(corrects the name of the Syrian leader in point 13) By Mayan Lubell and Nidal Al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israelis and Palestinians are marking renewed efforts to strike an even limited ceasefire, the first in over a year, that would halt fighting in Gaza and return to Israel some of the hostages still being held. … Read more
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday asked parliament for a confidence vote on Dec. 16, paving the way for snap federal elections after the collapse of his coalition. Policymaking in Europe’s biggest economy has largely stalled since Scholz’s fractured coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the neoliberal Free Democrats … Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Sen. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, suffering minor injuries but has been cleared to resume work, his office said in a statement. McConnell, 82, is set to step down as House party leader next month but plans to finish out his remaining two years in … Read more
By Hyunjo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yun Suk-yeol as the subject of a criminal investigation over last week’s attempted martial law, media reports said, and his former defense minister was arrested. Yun survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament late … Read more
By Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) – Major currencies remained choppy on Friday as markets awaited U.S. jobs data and weighed the impact of a politically tumultuous week that saw the collapse of the French government and the imposition of a brief martial law in South Korea. The US dollar rose briefly against South Korea’s won … Read more
(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would appoint former PayPal (NASDAQ: ) chief operating officer David Sachs as his “White House AI & Crypto Czar,” another move by U.S. policy to review. “He will work on the legislative framework so that the crypto industry can have the clarity it has been … Read more