Europeans plan to keep ballistic missile sanctions on Iran

By John Irish, Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) -European diplomats have told Iran they plan to retain European Union ballistic missile sanctions set to expire in October under the defunct 2015 Iran nuclear deal, four sources said, a step that could provoke Iranian retaliation. The sources cited three reasons for keeping the sanctions:…

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Poland says EU should help pay for border security amid Wagner fears

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland expects the European Union to help it fund measures to strengthen its eastern border, a deputy minister said on Thursday, after Warsaw announced a tightening of security due to concerns over the presence of the Wagner group in Belarus. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to offer troops from the private military…

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Corruption inquiry in Australia uncovers China links to state lawmaker

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -The former premier of Australia’s most populous state engaged in corrupt conduct involving another lawmaker with whom she was in a secret romantic relationship, a years-long corruption inquiry that examined business dealings with China said on Thursday. The New South Wales Independent Commission into Corruption (ICAC) said in a report…

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US 2024 hopeful DeSantis targets three federal departments for elimination

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would seek to eliminate the Departments of Energy, Commerce and Education, as well as the Internal Revenue Service, if he were elected president, he suggested in a television interview on Wednesday. “We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we’d do Energy, and we would…

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Mexico considers $4.2 billion debt buyback for canceled airport, official says

By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico may repurchase about $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds issued to finance a partly built Mexico City airport that was later canceled, a senior official said on Wednesday. “It’s a possibility,” Deputy Transportation Minister Rogelio Jimenez Pons told reporters, noting that the finance ministry would lead any talks…

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