LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May defused a rebellion in parliament over her Brexit plans yesterday but only after having to compromise and hand lawmakers more control over Britain’s departure from the European Union.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s dramatic meeting with North Korea’s leader may have been choreographed to look like a Nixon-goes-to-China moment, but the summit appears to have failed to secure any concrete commitments by Pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear arsenal.
ATHENS/SKOPJE, (Reuters) – Greece and Macedonia have reached an historic accord to resolve a dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name that has troubled relations between the two neighbours for decades.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he had forged a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of a historic summit in Singapore yesterday, as the two men sought ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday extradited former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to the Central American country, the U.S.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A judge in El Salvador ordered the arrest of 17 people, including the current Minister of Social Inclusion, yesterday for their suspected involvement in a corruption racket allegedly led by former President Mauricio Funes.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Shares in the Bank of Chile were down yesterday after it confirmed hackers had siphoned off $10 million of its funds, mainly to Hong Kong, though the country’s second-largest commercial bank said no client accounts had been impacted.
DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums yesterday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics accuse the government of tightening control of internet content.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops following sex abuse scandals, including Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, the city at the centre of the uproar, the Vatican said on Monday.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore yesterday for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that could lay the groundwork for ending a nuclear stand-off between the old foes and the transformation of the isolated Asian nation.
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, (Reuters) – The United States and Canada swung sharply yesterday toward a diplomatic and trade crisis as top White House advisers lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a day after U.S.
QINGDAO, China, (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticised U.S. “unliteralism” in withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and said yesterday he appreciated efforts by China and Russia to maintain the agreement.
(Reuters) – Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller at the heart of a more than $2 billion fraud case in India, has fled to the UK, where he is claiming political asylum, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing Indian and British officials.
SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala, (Reuters) – Eufemia Garcia watched in horror as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano sent scalding ash and gas surging over her home a week ago, burying her children and grandson among 50 of her extended family.
LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sir Ronald Cohen arrived in Britain from Egypt a penniless refugee and rose to become one of the country’s richest and most influential businessmen, all thanks to venture capital.
LA MALBAIE, Quebec, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had instructed his representatives not to endorse a joint communique put out by the Group of Seven leaders after what he called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “false statements” at a news conference.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian historians have raised concern authorities are playing down Stalin-era crimes after they learned that police destroyed the archive records of a victim of the Soviet dictator’s purges, citing a previously unknown government directive.