WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said yesterday he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no signs of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – A Managua judge issued an arrest warrant yesterday for opposition leader Felix Maradiaga, accused by the Nicaraguan government of financing violent protests that have rocked the impoverished Central American nation.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Iran has ample reason to stay in the 2015 nuclear deal despite the U.S.
MALE, (Reuters) – The opposition was awarded victory in the Maldives presidential election yesterday, in a possible setback for China as the new leaders of the Indian Ocean archipelago nation aim to review major projects agreed with the outgoing administration.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The president of Honduras said on Monday cuts in U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists have succeeded in wiping out a population of caged mosquitoes in laboratory experiments using a type of genetic engineering known as a gene drive, which spread a modification blocking female reproduction.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera yesterday announced a plan worth $24 million aimed at ending a lengthy conflict between the state and the country’s indigenous population in the south.
CASCAIS, Portugal, (Reuters) – Archaeologists searching Portugal’s coast have found a 400-year-old shipwreck believed to have sunk near Lisbon after returning from India laden with spices, specialists said yesterday.
LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will vote this week to keep a second Brexit referendum on the table if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to pass her plan to leave the European Union through parliament, media reported.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Police and supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega clashed in Managua yesterday with demonstrators calling for the release of people imprisoned during recent protests, leaving at least one person dead, authorities said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The university professor who has accused Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault will testify before a Senate panel on Thursday about her allegation, her lawyers and the committee said yesterday.
LONDON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. cable giant Comcast scored a big win in the scramble for media assets by beating Rupert Murdoch, and his backer Disney, in the battle for Sky with an eye-watering $40 billion bid.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, arrived in New York yesterday for his first trip to the United States, where he will denounce the decades-old U.S.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused U.S.-backed
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify before a Senate panel next week but details of her appearance have not been finalized, her lawyers said yesterday.
UKARA, Tanzania, (Reuters) – Divers rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry on Saturday, two days after it capsized on Lake Victoria killing at least two people.
NEW DELHI/PARIS, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption in a military jet deal with France after former French president Francois Hollande was quoted as saying New Delhi had influenced the choice of a local partner.
VILNIUS, (Reuters) – The Vatican yesterday signed a landmark agreement giving it a long-desired say in the appointment of bishops in China, though critics labelled the deal a sellout to the Communist government.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s two main oil unions have prepared their members for possible nationwide industrial action over a staffing dispute with Chevron, they said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. official who oversees the federal investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S.
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