As Hungary roars ahead, Orbanomics leaves some of the poorest behind
HOSSZUHETENY, Hungary (Reuters) – The pre-election fanfare over Hungary’s stellar growth and surging wages hardly registers with Laszlo Reisch, an employee in a government works program who is stuck on the wrong side of a growing social divide.
Exclusive: Mexican leftist has 18-point lead as campaign kicks off – poll
MONTERREY (Reuters) – Mexican left-wing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has an 18-point lead ahead of the July 1 election, according to a poll published on Monday that showed him with a growing advantage at the start of formal campai…
Costa Rica center-left easily wins presidency in vote fought on gay rights
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The center-left’s Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica’s presidential runoff election on Sunday by promising to allow gay marriage, protecting the country’s reputation for toler…
Japan PM to visit U.S. from April 17 to 20 for talks with Trump
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit the United States April 17-20 for talks with President Donald Trump, he said on Monday.
China says space station burns up over South Pacific
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said.
Center-left author wins Costa Rica presidency with support for gay rights
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The center-left’s Carlos Alvarado Quesada decisively defeated a conservative Protestant singer in Costa Rica’s presidential runoff election on Sunday by promising to defend gay rights, handing a major victory to the ruling party.
Center-left candidate wins Costa Rica presidential election
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s center-left presidential hopeful Carlos Alvarado Quesada took an insurmountable lead in a Sunday presidential runoff, winning 61 percent of the vote in a race that exposed deep divisions in the country over religion…
Polls show about half of Japanese voters don’t support PM Abe’s Cabinet
TOKYO (Reuters) – About half of Japanese voters don’t support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration amid suspected cronyism and cover-up, opinion polls by Japanese media showed.
Ex-Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt dies, leaves bitter legacy
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at the age of 91 on Sunday, a bitterly divisive figure in the country’s long civil war who escaped a 2013 genocide conviction only to face renewed charges last year.
Mexico is no ‘piñata,’ election front-runner says after Trump tweets
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential front-runner launched his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday, demanding respect for Mexicans hours after U.S. President Donald Trump again threatened to scrap a key trade pact and erect a…
