it, the White House press secretary said on Sunday. The statement came after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump […]

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U.S. entrepreneur Arcuri refuses to answer questions about intimacy with Boris Johnson

Editorial Bureau October 7, 2019

LONDON – U.S. businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri on Monday repeatedly refused to answer questions about whether or not she had an intimate relationship with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was mayor of London. The Sunday Times has reported that when Johnson was mayor he failed to declare close personal links to Arcuri who received […]

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Jailed Catalan leader says Spain wants to ‘behead’ separatism

Editorial Bureau September 11, 2019

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s highest-profile jailed separatist leader accused Spain of trying to behead the secessionist movement with a trial on the region’s failed independence bid, adding that another independence referendum was still a possibility. Oriol Junqueras, the former Catalan deputy head of government who is jailed outside Barcelona

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Scaramucci says he’s ‘just getting started,’ will raise money for anti-Trump effort

Editorial Bureau September 7, 2019

TORONTO – Anthony Scaramucci, financial investor and short-lived communications director for U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Friday that he was raising money to prevent his former boss from being re-elected. In an interview with Reuters in Toronto, Scaramucci discussed his past support for the president and the chance of another Republican running a successful

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German Finance Minister Scholz vows to respect any SPD decision to quit Merkel’s coalition

Editorial Bureau September 6, 2019

BERLIN – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Thursday he would respect any decision by his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) to quit conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition. The SPD, facing record low support levels, will elect a new leader during a party conference in December and review the coalition with Merkel’s conservatives.

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As Ivanka Trump visits, U.S. OKs $400 million Argentina highway investment

Editorial Bureau September 6, 2019

BUENOS AIRES – The United States has approved a $400 million (324.37 million pounds) highway investment in Argentina as President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump visits the South American nation on a wider tour of the region. Ivanka Trump, a White House adviser, is on a Latin American trip that includes visits to Colombia […]

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U.S. Democrats slam Pence for staying at Trump hotel in Ireland

Editorial Bureau September 4, 2019

SHANNON, Ireland – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence drew fire from Democrats on Tuesday when he met with Irish leaders in the capital Dublin but stayed at a hotel owned by President Donald Trump almost 300 km (180 miles) away at his boss’s urging. Pence held his meetings in Dublin on Ireland’s east coast on […]

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Brexit hazard warning lights: UK economy contracts for first time since 2012

Editorial Bureau August 10, 2019

LONDON – The British economy shrank unexpectedly for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter, dragged down by a slump in manufacturing just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to leave the European Union with or without a divorce deal. In the most startling economic warning sign since the 2016 Brexit referendum, gross […]

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Myanmar citizens deported from Singapore over alleged insurgent ties remanded in custody

Editorial Bureau July 26, 2019

YANGON – Six Myanmar nationals deported from Singapore over alleged links to an ethnic minority insurgent group were remanded in custody in Yangon on Friday, a court spokesman said, as relatives of the accused said they were being held incommunicado. “We issued another remand this morning for them,” Min Thant, an information officer at the […]