Theresa May will meet with Barack Obama during his farewell trip to Europe

Theresa May is to hold talks with Barack Obama and European leaders on a range of pressing global issues, including the threat posed by Islamic State fighters being pushed out of their Middle East strongholds. Outgoing US president Mr Obama has been on a farewell trip to Europe, visiting Greece before arriving in Berlin for a meeting with the leaders of the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

MPs told local reporting required to overcome Canada’s news blues

The publisher of a small southern Manitoba family of weekly newspapers made an appeal for back-to-basics local reporting Thursday to a group of MPs examining Canada's beleaguered news industry. The gruff, to-the-point testimony by Ken Waddell of the Neepawa Banner, Neepawa Press and River Banner helped ground a Commons committee inquiry mired in months of often contradictory hearings.

Obama urges Trump to stand up to Russia

U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted in Berlin by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he has forged a close transatlantic alliance during eight years in office. US President Barack Obama has offered pointed foreign policy advice to his successor, Donald Trump.

Obama praises Merkel, warns of consequences of globalization

German news magazine Der Spiegel says U.S. President Barack Obama has praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel as someone "who is willing to fight for her values." Obama told Spiegel and German public Television ARD in a joint interview Thursday that he's glad Merkel is around and that "the Germans should appreciate her."

Obama to meet Merkel in Germany, top trade partner and ally

President Barack Obama is stressing a message of solidarity on his final visit to Germany - a top trade partner, key NATO ally and home to thousands of American troops, as well as a nation critical to solving Europe's migrant crisis and debt woes. Obama arrived Wednesday night in Berlin from Greece, making his sixth and final visit as president to Germany, where he has been popular since even before he was elected.

Obama to pass torch to Merkel on farewell visit

US President Barack Obama pays a farewell visit Thursday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, widely seen as the new standard bearer of liberal democracy since the election of Donald Trump. On the last leg of his final European tour as president, Barack Obama will underline shared values and try to ease fears about the future of the transatlantic partnership On the last leg of his final European tour as president, Obama will underline shared values, try to ease fears about the future of the transatlantic partnership and thank Merkel for her friendship during his two terms, White House officials said.

For ECB and Fed, Trump complicates decisions on rate policy

Newspapers headlining the US President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton hang from a wall outside a Democratic party office in downtown Rome, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. Headline reads in Italian "And the world woke up with Trump nightmare".

Trump poses daunting new challenge for Germany’s Merkel

Donald Trump's victory has been a shock for America's major partners around the world. But perhaps nowhere has the blow been more painful than in Germany, a country that under Angela Merkel has come to see itself as a bastion of openness and tolerance.

Obama defends NATO, EU amid rise of Trump

President Barack Obama delivered a staunch defense of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, amid lingering doubts about the commitment of his successor Donald Trump to maintaining the ties between the U.S. and its closest allies. "The EU and NATO are extraordinary forces for peace and stability," Obama said in an interview with Greece's Kathimerini newspaper before visits this week to Athens and Berlin.

Trimble Sells Unmanned Aircraft System Business To Delair-Tech

Trimble has announced that Delair-Tech has acquired its Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System engineering and manufacturing business. Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial inspection and asset management applications headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Berlin pursues discreet talks with U.S. officials on Deutsche Bank

Until now, German officials have played down their role in the standoff, saying it is up to Deutsche to work out a deal with the U.S. Department of Justice , which is demanding up to $14 billion to settle claims the lender mis-sold mortgage-backed securities before the financial crisis. But government officials in Berlin, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters they hoped to facilitate a quick deal that would buy Deutsche Bank time to regain its footing.

RPT-Conservative lawmakers slam German economy minister over Deutsche remarks

Oct 4 Conservative lawmakers lashed out at Germany's economy minister on Tuesday for attacking Deutsche Bank's chief executive, saying the minister's job was to support the country's biggest bank, not talk it down. Sigmar Gabriel, the economy minister and leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partner, the Social Democrats, criticised Deutsche Bank CEO John Cryan for blaming speculators when the bank's share price plunged last week.

In Africa, terrorism dominates a resource-challenged mission

An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. The 22nd MEU, embarked on the Wasp, was conducting precision air strikes in support of the Libyan Government of National Accord-aligned forces against Islamic State group targets in Sirte, Libya, as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning.

S&P 500 Futures Little Changed With Equities at Two-Month Low

U.S. stock-index futures were little changed, with a rout showing tentative signs of letting up after three days of renewed volatility left equities at a two-month low. S&P 500 Index contracts expiring in December added 0.2 percent to 2,126.5 at 8:56 a.m. in New York.

The Morning Vertical, September 5, 2016

Vladimir Putin was hoping to have a meeting at the G20 with Western leaders about Ukraine that excluded Ukraine. As I discuss with RFE/RL senior editor Steve Gutterman on The Power Vertical Briefing , Putin was hoping to decide Ukraine's future with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande over Kyiv's head and behind Kyiv's back.