PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top court rejected most of a draft law that would have compelled social media giants such as Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter TWTRN.N to remove any hateful content within 24 hours, it said on Thursday. The ruling by the Constitutional Council, which said the law interferes excessively in free speech, is a … Read more
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkey’s navy failed to respond to an allied call for inspection this month in the Mediterranean, the alliance chief said on Thursday, an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya. France’s armed forces minister brought up the incident during a meeting of NATO defence … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron look at documents and artefacts related to former French President Charles de Gaulle during a visit at Downing Street in London, Britain, June 18, 2020. Justin Tallis/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Standing apart on either side of a strip of red carpet outside Number … Read more
AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – In their last phone conversation, Neha Ojha, the wife of an Indian soldier, said she laughed off her husband’s idea to name their daughter Snow White because he received the news of her birth while patrolling a snow-covered valley on the border with China. She said she asked her husband, Kundan, … Read more
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkey’s navy failed to respond to an allied call for inspection this month in the Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday following a meeting of defence ministers. “The incident in the Mediterranean was addressed in the meeting by several allies. My message is that … Read more
ISLAMABAD/LONDON (Reuters) – A Pakistani court sentenced three men to life in prison on Thursday for their part in the assassination of a Pakistani political leader who was stabbed to death in London in 2010, a government prosecutor said. The conviction was hailed as “ground-breaking” by British authorities who aided the trial. Imran Farooq, 50, … Read more
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has repurposed a Formula One racetrack, converted a huge convention center and put hundreds of beds into military barracks to create new hospital space to ease the strain on its health system in the mounting coronavirus pandemic. Mexico’s coronavirus death toll has leapt 14-fold since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador … Read more
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a row that has strained ties between the South Asian neighbours. India, which controls the region – a slice of land including the Limpiyadhura, Lipulkeh and Kalapani areas to the west … Read more
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has been blighted by rising violence during its so-called ‘War on Drugs’ that began in 2006 during the administration of former President Felipe Calderon, who sent in armed forces to tackle the increasingly powerful drug cartels. Here are some of the most significant moments in more than a decade of … Read more
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the NATO leaders summit in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron will most likely talk about the global fight against the novel coronavirus and Britain’s future relationship with the … Read more