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EU to give Barnier Brexit negotiating mandate

EU ministers are set Monday to give Frenchman Michel Barnier the European mandate to negotiate Britain's exit from the bloc, which he expects to start in earnest in mid-June following British elections. Barnier will lock horns with Britain's Brexit minister David Davis who has predicted "the...

NATO chief in talks with Germany, Turkey over air base spat

The chief of NATO says he's in touch with both Germany and Turkey regarding their latest dispute over visiting rights to a Turkish air base where German soldiers are stationed. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told German daily newspaper Bild on Sunday he's focused on finding a solution...

Venezuela toll rises to 48 dead after protester is killed

A young demonstrator has died from a gunshot wound to the chest, raising to 48 the number of people killed in seven weeks of protests against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, officials said Sunday. The attorney general's office said gunmen were alleged to have opened fire Saturday on an...

France's Macron to meet unions on Tuesday on labour reform

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet unions on Tuesday to discuss labour reform, his office said on Sunday. Macron had said during the presidential election campaign that he intended to use executive decrees as soon as this summer to reform labour laws in a country where unemployment...