FILE PHOTO: European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses the European Parliament regarding the situation in Iran and Iraq, in Strasbourg, France January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will discuss all ways to uphold a formal ceasefire in Libya if one is reached but any peace settlement will need
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Monday boosted emergency grants and loans for small businesses hit by bushfires that have ravaged the country during the peak tourist season, as firefighters used cooler weather to prepare for a return of hazardous fire conditions. Burnt bushland on Kangaroo Island, Australia January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy The fires have
BERLIN/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have shut off production at all Libya’s major oil fields, an escalation that threatened to strangle the country’s finances and overshadowed an international peace summit in Berlin on Sunday. Haftar, whose self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) is bearing down on the capital Tripoli with
FILE PHOTO: A riot police kicks a tear gas canister during a protest against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards economic crisis in Beirut, Lebanon January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese rescuers treated more than 300 people for injuries during hours of clashes between security forces and protesters that rocked
YANGON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused. Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Presidential
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britain’s monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Libya said on Saturday he hoped but “could not predict” whether eastern oil ports shut ahead of a pending Berlin summit aimed at reaching a truce in Libya would be reopened soon. FILE PHOTO: The U.N. Envoy for Libya, Ghassan Salame, speaks during a news conference in
KUALA LUMPUR/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Trade ministers from India and Malaysia are likely to meet on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos next week amid a palm oil spat between the two countries, a Malaysian government spokesman told Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A worker unloads palm oil fruits from
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces closed down major oil ports, a spokesman for an oil protection force allied to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Friday, escalating tensions before an international Libya summit to discuss the country’s conflict. Tribesmen allied to Haftar, who has been trying to take the capital Tripoli held by
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and a crowd of some 10,000 protesters marched in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Friday before many of them head to Davos next week to challenge political and business leaders to combat the climate crisis. The 17-year-old, who launched the #FridaysforFuture movement that has sparked global
General view of the debris of the Ukraine International Airlines, flight PS752, Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020 is seen in this screen grab obtained from a social media video via REUTERS DUBAI (Reuters) – All countries involved in the
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry said top officials met with U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday and agreed on a bilateral program aimed at reducing the trafficking of illicit arms, drugs and money. The two countries also agreed to cooperate on measures to diminish drug consumption and combat addiction, the ministry said
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s military said on Thursday it will hold a meeting to discuss whether it will discharge the first soldier to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, which has sparked national debate about the treatment of LGBT troops. The soldier, who holds the rank of staff sergeant and is stationed in Gyeonggi Province,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With tweets of solidarity in Farsi and technological tools to circumvent internet shutdowns, U.S. President Donald Trump might be close to exhausting his options to support Iranian protesters rising up against their rulers. FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in Milwaukee,
LA PAZ/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry has asked Argentina’s government to disavow comments by Bolivian former President Evo Morales, currently living in exile in Buenos Aires, that called for the organization of armed militias in his home country. FILE PHOTO: Former Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks during a news conference in Buenos Aires,
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese caretaker Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil attends a cabinet meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, May 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s caretaker finance minister has asked the central bank governor to hold off on a proposed swap of 2020 Eurobonds after ratings agencies warned it could constitute a selective default,
(Reuters) – Puerto Rican bees are abandoning hives as weeks of earthquakes disrupt colonies, experts said, raising concerns that a subspecies seen as a possible solution to the global bee crisis could take another hit after being decimated by hurricanes in 2017. Bees which abandoned their hives after becoming disorientated by over two weeks of
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday announced he would take paternity leave, as he aims to become a role model for the country’s working fathers. FILE PHOTO – Japan’s Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan September 11, 2019. REUTERS/Issei
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a scathing review of the Chinese government, calling on the international community to push back against “the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has seen in decades” in its 2020 annual report. FILE PHOTO: Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth poses for a
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Gunfire rang out on Tuesday at two buildings used by Sudan’s general intelligence service in the capital Khartoum, two Reuters witnesses said. Shortly after the gunfire began, the service announced it had sacked some employees who were unhappy with the severance package they were offered. A statement by the service did not
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday it was too early to be pessimistic about stalled denuclearization dialogue between the United States and North Korea, and that inter-Korean cooperation could help ease the way for sanctions to be lifted. FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands with North Korean
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announces the findings of the criminal investigation into the Dec. 6, 2019, shootings at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump clearly had authority to kill Qassem Soleimani,
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s public power utility said on Monday it has restored electricity to almost all the island, nearly a week after the strongest earthquake in more than a century knocked out all power and caused at least $110 million in damage. FILE PHOTO: People rest at a temporary shelter
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The global head of Human Rights Watch said he was denied entry on Sunday to Hong Kong, where he was scheduled to launch the organization’s latest world report this week. FILE PHOTO: Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth speaks during a interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 9, 2018.
NORTH SAANICH, British Columbia (Reuters) – Towns on the southern end of Vancouver Island on Canada’s west coast are abuzz with interest over the possibility that Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will become semi-permanent residents there. A property, where according to British news reports Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, spent
MANILA (Reuters) – A volcano near Manila spewed a massive cloud of ash that drifted across the Philippine capital on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of flights and closure of schools and government offices as authorities warned of a possible “explosive eruption”. A view of the Taal volcano eruption seen from Tagaytay, Philippines January 12, 2020
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called for more protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in the wake of a failed attempt by the ruling Socialist Party to install allied leadership in congress. Guaido held his first rally since troops six days ago blocked his access to congress long
FILE PHOTO: Traffic on and off base is restricted after a member of the Saudi Air Force visiting the United States for military training was the suspect in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in Pensacola, Florida, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Spooneybarger/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Saturday its military had shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 aboard in a “disastrous mistake”, saying air defences were fired in error while on alert after Iranian missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq. Iran had denied for days after Wednesday’s crash that it brought down the
FILE PHOTO: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen smiles as she arrives to cast her vote at a polling station during general elections in New Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is set to win re-election on Saturday, with figures from the election commission showing her leading her
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