German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives widened their lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) to 15 points in a weekly opinion poll by the Emnid institute published on Sunday, three months before the Sept. 24 election. The Christian Democrats (CDU) and its CSU Bavarian sister party were steady at 39 percentage points in the Emnid poll […]
Read moreBritain’s Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday he was “pretty sure” he could negotiate a good deal to leave the European Union, something that would require a transitional arrangement for around one or two years. Asked whether he was sure there would be a Brexit deal, Davis told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: “I […]
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Brexit commission needed to draw poison from debate, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, called on Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday to set up a cross-party commission to “draw much of the poison” from the debate over Britain’s decision to exit the European Union. In an article written for the Mail on Sunday newspaper, Welby, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion of […]
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British lawmakers get hit by a cyber security attack that prevents them from using email
Britain’s parliament was hit by a cyber attack on Saturday in which hackers tried to access email accounts, politicians and officials said, just over a month after a ransomware attack crippled parts of the country’s health service. Chris Rennard, a member of the Liberal Democrat party in the upper House of Lords, was the first […]
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Mark Zuckerberg's snub of White House could backfire as Europe goes after US Internet giants
Mark Zuckerberg had a choice to make this week. The Facebook CEO could either go to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump, along with nearly every other marquee CEO from the tech industry, or skip it and prepare for a Chicago rally for people who’d created social-support groups on Facebook. Zuckerberg, who loudly criticized […]
Read moreFormer French minister Richard Ferrand, who has been fighting accusations of improper financial dealings during most of his few weeks in office, was elected on Saturday to lead President Emmanuel Macron’s lawmakers in parliament “I thank the deputies for their confidence… We have a strong obligation to succeed. The French people no longer want intentions, […]
Read moreFrance welcomed a strategic cooperation deal with Belgium under which Belgium will buy 60 armored Jaguar vehicles and 417 Griffon multi-role armored vehicles worth 1.1 billion euros ($1.23 billion). French Army Minister Florence Parly said in a statement on Friday evening the decision reflected “the great strategic and operational proximity of our two countries.” Parly […]
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IT SEEMED, at first blush, to be a masterclass in how to bait a rival. For years, American Airlines, along with other big American carriers, has complained of “unfair” competition from Middle Eastern operators, which stand accused of taking state subsidies. On June 22nd one of those accused, Qatar Airways, said it planned to take […]
Read moreEconomists polled by Reuters had forecast new home sales rising 5.7 percent in May to a pace of 600,000 units from the previously reported rate of 570,000 units. New U.S. single-family home sales rose in May and the drop in sales in the previous month was not as steep as previously reported, suggesting the housing […]
Read moreFrom our world-class universities and our unmatched workforce to our culture of entrepreneurship and drive for success, there are many reasons America’s economy is the strongest in the world. But a bedrock of our economy is too often overlooked: our intellectual property system. Intellectual property rights have their own clause in the Constitution because our […]
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