HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong police laid siege to a university today, firing rubber bullets and tear gas to pin back anti-government protesters armed with petrol bombs and other weapons and stop them from fleeing amid fears of a bloody crackdown.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro embraced the currency of his bitter rival the United States yesterday, calling it an “escape valve” that can help the country weather its economic crisis amid U.S.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivians languished in long lines on the streets of La Paz yesterday to secure chicken, eggs and cooking fuel as supporters of ousted President Evo Morales crippled the country’s highways, isolating population centers from lowland farms.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s former civil wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa was declared the winner in the presidential election today, after promising to secure the country against militant threats following Easter bombings this year.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – The United Nations warned yesterday that violence in Bolivia could “spin out of control” following recent skirmishes between security forces and coca farmers loyal to ousted President Evo Morales that have left nine dead.
HAVANA (Reuters) – The first of around 700 Cuban doctors were scheduled to fly home from strife-torn Bolivia yesterday as officials railed against what they charged was slander and mistreatment by Bolivia’s conservative interim government.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s independent human rights watchdog said yesterday it would file a formal complaint for murder against police officers who allegedly prevented paramedics from attending a heart attack victim amid a protest Friday.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition staged nationwide protests against President Nicolas Maduro yesterday and called for a new wave of demonstrations to revive their stalled effort to topple the deeply unpopular ruling Socialist Party.
STOCKHOLM/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Beijing has doubled down in its criticism of Stockholm’s support for Gui Minhai, a book publisher detained in China, after Sweden’s minister for culture attended a literary award ceremony in his honour.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan police have arrested 13 opponents of President Daniel Ortega’s government, marking what opposition leaders derided as a new wave of repression against those seeking electoral reforms and early elections.
WINDHOEK, (Reuters) – Namibia’s justice and fisheries ministers resigned on Wednesday over bribery claims involving Icelandic fishing firm Samherji, the presidency said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday asked the conservative-majority U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s interim government said yesterday it had asked Venezuelan officials to leave the country, and accused Cubans, including doctors, of instigating unrest after the resignation of former president Evo Morales.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone was convicted on all charges yesterday by a federal court jury that found the veteran Republican operative and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” guilty on seven counts of lying to the U.S.
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co shares soared to a record high after the entertainment firm said its new streaming service, Disney+, had been met with “extraordinary consumer demand,” reaching 10 million sign-ups in its first day.
(Reuters) – A teenage boy who killed two classmates and wounded three others at a southern California high school on his birthday before shooting himself in the head died on Friday of his wounds in hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt is bringing his electric scooters to Japan, hopeful that his celebrity status will help persuade regulators that the environmental benefits are important enough to relax some of the curbs on their use.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the U.S.
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