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No deal yet after flurry of Brexit diplomacy in Brussels - officials
By Gabriela Baczynska, Alastair Macdonald and Elizabeth Piper
Merkel's Bavarian allies suffer bruising election setback
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies suffered their worst election result since 1950 on Sunday, bleeding votes to the far-right in a setback that risks widening divisions within Germany's crisis-prone national government.
India's IndiGo eyes wide-bodied aircraft from Airbus, Boeing: executive
Indian airline IndiGo on Sunday said wide-bodied aircraft are an “aspiration” and talks with manufacturers are ongoing but there is no firm timeline amid difficult market conditions in the Indian market.
UK Brexit minister to hold talks with EU on Sunday - source
British Brexit minister Dominic Raab will hold talks with the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, in Brussels later on Sunday, a diplomatic source said.
President Trump says he is unsure if Defense Secretary Mattis will depart
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is unsure whether Defense Secretary James Mattis is planning to step down from his post, but told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a pre-taped interview that the retired general might and that he regards Mattis as "sort o...
Former minister calls on UK cabinet to make May change mind on Brexit
Critics of Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union stepped up the pressure on the prime minister on Sunday, with one former minister saying her cabinet team should exert its authority to force her to change course.
Any Northern Irish backstop will be temporary - UK health minister
British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday any backstop arrangement to prevent a hard border with Ireland following Brexit would be temporary, adding there were different ways to make something "credibly time-limited".
In Tennessee, a Democrat scrambles to turn out voters as polls show slide
Just weeks ago, Tennessee's Phil Bredesen was a bright light for a Democratic Party hoping to make inroads into conservative “Trump country” and secure a path to retake majority control of the U.S. Senate in November's elections.
May's team must force change in Brexit policy, says former minister
Prime Minister Theresa May's ministers should "exert their collective authority" to force a change in her Brexit strategy, former Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday, stepping up pressure on Britain's leader.
Slain Salvadoran bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI become saints
Pope Francis on Sunday made saints of two of the most contentious Roman Catholic figures of the 20th century -- assassinated Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and Pope Paul VI, who reigned over one of the Church's most turbulent eras and enshri...
Hopes fade for more survivors of Hurricane Michael
The hunt for missing people in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael early Sunday is turning into a search for the dead, as hope of finding more people alive fades in the Florida Panhandle, U.S. officials said.
U.S. to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that Washington wants to include a provision to deter currency manipulation in future trade deals, including with Japan, based on the currency chapter in the new deal to revamp NAFTA.
Martyr priest, now Saint Romero, challenged power in El Salvador
In 1980, a day after urging El Salvador's military to halt a string of abuses that would inflame a 12-year civil war in the impoverished country, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot dead while leading Mass.
Russian opposition leader Navalny freed from jail
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released on Sunday after 20 days in jail where he was held on charges of staging an illegal protest last month.
ECB can set policy independently of Fed: Villeroy
The European Central Bank can set its own monetary policy independently of the Federal Reserve, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Sunday.
Trump says family separations deter illegal immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that separating migrant families at the border could deter illegal immigration and that he was considering several options to tighten border security.
Merkel's Bavarian allies brace for election bruising
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies are heading for their worst state election result in over 60 years in a regional vote on Sunday that is likely to increase tensions within Germany's fragile coalition government.
DUP leader sees no-deal Brexit as 'likeliest outcome' - The Observer
The head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government is "ready" to trigger a no-deal Brexit and now regards it as the "likeliest outcome," The Observer newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a leaked...
Mexico says new U.S. trade deal won't block other economic relations
Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray told his Chinese counterpart in a phone call on Saturday that Mexico's new trade deal with the United States and Canada will not impede economic relations with other countries, according to a foreign...
DUP leader regards no-deal Brexit as 'likeliest outcome' -Observer
The head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government regards a no-deal Brexit as the "likeliest outcome", according to a leaked email seen by The Observer newspaper.