PARIS (Reuters) -Twelve police were wounded on Saturday in clashes with demonstrators in France’s Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said. Some 2,000 protesters, including a roughly 300-strong dark-clad hardcore, were in the Maurienne Valley objecting to construction of a rail link including a…
By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -President Joe Biden made his 2024 re-election pitch to union members in Philadelphia on Saturday in his first political rally since launching his campaign in April, aiming to shore up a key part of his political coalition and bolster support among white working-class voters. The AFL-CIO, which…
By Philip Blenkinsop (Reuters) – European countries should strengthen relations with Taiwan if they want continued Taiwanese investment in semiconductor production, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said during a visit to Europe last week. Overseas investments by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, need government approval, including for a potential factory in…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities found 129 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the eastern state of Veracruz, the National Migration Institute (INM) said in a statement on Saturday. The migrants were crammed into a trailer in the midst of a heat wave in Mexico, where higher-than-normal temperatures have topped…
LONDON (Reuters) – Teachers in England will strike on July 5 and July 7, the National Education Union (NEU) said on Saturday, staging further industrial action over a pay and funding dispute with the government. The new dates announced by Britain’s largest education union come on top of at least six days of walk-outs by…
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia wants enhanced maritime security in the crucial Gulf region as part of its rapprochement with long-time rival Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Saturday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March, in a deal brokered by China, to end a diplomatic rift and reestablish relations following years of…
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg,…
ROME (Reuters) – Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea. Last week’s shipwreck off Greece, killing at least 78 among hundreds packed onto a fishing boat, has shone a light once again on…
LONDON (Reuters) – A man appeared in court on Saturday charged with three counts of murder, the BBC reported, following a stabbing and van attack in the central English city of Nottingham earlier this week which left three people dead. Valdo Calocane, aged 31, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by magistrates, after…
By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jens Stoltenberg is expected to be asked to remain as NATO secretary general for another year, according to a source familiar with the discussions and a U.S. official, as the alliance has struggled to decide on a replacement ahead of a mid-July summit in Lithuania. Stoltenberg’s…
