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June 5 (Reuters) – Peruvians head to the polls on June 7 for a presidential runoff between leftist Roberto Sanchez and conservative Keiko Fujimori, after a fractured first round in April whose results took nearly a month to confirm. Peru, one of the world’s top copper producers and a major exporter of other critical minerals, …
BUDAPEST, June 5 (Reuters) – Hungary’s government will stop issuing worker visas to employees from the Philippines, Georgia and Armenia from Friday, a government spokeswoman said, calling the move a first step towards regulating the inflow of guest workers. • Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s Tisza party, which ended right-wing leader Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule in …
By Ivana Sekularac and Andreas Rinke TIVAT, Montenegro, June 5 (Reuters) – The European Union must show it is willing and able to take in new members, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday as the bloc’s leaders gathered with Western Balkan counterparts hoping to join in the coming years. Enlargement has risen up the …
1m ago House blocks Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s war powers resolution on Lebanon The House rejected a war powers resolution on Thursday to constrain President Trump in Lebanon after Democratic leaders came out against it. The resolution, introduced by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, directs the president to remove U.S. armed forces “from Lebanon” within …
KATHMANDU, June 5 (Reuters) – The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is worried about its declining population and has announced cash incentives to families to produce more children. Nestled between China and India in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, a country of fewer than 800,000 people, is offering families monthly incentives of 10,000 ngultrums (about $105) …
SARAJEVO, June 5 (Reuters) – The United States warned on Friday that it would reconsider its role in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) after the international body overseeing the Balkan country’s peace process had failed to support its candidate for a new peace envoy. The Peace Implementation Council (PIC), an informal body overseeing the implementation of …
ROME, June 5 (Reuters) – Sex education in Italian schools will require parental consent under a reform promoted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government, which also excludes it from nurseries and primary schools. The bill, sponsored by Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, won final approval in the Senate on Thursday, drawing criticism from opposition parties …
LONDON (AP) — The former Prince Andrew made money by subletting three cottages on the estate where he lived rent-free for two decades, according to a report on the royal family’s properties released Friday by the U.K. public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office report said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received income from renting out the cottages …
BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) – The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has begun an investigation into the Boeing 787 jetliner whose nose gear collapsed on Thursday at a gate at Frankfurt airport, according to a BFU spokesperson. • An interim report is expected in about eight weeks, and the final report in …
MOSCOW, June 5 (Reuters) – Five Azerbaijani citizens were killed and three others injured in attacks on two cargo vessels in the Sea of Azov, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Responding to a question about the vessels hit in Taganrog Bay, the ministry said the crews included 25 Azerbaijani citizens in total, but that …