Spain’s ruling Socialists were considering possible partnersfor a new government for the politically polarized country after they won a national election but failed to secure a majority. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces a choice between a complex alliance with fellow leftists Podemos or joining forces across the political divide with the center-right Ciudadanos. With nearly all the votes counted, the Socialists together with the far-left Podemos were 11 seats short of a majority in the 350-seat parliament.
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermindof Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house on the east coast two days ago, police and a relative said on Sunday. Authorities in Sri Lanka on Monday banned women from wearing face veils under an emergency law. The measures would help security forces to identify people as a hunt for any remaining attackers and their support network continues across the Indian Ocean island, authorities said.
Map of landmines - How Brexit might help the Scottish independence quest.Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to lead her nation to independence from the United Kingdom have been muddled by Brexit, but the whirlwind at the centre of British politics may yet advance her cause. “The Brexit debacle has further undermined confidence in the British political system,” said Michael Keating, professor of politics at the University of Aberdeen. “But it matters in Scotland because of this alternative, the independence option.”
United Nations to grant Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to help provide food and water and repair damage to infrastructure after the second cyclone in a month slammed into the region https://reut.rs/2GMLeIe
Anadarko Petroleum, the U.S. oil and gas exploration and production company that agreed this month to sell itself to Chevron for $33 billion, decided on Sunday to begin negotiations to sell itself to Occidental Petroleum instead, according to people familiar with the matter.
Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg will face shareholders on Monday for the first time since two fatal crashes that led to the 737 MAX’s grounding worldwide and triggered investigations, lawsuits and a sharp loss in share value.
A whistle blower at Swiss asset manager GAM Holding AG who alerted UK financial regulators last year did so over concerns about the purchase of more than half a billion pounds of bonds from commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Facing tough competition from China, the United States and even tiny Luxembourg, Germany is racing to draft new laws and attract private investment to secure a slice of an emerging space market that could be worth $1 trillion a year by the 2040s.
