World

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Argentines protested yesterday against a Supreme Court ruling that could decrease jail time for those convicted of human rights abuses during the country’s 1976 – 1983 military dictatorship that killed as many as 30,000 people.

(Reuters) – A West Virginia journalist was arrested and jailed after following U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The newly appointed second-in-command at the U.S. Justice Department faced a weighty task just two weeks after taking office – writing the rationale for firing FBI Director James Comey.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump ignited a political firestorm yesterday by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign’s possible collusion with Russia to influence the election outcome.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korea’s liberal leader Moon Jae-in will take the oath of office as president today, tasked with navigating the country out of rising tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme and the risk of a rift with the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Acting US Attorney General Sally Yates said yesterday she warned the White House in January that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had been compromised and could have been vulnerable to blackmail by Russia.

PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron was confronted yesterday with pressing reminders of the challenges facing him as France’s next president, even as allies and some former rivals signalled their willingness to work closely with him.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo will travel to Washington next week for talks about sugar exports, he told reporters yesterday, in an attempt to break an impasse that threatens to trigger tit-for-tat duties on sweeteners.

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans headed to voting stations today to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron was elected French president yesterday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – A group of 82 girls held captive for three years by Islamist militants met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital Abuja yesterday a day after they were released in exchange for several militant commanders, officials said.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – War and famine have forced more than 2 million children in South Sudan to flee their homes, creating the most worrying refugee crisis in the world, the United Nations said yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union, early projections showed.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Dressed in white and chanting “Liberty!”, tens of thousands of women opposed to Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro marched yesterday, proffering roses to security forces who blocked their way.

PARIS (Reuters) – After a tumultuous election campaign filled with scandal and surprises, French voters will decide today whether a pro-European Union centrist or an anti-EU, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead them for the next five years.

ABUJA/LAGOS (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said yesterday.

MILAN (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday criticised the naming of the US military’s biggest non-nuclear explosive as “the Mother of All Bombs”, saying the word “mother” should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased today as a Russian-led effort to shore up a ceasefire took effect, although battles continued on an important frontline near Hama, a rebel commander and war monitor said.

FRANKFURT/PARIS, (Reuters) – Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said yesterday it had been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in April and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, near a 10-year low, pointing to a tightening labour market that likely seals the case for an interest rate increase next month despite moderate wage growth.