Driver kills nine, injures 16 plowing van onto Toronto sidewalk: police
TORONTO (Reuters) – A driver plowed his white Ryder rental van into a crowd, killing nine people and injuring 16 along a roughly mile-long stretch of busy Toronto sidewalk during lunch hour on a sunny Monday afternoon, police said.
Nine dead, 16 hurt by van plowing over Toronto sidewalk: police
TORONTO (Reuters) – A driver plowed his white Ryder rental van into a crowd, killing nine people and injuring 16 on a busy Toronto sidewalk on a sunny Monday afternoon, police said.
Paraguay’s ruling Colorado party keeps strong presence in Senate
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s business-friendly ruling party performed better than expected in Sunday’s Senate election, losing fewer seats than polls had projected and ensuring strict fiscal policies while lessening chances of a tax hike on the key …
Venezuela vote rivals launch campaigns with gifts, promises of change
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro kicked off his presidential campaign giving away trash trucks and tractors while challenger Henri Falcon laid out plans to de-politicize state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] and dollarize an ailing…
Van hops Toronto sidewalk, killing at least two: Reuters witness
TORONTO (Reuters) – A white van killed at least two people on a suburban Toronto sidewalk on Monday after jumping the curb and the driver was in custody, according to police and a Reuters witness.
U.S. allies press Trump to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – Western allies stepped up pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to keep alive an international nuclear deal with Iran, with French President Emmanuel Macron due to urge him in person not to tear up the 2015 ag…
Trump says may tie Mexican immigration control to NAFTA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA agreement on Monday, saying the southern U.S. neighbor must stop illegal immigrants from getting into the United States.
Egypt denies Sinai battle choking off food, medicine supplies
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military campaign to defeat Islamic State militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula is choking essential food and medical supplies to thousands of residents in the desert region, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The arm…
Exclusive: Arrested Chevron workers could face treason charge in Venezuela – sources
HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Two Chevron Corp. employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state-owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with d…
Pope becomes ice cream man for a day, gives homeless 3,000 gelati
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Here’s the scoop: Pope Francis became an ice cream man for a day on Monday as Rome charity workers dished out 3,000 helpings of gelato to the homeless and needy as his gift to them on his name day.
