HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Police and pro-democracy protesters battled on the streets of Hong Kong yesterday as thousands of people rallied in several districts in defiance of attempts by the authorities to crack down on demonstrators.
VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, hit by scandals and locked in a near dead-heat ahead of today’s election, has put away his teleprompter and taken his campaign on the offensive.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned plans late yesterday to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort, after Democrats and others had decried the selection as evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain.
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit setback in parliament yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is protected by the natural equivalent of a “bullet-proof vest,” helping it thrive in the dangerous waters of the Amazon River basin with flexible armor-like scales able to withstand ferocious piranha attacks.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new way of studying planets in other solar systems – by doing sort of an autopsy on planetary wreckage devoured by a type of star called a white dwarf – is showing that rocky worlds with geochemistry similar to Earth may be quite common in the cosmos.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean president Sebastian Pinera yesterday announced he would reverse public transport fare hikes which had caused widespread protests in the country.
PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the “blob”, a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tens of thousands took to the streets of Lebanon yesterday for a third day of anti-government protests, directing growing rage at a political elite they blame for entrenched cronyism and driving the country to the economic brink.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament today that means he is obliged to request a postponement.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early today as the city of 6 million descended into chaos amid riots that left a downtown building engulfed in flames and its metro system shuttered.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Security forces fired tear gas and chased down protesters in Beirut yesterday after tens of thousands of people across Lebanon marched to demand the demise of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy to the point of collapse.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters battled police in the heart of Barcelona yesterday, setting up fiery barricades and hurling rocks at security forces on the fifth day of unrest following the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders.
KABUL, (Reuters) – Multiple explosions at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan collapsed the roof on worshippers during Friday prayers, killing at least 62 and wounding more than 100, officials said.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across northeast Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, insisting that a planned “safe zone” will extend much farther than U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean officials shut down the metro system in Santiago yesterday after demonstrators protesting recent fare hikes took to the streets and attacked subway stops, leaving widespread damage across the capital city of nearly 6 million people.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is imposing new sanctions on Cuba over its human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s government, the U.S.
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – China has banned the bulk shipment of black clothing and other items popularly used by Hong Kong protesters to the city, staff at Chinese courier firms said, as authorities grapple with often violent anti-government protests that have gripped the city.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim – debunked as a conspiracy theory – about the 2016 U.S.