News Headlines - 20 January 2018

▽Macron to restore 'conscription' system - NHK WORLD

French President Emmanuel Macron says he plans to restore compulsory military service as part of efforts to deal with the threat of terrorism.
Macron addressed military personnel on board a ship off the naval base in the southern city of Toulon on Friday.

▽Toyota to invest 40 bil. yen in Yaris-producing plant in France - The Mainichi

Toyota Motor Corp. is set to invest 40 billion yen ($360 million) to modernize a plant in France's Valenciennes to produce its mainstay Yaris compact car likely to be fully renovated in 2019, sources close to the matter said Saturday.

▽Trump ex-aide Bannon agrees to Mueller probe interview, avoiding grand jury

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has reached agreement with U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators rather than appearing before a grand jury, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Bannon, who was a close adviser during President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and in his first months in office, had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Mueller’s probe of links between Russia and Trump’s campaign.

▽Trump denies U.S. embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year

President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that the planned relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would take place within a year, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the controversial move to happen by then.

▽Toronto makes cut of top 20 cities vying to be Amazon's 2nd headquarters - CBC News

Toronto has made the cut of the top 20 cities that e-commerce giant Amazon is considering for its second headquarters.
Toronto is the only Canadian city to make the short list that also includes 19 U.S. cities, mainly concentrated along its East Coast and Midwest regions.