Italy’s 5-Star to keep budget deficit at 1.5 percent, says leader Di Maio
MILAN (Reuters) – The 5-Star Movement, which emerged as Italy’s biggest party after last month’s vote, will propose an economic plan which will keep the budget deficit near the level forecast for this year by the outgoing center-left government, its le…
Brazil’s defiant Lula expected to surrender to police Saturday
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) – Leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent the night holed up inside the headquarters of a steel-workers union on Saturday in a standoff with police ordered to arrest him for corruption.
Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China
SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China.
Brazil’s first black chief justice joins party to run for president
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late on Friday mulling a presidential bid in the October election.
Australia’s Turnbull remains voters’ preferred PM amid leadership speculation
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian voters want Malcolm Turnbull to remain prime minister, according to an opinion poll on Saturday, as questions about his leadership gain momentum with his coalition facing possibly the 30th straight loss in a major poll …
Trump, UAE leader push for unity in Gulf as dispute drags on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates agreed on Friday to push for unity among Gulf nations, the White House said, amid a bitter standoff between Qatar and ot…
Smoke clears and photographer captures moment of protest
GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Sometimes photographers know they have something special in the fraction of a second between seeing it happen and capturing it through their lens.
Russia says it will respond firmly to new U.S. sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow said on Friday it would respond firmly to new U.S. sanctions imposed against Russian businessmen, companies and government officials for what Washington called “malign activity” including alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. elec…
Migrant caravan, down by almost half, soldiers on through Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A “caravan” of Central American migrants pressed on through Mexico on Friday, greatly diminished in size a day after hundreds of exhausted members left a field where they had been stranded all week, pressured by government offic…
Brazil’s Lula defies prison order, creating standoff
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defied a judge’s order to turn himself in to police on Friday and start serving a 12-year prison sentence for bribery that would likely end his hopes of regai…
