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U.S. rights group in dark about government compliance with immigration order
The U.S. rights group that won a court order to force officials to reunite parents who had been separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border said on Wednesday it was still unclear if the government had fully met the first deadline.
Electric vehicles could lift UK peak power demand by 5-8 GW by 2030 - National Grid
The growing use of electric vehicles could increase peak electricity demand in Britain by between 5 and 8 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, National Grid said on Thursday.
Sacha Baron Cohen's U.S. TV show disrupts ahead of first broadcast
Provocative British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new television show is making headlines in the United States even before its first episode is aired, with conservative figures Sarah Palin and Joe Walsh saying they were duped by him.
Walmart plans to sell Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu: Nikkei
U.S. retailer Walmart Inc has decided to sell Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu and has already approached major retailers and private equity funds, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday.
Czech PM Babis expected to win backing for his center-left cabinet
The Czech parliament is expected to give its backing on Wednesday to a new, center-left minority cabinet led by billionaire Andrej Babis, ending his nine-month struggle to secure a parliamentary majority.
Comcast raises bid for Sky to $34 billion, tops Fox's offer
Comcast Corp on Wednesday raised its all-cash offer for Britain's Sky to $34 billion, topping a raised bid of $32.5 billion for the pay-TV group from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox .
After Trump's spending demands, NATO summit turns to Afghanistan
NATO leaders will try on Thursday to move beyond Donald Trump's demands for higher defense spending, and focus on ending the long war in Afghanistan, in the second day of a summit in Brussels underscored by transatlantic tensions.
Glencore faces lawsuits over U.S. subpoena, stock drop
Glencore Plc faces at least two lawsuits by U.S. shareholders accusing the big Anglo-Swiss mining company of having made false and misleading disclosures before it received a subpoena in a corruption probe, and its stock tumbled.
End of presidential immunity among plans of Mexico's new leader
Mexico's president-elect, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, on Wednesday sketched out his legislative priorities for the next government, including measures to end presidential immunity and curb compensation for high-earning public sector off...
Trade and tea with queen for Trump in a Britain in 'turmoil'
U.S. President Donald Trump flies into Britain on Thursday for talks with the leader of the United States' closest ally in Europe, and tea with Queen Elizabeth, set against a backdrop of protests and what he described as the country's turmo...
Democrats refocus fight against Trump's Supreme Court nominee on healthcare
Democrats on Wednesday were reorienting their uphill push to block U.S. Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, moving healthcare to the center of their strategy and putting less emphasis on abortion rights.
U.S. seeks to reunite more young immigrants as new deadline looms
A day after dozens of parents were reunited with children who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border by immigration officials, the U.S. government faces a looming deadline to match another roughly 2,000 children with parents.
Colombia's Duque names Alberto Carrasquilla as his finance minister
Colombian President-elect Ivan Duque on Wednesday named Alberto Carrasquilla as his finance minister when he takes office in August, and said he and the central bank agreed on the need to bolster economic growth and strengthen the middle class.
Trump's broadside against Germany at NATO finds some support at home
They might not have agreed with the U.S. president calling Germany a "captive" of Russia, but some Republican lawmakers on Wednesday said they believe Donald Trump is right to shame one of America's most important allies into spending more on de...
Stocks slide on trade war worries; oil, metals fall
U.S. stocks extended losses on Wednesday, set to snap their four-day winning streak, and metals prices slumped as U.S. threats of tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods pushed the world's two biggest economies closer to a f...
Germany's Seehofer rejects blame for deportee's suicide after birthday boast
Germany's interior minister deflected blame on Wednesday for the suicide of an Afghan man among a group deported to Kabul, after opponents called for the immigration hardliner to resign for boasting that the deportations took place on his birthd...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort says he has 'VIP' treatment in jail: taped calls
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been able to review evidence and is being treated like a "VIP" in jail, prosecutors said on Wednesday, arguing against Manafort's efforts to postpone his trial on fraud char...
Trump told Pfizer CEO price hikes hurt his drug plan: source
U.S. President Donald Trump called Pfizer Chief Executive Ian Read on Tuesday to say the company's July 1 price hikes had complicated the administration's drug pricing plans, prompting the company to defer its planned increases, according t...
Israel shoots down Syria drone; Netanyahu meets Putin
Israel shot down a Syrian drone that penetrated its airspace on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, highlighting an escalation of volatility near the frontier which Netanyahu discussed in Moscow with Damascus's biggest ally.
Second Pakistani party criticizes 'pre-poll rigging' in election
The party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday decried what it called "pre-poll rigging" ahead of Pakistan's July 25 election, saying the reopening of a criminal case against its co-chairman was politically motivated.