Colombia evicts over 200 homeless Venezuelans from sports field squat
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombia on Wednesday evicted over 200 homeless Venezuelans who had been sleeping in a sports field in its border town of Cucuta, highlighting growing unease over an influx of migrants from the crisis-hit neighboring countr…
Opposition withdraws, giving Egypt’s Sisi clear run to presidency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s last main challenger for the presidency pulled out on Wednesday, saying any hope of a new start for Egypt had ended in a race that is all but certain to deliver the leader a second landslide.
Exclusive: Richardson quits Myanmar’s ‘whitewash’ Rohingya crisis panel
YANGON (Reuters) – Veteran U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it was conducting a “whitewash” and accusing the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi of lacking “…
Japan PM Abe to attend Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he would attend the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea next month, after reports he would not attend due to a dispute over “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime militar…
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions; urges China, Russia expulsions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced new sanctions on Wednesday aimed at stopping North Korea’s nuclear weapons development and urged China and Russia to expel North Koreans raising funds for the programs.
Ex-UK PM Cameron: Brexit not going as badly as we thought
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose failure to persuade Britons to stay in the European Union led to his exit from office, was caught on camera saying Brexit was not going as badly as he had believed it would.
Men-only gala where hostesses were groped faces backlash in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – The London charity behind a men-only fundraising gala where specially hired hostesses were groped and harassed, according to a Financial Times report, faced a swift backlash on Wednesday with donations being returned and politicians …
Brazil judge upholds Lula conviction; two more to vote
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – The first of three appeals court judges voted Wednesday to uphold a corruption conviction against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a case that could bar Brazil’s most popular politician from running in this…
Italy’s homeless, jobless migrants shunned by politicians
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – A rainstorm buffets unheated apartment blocks on the outskirts of the northern Italian city of Turin where more than 1,000 impoverished African migrants huddle in rooms built to house 300 competitors at the 2006 Winter Olympics…
Britain is not a vassal state, says minister defending EU transition deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit minister David Davis was forced to defend on Wednesday a transition deal with the European Union that leaves little changed, rejecting criticism that Britain will continue to be a “vassal state”.
