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U.S. sets January trade talks with Japan, targeting 'tariff and nontariff barriers'
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to start negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement with Japan in mid-January, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress on Tuesday. In a letter to congressional leaders, Lighthizer suggested the administration will push Japan to "address both tariff and ...
Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day
As thousands of jobs look set to move to the continent due to Brexit, the U.K.'s financial services minister said Wednesday he would do all he could to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center. John Glen told lawmakers that he agreed ...
Corruption-plagued EU member Bulgaria was under pressure Monday to find the killer of a television journalist whose brutal murder at the weekend has shocked the country and sparked international condemnation. The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova — who presented a current affairs talk programme called ...
U.S. stocks are lower for the third day in a row Monday as technology companies again take steep losses. Major indexes are coming off two weeks of declines, and a big jump in bond yields startled investors last week. Stocks in Europe are falling after ...
Journalist raped and brutally murdered in Bulgaria, sparking global outcry
A television journalist has been brutally murdered in Bulgaria's northern town of Ruse, prosecutors said Sunday, in a case that has sparked international condemnation. The body of 30-year-old Viktoria Marinova, whom authorities identified only by her initials, was found on Saturday in a park, Ruse ...
Juncker says Brexit accord with EU may come this month or in November
The European Union will reach a deal with Britain on Brexit in November if it does not do so this month, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told Austrian newspapers. Juncker, whose optimism was echoed in comments Saturday by European Council President Donald Tusk, said that ...
Italy-flagged migrant rescue ship challenges Rome's populist policy
An Italian-flagged rescue ship set sail Thursday for the deadly migrant smuggling route in the central Mediterranean Sea, challenging moves by Italy's populist government to shut down such humanitarian operations. The Mare Jonio, a former tug boat, left from the Sicilian port of Augusta. The ...
Irish regulator opens Facebook data breach probe after hackers tapped into 50 million accounts
Ireland's data regulator has launched an investigation into Facebook over a recent data breach that allowed hackers access to 50 million accounts. The probe could potentially cost Facebook more than $1.6 billion in fines. The Irish Data Protection Commission said Wednesday that it will look into ...
U.N. renews EU naval force's authorization to fight human trafficking off Libya
The Security Council has voted unanimously to renew the authorization for the European Union naval force and other nations to fight human trafficking in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya. The resolution adopted Wednesday authorizes regional organizations and countries to inspect and seize vessels ...
U.K.'s May to call Brexit an 'opportunity,' to challenge critics during speech at party conference
British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell her Conservative Party on Wednesday that the impending divorce from the European Union is an opportunity that opens up a future full of promise, assuring the faithful: "We have everything we need to succeed." In a speech on ...
Kayakers from across Europe join protests to save Balkan rivers from 'dam tsunami'
Kayakers from across Europe took to Bosnia's Vrbas river on Monday to protest against a boom in dam construction across the western Balkans that campaigners say threaten to cause irreparable environmental damage. The kayakers joined activists and local people who have been campaigning for years ...
