Brazil’s President Says He Won’t Accept $20 Million From G7 Without An Apology
Fires in the Amazon prompted G7 leaders to commit $20 million to address them. But Brazil’s president says he won’t take the money unless France’s president retracts what he says were insults.
Northern Ireland Dairy Farmers Fear Prospects Of A No-Deal Brexit
A third of of Northern Ireland’s milk gets sold to the Republic of Ireland. Dairy farmers fear a hit to this lucrative trade if the U.K. leaves the E.U. without an agreement to keep the border open.
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Landmines Remain From Korean War But Serve No Purpose
Hundreds have been killed by landmines in South Korea since the Korean War. Experts say most of the remaining mines serve no military purpose, yet the U.S. and South Korea refuse to ban their use.
3 European nations condemn North Korea’s missile launches
Three important U.S. allies on Tuesday condemned the “repeated provocative launches” of ballistic missiles by North Korea, saying they violate U.N. Security Council resolutions banning any such activity. The United Kingdom, France and Germany issued a…
Macron’s G-7 performance arms him for likely troubles ahead
Could Trump gamble big on Iran? Skepticism reigns
US President Donald Trump is not afraid of surprises but could he take one of the biggest shifts of all in his foreign policy — easing sanctions on Iran? Washington is widely skeptical that Trump will shift course on Iran, with his hawkish advisors l…
Jair Bolsonaro demands Emmanuel Macron withdraw ‘insults’ over fires
Brazil’s president and France’s president continue their feud over G7 aid package for wildfires raging in Amazon rainforestEmmanuel Macron and Jair Bolsonaro. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty ImagesBrazil’s far-right president and his backers have escal…
Canadian court grants new trial to two men charged with attempted train bombing
Two men found guilty of terrorism charges in 2015 for an attempted bombing aimed at derailing a VIA Rail passenger train two years earlier, have been granted a new trial, a provincial court in Canada said on Tuesday. Canadian police had arrested and c…
House Foreign Affairs Urges Sanctions for Turkey S-400 Purchase
(Bloomberg) — Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee are pressuring President Donald Trump to sanction Turkey for the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.The Trump administration said last month that it wouldn’…
UK alone will be to blame for no-deal Brexit: EU tells Johnson
Britain will be solely to blame if it crashes out of the EU in a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit, the bloc told Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday in the latest clash between Brussels and London. With the clock ticking and Johnson adamant the EU must accep…
Iran journalist flees Zarif delegation to stay in Sweden
An Iranian journalist covering Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s Nordic tour has fled the official delegation and applied for residency in Sweden, officials here said Tuesday. The Swedish Migration Agency said Amir-Tohid Fazel, a political repor…
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