Banks soften Brexit tone after May's offer
Global bank executives are softening their warnings that Britain's looming withdrawal from the European Union will spur an imminent exodus of staff from London. Bankers are gaining confidence that U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May will be able to secure a lengthy transition period that would carry them over from the current rules to whatever fresh terms of trade are agreed with the EU, according to two people with knowledge of their firm's contingency plans. That has led to more measured languag..>> view originalIraqi Forces Push on Against IS in Eastern Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq — A top Iraqi commander said on Sunday that troops were continuing to advance toward the center of Mosul, pushing back Islamic State fighters, hindered by sniper fire and suicide bombings as well as concern over the safety of civiliansA few hundred civilians, meanwhile, emerged from rubble-strewn frontline neighborhoods in search of safer ground, including women and children, some of them carrying bags or small suitcases packed with belongings.Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi told The Ass..>> view originalMeeting Putin, Philippines' Duterte rails at Western 'hypocrisy'
MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Western "bullying" and "hypocrisy" during his first meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and said when it came to alliances, the United States could not be trusted.In talks with Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in Lima, Duterte held nothing back in his views about major powers like the United States, suggesting he is sticking to his guns on re-aligning foreign policy away from Washington, despite his warm words for incomin..>> view originalPakistan Shoots Down Indian Drone 'Trespassing' Into Kashmir
Pakistan's military announced Saturday that it has shot down a small Indian drone after it allegedly trespassed into the country's part of Kashmir amid daylong cross-border firing that killed four villagers, including two sisters and their brother. The drone, named "Quad copter", was targeted after it intruded 60 meters inside Pakistan along the Line of Control in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, the army spokesman Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said. His statement added that the drone ..>> view originalTrain derails in north India, killing 96 and trapping others
Rescuers work on the site of a train derailment accident in Kanpur Dehat, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. Many were killed Sunday when 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India, with rescue workers using cutting torches to try to pull out survivors, police said. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press) By Biswajeet Banerjee | AP November 20 at 4:49 AM LUCKNOW, India — At least 96 people were killed Sunday when 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train ..>> view originalWhat the Presidency is Worth to Donald Trump
Ivanka Trump, who is one of the people entrusted with running her father’s businesses while he serves as President, sat in a meeting on Thursday with the President-elect and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Credit Photograph by AFP Even if Donald Trump hadn’t been running for President, 2016 would have been an important year for him in his role as the head of the Trump Organization. His hotel operation, in particular, is on course for a rapid worldwide expansion, from fourteen ..>> view originalClosing Year of Mercy, Francis says 'God has no memory of sin'
ROME – Marking the formal end of his Holy Year of Mercy, Pope Francis on Sunday insisted that “God has no memory of sin,” and that God’s willingness to forgive will endure well after the curtain comes down on the theater of the jubilee. The pope also repeated his characteristic appeal to Christians to reject the trappings of “power or glory,” and to embrace a life that’s “free, faithful, poor in means but rich in love.” Such a lifestyle, the pontiff suggested, would be the real legacy of his Yea..>> view originalIn the era of Brexit and Trump, France's presidential front-runner starts to worry
PARIS — In his youth, he aspired to be the pope; only later would he aim for president. Despite the change in ambition, Alain Juppé — the leading conservative contender for the French presidency — has maintained something of a prelate’s sober discipline. If some find his solid reserve boring, others insist that his bland demeanor is precisely what makes him the ideal candidate for a France in the throes of economic malaise and reeling from a recent wave of terrorist violence. At 71, the Bordea..>> view originalSouth Korea Prosecutors: President Conspired With Her Friend
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that they believe President Park Geun-hye conspired in criminal activities of a confidante who allegedly exploited her presidential ties to amass an illicit fortune — a damning revelation that may convince opposition parties to push for Park's impeachment.Prosecutors want to interrogate Park in person, but presidential spokesman Jung Youn-kuk, who said the investigation resembled a "character assassination" on Park, strongly hinted that..>> view original
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