Mexico, U.S. sign accords on customs, border cooperation
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States have signed three accords to improve bilateral customs procedures and expedite the flow of agricultural produce across their almost 2,000-mile (3,220-km)border, the two governments said on Monday.
Before expulsions, a brick-by-brick hardening of U.S. stance toward Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – America’s most sweeping expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War may have seemed like a dramatic escalation in Washington’s response to Moscow, but the groundwork for a more confrontational U.S. posture had been taking s…
Brazil’s Lula loses procedural appeals, faces prison
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian appeals court rejected on Monday final procedural objections raised by lawyers of former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against his conviction for corruption, raising the possibility that he will soon be ja…
Whistleblower questions Brexit result, says campaigners broke election law
LONDON (Reuters) – A whistleblower at the heart of a Facebook data scandal on Monday questioned the result of Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum as his lawyers presented evidence that they said showed the main campaign for leaving the EU had broken the l…
U.S., EU to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over UK nerve attack
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.
Czech president asks spy service to see if Novichok was produced locally
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman has ordered the country’s counter-intelligence service to see if the type of nerve agent used in an attack in Britain could have been made in the Czech Republic.
Last Syrian rebels in Ghouta negotiate as others bussed away
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The last rebel group fighting in Syria’s eastern Ghouta said on Monday it was still trying to negotiate an end to the army’s assault, dismissing a Russian report that it was ready to leave the stronghold near Damascus.
US and EU to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over UK nerve attack
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un visits China: Bloomberg
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, Bloomberg reported on Monday citing three unnamed sources, in what would be his first known overseas trip since taking power in 2011 and ahead of a potential summit with U.S. Preside…
Exits were blocked, say Russian mall fire investigators
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Investigators looking into a fire that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall in Siberia said on Monday a security guard had turned off the public address system and exits had been illegally blocked.
