Brazil space station open for small satellite business
ALCANTARA SPACE CENTER, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the equator as soon as it agrees to safeguard U.S. technology…
Marine Le Pen: Front National ‘not racist’ – BBC News
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has defended her party from accusations of racism, saying she could not allow Andrew Marr to make such a claim. source
May wraps ‘suicide vest’ around UK over Brexit, says Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps “a suicide vest around the British constitution” and hands the detonator to the European Union, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson…
Portugal squad heads home after Euro 2016 victory
Celebrations carried on into the morning after Portugal beat hosts France 1-0 to win Euro 2016. The squad is arriving in Lisbon today, where they’ll get a … source
Two health scares at U.S. airports tied to Mecca pilgrims: U.S. officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Two major health scares at U.S. airports involving inbound flights are related to pilgrims returning from the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca,…
Children in need: the new reality of international adoption – reporter
Millions of children around the world have no family and will never know family life. Millions of couples in Europe want to adopt children. Why is it so difficult to…
UK’s Sky to invest in Israeli VC fund and open Berlin office
(Reuters) – Pay-TV group Sky plans to step up investments in tech start-ups in Europe and the Middle East by opening a new office in Germany and investing $4 million…
Out of Sorrell’s shadow, Mark Read poised for top job at ad giant WPP
(Note strong language in final paragraph) FILE PHOTO: Mark Read, Co-Chief Operating Officer of advertising agency WPP leaves following their AGM in London, Britain, June 13, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo…
Migration Crisis Is Overpowering This Tiny French Island (HBO)
As France just toughened up its asylum policy, mass arrivals of undocumented migrants are not only overpowering European shores, but a tiny French island off … source
British Airways, Air France halting flights to Iran from next month
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – British Airways and Air France said on Thursday they would halt flights to Iran from September for business reasons, months after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he…