HOLLYWOOD, Fla., (Reuters) – Eight elderly patients died yesterday after being left inside a stifling South Florida nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma, prompting a criminal investigation and adding a tragic new dimension to mounting loss of life from the storm.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress yesterday approved a “national emergency” decree to curb penalties for illegal election financing after the country’s president was linked to suspected irregularities during his 2015 election campaign.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the U.N.
PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) – The attorney general of the island nation of Mauritius stepped down yesterday after allegations he had helped launder gambling money.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday that taxes on rich Americans might rise, as he pursues a tax code overhaul and reaches out to both Democrats and Republicans in a push to win support for a plan still far from complete.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Pete Domenici, a former minor league baseball pitcher who became a major league power player in the U.S.
ISLAMORADA, Fla., (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma evacuees from the Florida Keys began returning to the storm-ravaged island chain yesterday to find homes ripped apart and businesses coated in seaweed amid a debris-strewn landscape where an estimated 25 percent of all dwellings were destroyed.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday the U.N.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s federal auditor yesterday said it will investigate a salary bonus the Defence Ministry gives to President Jimmy Morales that raises his earnings by more than a third, making him one of the best paid leaders in Latin America.
WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, totalled $1 trillion for the first time on Tuesday as booming global stock markets and a rising euro lifted the value of its assets.
CUPERTINO, Calif., (Reuters) – More than two years after releasing the Apple Watch, Apple Inc has finally been able to replicate 1940s comic strip technology, an advance that analysts say will spur sales.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Protesters in Haiti damaged commercial buildings in the capital city and set cars on fire yesterday, angered by government tax hikes that come at a time when foreign aid is declining.
FLORIDA CITY/MARCO ISLAND, Fla., (Reuters) – Storm-shocked Floridians returned to shattered homes yesterday as the remnants of Hurricane Irma pushed inland, leaving more than half of all state residents without power and city streets underwater from Orlando and Jacksonville into coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament backed a second reading of legislation to sever ties with the European Union yesterday, a reprieve for Prime Minister Theresa May who now faces demands by lawmakers for concessions before it becomes law.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress yesterday voted overwhelmingly to preserve President Jimmy Morales’ immunity from prosecution after the attorney general submitted a request to investigate him over suspected financing irregularities during his 2015 election campaign.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru said yesterday that it was expelling North Korea’s ambassador over the country’s refusal to heed the world’s “constant calls” to end its nuclear program.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway’s tax-cutting Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg declared victory yesterday after a parliamentary election, narrowly defeating a Labour-led opposition with her promises of steady management of the oil-dependent economy.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Around one million Catalans rallied in Barcelona on Monday, waving red and yellow striped flags and banging drums, in a show of support for independence after Madrid moved to block a referendum on the region’s split from Spain.
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