8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (261+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s military-backed government said on Sunday its permanent representative to the United Nations was undertaking “illegal activities” and that his status had ​been revoked and withdrawn. Here are some other ‌details of the situation surrounding UN permanent representative…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (584+ words) By Simon Johnson and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (440+ words) By Bo Erickson and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ireland’s leaders on Saturday before attending a golf tournament this weekend, a departure from his recent focus on the Iran war and his party’s ​effort…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (423+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Cooperation rather than conflict is the promise Swedish Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson is offering voters as she seeks a return to the prime minister’s office in Sunday’s election. A former national level ​swimmer who colleagues describe…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (439+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 11 (Reuters) – When Ulf Kristersson promised Holocaust survivor Hedi Fried his Moderates would never cooperate with the far-right Sweden Democrats back in 2018, the party was still treated as a political outcast by much of Sweden’s right wing. Four years…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (301+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he did not regret going to war against Iran despite the impact the conflict may have on ​the November U.S. midterm elections. “I don’t believe in ‌the word ‘regret.’ You can always…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (467+ words) BOSTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to allow President Donald Trump’s administration to implement a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements before November’s congressional election, as the U.S. Supreme ​Court…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (144+ words) By Andrew Chung Sept 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme ​Court blocked ‌Missouri on Thursday from using a redrawn congressional ‌map ​that ⁠favors Republicans ⁠in November's midterm elections, dealing a setback to ​President Donald Trump and ⁠the ⁠party's... By Andrew Chung Sept 10 (Reuters)…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (565+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – Sweden will hold a parliamentary election on September 13 with the centre-left opposition holding a slim lead in opinion polls over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s ruling right-wing bloc. Kristersson is seeking to form a majority government with his existing…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (823+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 10-(Reuters) – Swedes will vote on Sunday in a tight election that has effectively become a referendum on whether the far-right Sweden Democrats should join the government and cement their journey from pariahs to trusted partners in a country…...