Guatemalan family mourns accountant daughter shot dead on U.S. border
SAN JUAN OSTUNCALCO, Guatemala (Reuters) – For Claudia Gomez, the 19-year old indigenous Guatemalan who was shot last week by a border patrol officer, the chance for a better life in the United States outweighed worries about a crackdown at the border,…
Colombian peace deal critic to face fiery leftist in runoff
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Marxist rebels, won Colombia’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to confront privi…
Colombian right-wing critic of peace deal to face leftist in runoff
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Marxist rebels, won Colombia’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to take on wealth…
Truckers clear some roads in Brazil, but protests continue
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Despite a reduction of road blockades, most Brazilian truckers protesting high diesel prices have not gone back to work and Latin America’s largest economy is poised to enter an eighth day of protests on Monday with near-zero road…
Theresa May to urge Trump to avoid London protests during UK visit: The Sun
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid protesters in central London during his UK visit in July and instead meet her at her country residence, the Sun newspaper reported on Sunday.
Italy’s president calls in former IMF official amid political turmoil
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s president is expected to ask a former International Monetary Fund official on Monday to head a stopgap government amidst political and constitutional turmoil, with early elections looking inevitable.
Anti-corruption group says Nigeria expanding use of opaque $670 million ‘slush fund’
ABUJA (Reuters) – Anti-corruption group Transparency International said on Monday Nigeria’s government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft.
Paris mayor praises Malian ‘hero’ for scaling building to save child
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Sunday praised the heroism of a Malian immigrant who scaled the facade of a four-storey building in the north of capital to save a child hanging from a ledge, saying the city will support his effort to sett…
Colombia’s right-wing Duque, leftist Petro head to presidential runoff
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Colombia’s Marxist rebels, won Sunday’s first-round presidential election, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to take on entrenc…
U.S. team in North Korea for talks on summit, Trump says
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday a U.S. team had arrived in North Korea to prepare for a proposed summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which Trump pulled out of last week before reconsidering.
