Despite crisis and outcry, Maduro favored to win Venezuela vote
CARACAS/BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist leader, Nicolas Maduro, looked set to win re-election on Sunday in what looked to be a poorly attended vote condemned by foes as the “coronation” of a dictator and likely to bring new fore…
Philippines takes ‘diplomatic action’ after China lands bombers in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is taking “appropriate diplomatic action” to assert its claims in the South China Sea after Chinese bombers landed on islands and reefs in the disputed region, the foreign ministry in Manila said on Monday.
Mexico presidency rivals tackle foreign policy in second debate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces off with rivals in a second televised debate on Sunday night, one of the last major chances for them to attack his sizeable lead ahead of the July 1 election.
Boat adrift with two dozen African migrants rescued off Brazil coast
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A boat with two dozen migrants from West Africa was rescued off the coast of northern Brazil, officials from the state of Maranhão said on Sunday.
Russian ‘dirty money’ flowing through London damages Britain: UK lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Russian money hidden in British assets and laundered through City of London financial institutions damages the government’s efforts to take a tough stance against Moscow’s aggressive foreign policy, a committee of lawmakers said on M…
Poor Venezuelans crowd pro-Maduro stations in hope of vote ‘prize’
CARACAS/BARINAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Poor Venezuelans scanned state-issued “fatherland cards” at red tents after voting on Sunday in hope of receiving a prize promised by President Nicolas Maduro, a practice opponents said was akin to vote-buying.
Maduro favored to win condemned Venezuela vote amid tepid turnout
CARACAS/BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist leader, Nicolas Maduro, looked set to win re-election on Sunday in what appeared to be a poorly attended vote condemned by foes as the “coronation” of a dictator and likely to bring new fo…
Cuba begins to bury its dead from airline disaster
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans in eastern Holguin province held a funeral on Sunday for an art instructor and her small child, the first of 67 Holguin residents to be brought home for burial out of 110 people who died Friday in Cuba’s worst plane crash sinc…
Left behind: why boomtown New Zealand has a homelessness crisis
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s dairy-fuelled economy has for several years been the envy of the rich world, yet despite the rise in prosperity tens of thousands of residents are sleeping in cars, shop entrances and alleyways.
Pope Francis names 14 new cardinals from five continents
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Sunday he would elevate 14 churchmen from five continents to the rank of cardinal, picking candidates who work with the poor or where Catholics are in a minority and putting his stamp on the group that will…
