Merkel: German 'national interest' for UK to remain in EU
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that it’s in Germany’s national interest for Britain to remain in the European Union, and she also pressed her fellow European leaders to work with Turkey to curb the migrant influx.An EU summit on Thursday and Friday aims to reach an agreement on a package of measures to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc, and Merkel hopes to make some headway toward an elusive European solution of the migrant crisis.Germany is the EU’s most populous - and e..>> view originalMerkel: German 'national interest' for UK to remain in EU
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that it’s in Germany’s national interest for Britain to remain in the European Union, and she also pressed her fellow European leaders to work with Turkey to curb the migrant influx.An EU summit on Thursday and Friday aims to reach an agreement on a package of measures to keep Britain in the 28-nation bloc, and Merkel hopes to make some headway toward an elusive European solution of the migrant crisis.Germany is the EU’s most populous - and e..>> view originalDonald Trump is now the Republican Party's establishment-lane candidate
If you look at past polling, we've reached the stage of the year where past presidential primary winners had largely already been identified. On Feb. 17, 2004, John Kerry held a huge lead among Democrats that he'd keep. In 2008, Barack Obama and John McCain each led his party on this day, and would keep on leading until their conventions. The year 2012 is the only exception, with Rick Santorum having seized the GOP lead from Mitt Romney -- and Romney seizing it back two weeks later, for good. ..>> view originalExclusive: Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security fears
BAGHDAD Iraq is searching for "highly dangerous" radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State.The material, stored in a protective case the size of a laptop computer, went missing in November from a storage facility near the southern city of Basra belonging to U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford (WFT.N), the document obtain..>> view originalAid Deliveries Begin to 5 Besieged Syrian Towns
Photo Rebel fighters on Wednesday escorted a Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy heading toward the villages of Fouaa and Kfarya in Idlib Province. Credit Ammar Abdullah/Reuters GENEVA — More than 100 trucks laden with emergency food and medicine began deliveries on Wednesday to tens of thousands of desperate Syrians in five locations besieged for months by the civil war, United Nations officials and relief workers reported.The deliveries were the first significant ai..>> view originalSuspected Chinese missiles deployed on disputed South China Sea island
BEIJING — Suspected surface-to-air missile batteries have been deployed by China on a disputed island in the South China Sea, officials said Wednesday, heightening concern in the United States and Asia about Beijing’s expanding ambitions in the region. Satellite images apparently showing the missile sites were released as President Obama wrapped up a summit with leaders from nations making rival maritime claims in the region. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement it “graspe..>> view originalPresident's foreign-policy focus keeps China in mind
Between the presidential election and the fight over a Supreme Court vacancy, the political world is understandably paying very little attention to the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, which President Obama is hosting in California this week. And at a practical level, with few breakthroughs expected at the gathering, that’s fine. But it’s occasionally worth pausing to appreciate just how much energy President Obama focuses on U.S. foreign policy as it relates to China. The ..>> view originalThe Latest: Pope says God will judge exploiters of workers
MEXICO CITY — The Latest on Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Pope Francis is warning that God will judge those who exploit workers and make them “slaves of our day,” for their own profit. During a visit to Ciudad Juarez, Francis urged employers to think of the type of Mexico they want to leave for their children. “Do you want to leave them the memory of exploitation, of insufficient pay, of workplace harassment?” he asked. And he added, “What air will they breath? An ..>> view originalThe Latest: Merkel to Turkey: We Are Sharing Your Pain
ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest on the large explosion in the Turkish capital Ankara (all times local): 10:15 p.m.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sharply condemned the attack in the Turkish capital that killed at least 28 people and wounded 61 others.The chancellor said in a statement Wednesday that she was horrified by the attack in Ankara and that her thoughts were with the families of the victims and the injured.She said: "I'm telling the Turkish people: we as Germans are sharing your pa..>> view original
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