By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday that if elected president again in 2024 he would seek to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to immigrants in the country illegally, a plan that contradicts how a 19th century amendment to the U.S. Constitution long has been interpreted….
By Fatos Bytyci ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday,…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s spy agency told former Canadian Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole that China campaigned to discredit him and suppress votes ahead of the 2021 election he lost to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, O’Toole said on Tuesday. In a briefing on Friday, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) informed…
By Steve Scherer and Nia Williams (Reuters) -Alberta’s election of conservative leader Danielle Smith puts her on a collision course with Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over climate policies that she claims will undermine the province’s massive fossil fuel industry. Smith, leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP), defeated left-leaning New Democratic Rachel Notley…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments decided on Tuesday to nearly double the amount of EU financial support to Moldova to a total of 295 million euros ($324.74 million), the Swedish presidency of the EU said. The decision comes just days before a meeting of the European Political Community in Moldova on June 1, as…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey called on NATO hopeful Sweden on Tuesday to prosecute those responsible for projecting the flag of an outlawed group onto the parliament building in Stockholm, on the day of Turkish elections that extended President Tayyip Erdogan’s rule. A Swedish parliament spokesperson said a number of people projected messages onto the building…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan extended his rule into a third decade by defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday. Here are details on how it unfolded: WHAT WERE THE FINAL RESULTS? In the first round of elections on May 14, Erdogan received 27.13 million votes and his rival Kilicdaroglu 24.60 million votes,…
By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most…
By Daren Butler and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan and supporters on Monday revelled in an election victory lengthening his rule into a third decade while Turkey’s opposition, which once counted on winning, braced for “difficult days” against an increasingly autocratic government. His rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu said it was “the most unfair…
LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Around 25 NATO peacekeepers have been injured in clashes with Serbs protesting against Albanian mayors taking office in Serb majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR said in a statement. “While countering the most active fringes of the crowd, several soldiers of the Italian…
