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BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory, Deputy Defence Minister Pawel Zalewski said on Thursday. “No — that is what I would like to say very clearly and openly. Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory,” Zalewski told reporters when asked whether future U.S. military presence in Poland could include nuclear capability. “We want to participate in […]

By Nestor Corrales MANILA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Meta and gaming platform Roblox have agreed to strengthen child-safety protections for Philippine users, Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda said on Thursday. The measures include age-verification, parental controls, faster takedowns of harmful content and closer cooperation with law enforcement, he said. The commitments were made during meetings between Philippine officials and executives of Meta and Roblox in Singapore, Aguda told […]

PARIS, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Business leaders have no reason to worry about the National Rally’s policy plans, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Thursday, ahead of a first, early presidential debate. Blue-chip French stocks hit a one-month low earlier in the day as investors fretted about the upcoming budget and political risks, ahead of next year’s election. “Entrepreneurs who have taken the time to examine the National […]

By Nivedita Balu and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 27 (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank and CIBC beat quarterly profit estimates on Thursday as the Canadian lenders largely benefited from strong earnings in their capital markets segments. The results wrap up the third-quarter earnings season for Canada’s largest banks, with all six lenders beating Bay Street profit estimates despite geopolitical uncertainty and the fallout from the trade dispute […]

TRISHULI, Nepal / BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a region still grappling with this week’s catastrophic flood. Search and rescue operations are still underway in the debris-strewn valleys and hillsides, with nearly 1,000 people still missing after Wednesday’s flood struck […]

Aug 27 (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he expects a new contribution of hundreds of millions of dollars the United States owes to the U.N. budget very soon. Reuters reported last week that the Trump administration has informed the U.S. Congress of its intention to pay $725 million of dues it owes to the U.N. Asked when that payment was expected, Guterres told reporters that […]

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England, Aug 27 (Reuters) – UEFA has asked a U.S. federal court for permission to obtain testimony and documents from FIFA entities in Florida for use in a planned criminal complaint in Switzerland against FIFA President Gianni Infantino, according to a court filing. In an ex parte application filed under U.S. law, European soccer’s governing body said it is considering criminal proceedings against Infantino and potentially […]

LONDON (AP) — The NFL will play a record nine games internationally this season and they include three cities hosting for the first time: Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro; and Paris. Jacksonville and San Francisco both play two games abroad: the Jaguars back-to-back in London; the 49ers in Melbourne and later in Mexico City. Here’s some handy information about the games and locations. Talk about pushing boundaries. The Los Angeles […]

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported. The reports said that Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. A family member of Mladic, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, […]