Merkel protegee struggles to assert control after far-right row

By Paul Carrel BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s would-be successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, struggled to assert…

‘Light a candle’: Death of Chinese doctor sparks mourning, anger

BEIJING (Reuters) – The death from coronavirus of a Chinese doctor who had been reprimanded for…

Uber’s new roadmap to profitability draws Wall Street praise

(Reuters) – Shares of Uber Technologies Inc <UBER.N> rose on Friday after the ride-hailing company laid…

Exclusive: Fearing Huawei curbs, Deutsche Telekom tells Nokia to shape up

By Douglas Busvine BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom has told supplier Nokia it must improve its…

Dutch ‘walking-bike’ helps disabled people gain mobility, sit tall

WEYMOUTH, Mass. (Reuters) – Lindsey Main from Massachusetts was an active woman who enjoyed yoga, running…

“We will be independent,” Catalan regional leader says

By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s regional leader Quim Torra told Reuters on Friday that…

Scientists question work suggesting pangolin coronavirus link

By Kate Kelland and Tom Daly LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – Independent scientists questioned research on Friday that…

India extends detention of Kashmir’s political leaders

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India has extended the detention of four political leaders…

China’s virus epicentre Hubei speeds testing after complaints

By Yawen Chen and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Hubei province, the coronavirus outbreak epicentre,…

Ex-Republican lawmaker Walsh ends bid to challenge Trump for White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Walsh, a conservative former U.S. congressman-turned-radio show host, has ended a long-shot…

Germany’s FDP to seek dissolution of Thuringia state assembly: source

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Free Democrats (FDP) will initiate a motion seeking to dissolve the regional…

Amid arms race, Macron offers Europe French nuclear wargames insight

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Friday offered to open a “strategic…