WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Three legal experts told U.S. lawmakers yesterday that President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival amounted to impeachable offenses, in a hearing that laid the groundwork for formal charges to be filed against the president.
WATFORD, England, (Reuters) – It was shaping up for a repeat of NATO’s disastrous summit of July 2018, when U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Anti-government protests in Haiti are waning, with schools and businesses trying to re-open in the face of political gridlock and heightened violence in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – An Americas regional forum yesterday published details of “deliberate” and “malicious” steps to rig Bolivia’s October election in favor of then President Evo Morales, who has resigned and left the Andean nation in political crisis.
MANILA, (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte today ordered the filing of criminal charges against the Philippines’ two biggest water utilities and demanded new deals to replace contracts “onerous and disadvantageous” for ratepayers, his spokesman said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump solicited foreign interference to boost his re-election chances, undermined national security and ordered an “unprecedented” campaign to obstruct Congress, Democrats said yesterday in a report that lawmakers will use as the basis of any formal impeachment charges.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – China will help build several major infrastructure projects in El Salvador, including a stadium and water treatment plant, the two nations said yesterday, signaling its growing role in the region after El Salvador cut ties with Taiwan.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A Honduran court on Monday handed down jail terms of up to five decades for seven men convicted of the 2016 murder of indigenous activist Berta Caceres, who led a battle against a major dam on the ancestral lands of her Lenca tribe.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential bid yesterday, abandoning a campaign that began with promise for a rising Democratic Party star but faltered as she struggled to raise money and make a compelling case for her candidacy.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday handed President Donald Trump another defeat in his bid to keep his financial records secret, directing Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp to comply with subpoenas from congressional Democrats demanding the material.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian pharmaceutical regulator Anvisa yesterday approved regulations for the roll-out of medicinal cannabis-based products but in a separate vote blocked a proposal to allow domestic medical marijuana plantations.
TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – A Honduran court on Monday handed down jail terms of up to five decades for seven men convicted of the 2016 murder of indigenous activist Berta Caceres, who led a battle against a major dam on the ancestral lands of her Lenca tribe.
WASHINGTON/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ambushed Brazil and Argentina yesterday, announcing tariffs on U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – An American woman who says she was forced to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew has appealed to Britons to take her side, saying that only she was telling the truth about a scandal that has engulfed the royal family.
MADRID, (Reuters) – The world must choose hope over surrender in the fight against climate change, U.N.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday accused Cuba and Venezuela of attempting to hijack democratic protests in Latin America, vowing that Washington would support countries trying to prevent unrest in the region from turning into riots.
SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an economic and political boost to ties between Moscow and Beijing.
VALETTA, (Reuters) – Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, announced yesterday he planned to step down, saying he would ask his ruling Labour Party to start choosing a new leader for the country next month.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House told Democratic lawmakers yesterday that U.S.
PARAMARIBO, (Reuters) – President Desi Bouterse said he was victim of a “political game” when he returned to Suriname today after a court found him guilty of murder in absentia for the 1982 execution of 15 activists in the former Dutch colony.
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