Brazil strike boosts far right candidate’s shot at presidency
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro went out on a limb to support a truckers strike that paralyzed Brazil and forced the government to reinstate costly fuel subsidies, and the strategy may have helped his chances of bea…
North Korea official meets Trump in rare White House visit, carries letter
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – A senior North Korean official met U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday at the White House to hand him a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as the two countries try to put a derailed summit back on track.
You’ve got mail: Cuba, U.S. make permanent restored postal services
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States are making the re-establishment of postal services permanent after a trial run, the state-run Cuban News Agency reported on Friday, as cooperation in some areas inches forward despite a chill in relations u…
Italy’s Conte sworn in as PM of anti-establishment government
ROME (Reuters) – Giuseppe Conte was sworn in on Friday as Italy’s prime minister, heading western Europe’s first anti-establishment government bent on overhauling European Union rules on budgets and immigration.
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa tells investors ZANU-PF will remain in power
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa told foreign investors on Friday that his ruling ZANU-PF party would still be in power after the July elections and dismissed the political opposition as “barking puppies”.
German Muslims accuse Bavaria of double standards over crucifix order
BERLIN (Reuters) – Muslim groups in Germany accused the Bavarian government of double standards on Friday as a new order requiring government buildings in the mainly Catholic southern region to display a crucifix went into effect.
Italy’s Conte sworn in as PM of anti-establishment government
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s president swore in Giuseppe Conte on Friday as prime minister of Western Europe’s first anti-establishment government whose aim is to cut taxes, boost welfare spending and overhaul European Union rules on budgets and immigratio…
World Court drops Malaysia-Singapore territorial dispute
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday said it has dropped a long-running territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore by mutual consent.
Pope to address oil majors in Vatican climate conference
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican will host executives of the world’s top oil companies for a conference next week on climate change and the transition away from fossil fuels, a Vatican source said on Friday.
Banned by Mugabe, play about Gukurahundi massacres finally staged
HARARE (Reuters) – A play that was banned by Robert Mugabe about a 1980s government crackdown in which rights groups say 20,000 civilians were killed has been performed in Zimbabwe for the first time.
