Venezuela may ban main opposition parties from presidential vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s pro-government legislative superbody ruled on Wednesday that parties who boycotted this month’s local elections had lost legitimacy, potentially eliminating the main opposition groups from the 2018 presidential race.
Peru VPs pledge loyalty to president on eve of vote to oust him
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s two vice presidents pledged their loyalty to center-right President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Wednesday, on the eve of a congressional vote that could remove him from office over allegations of graft that he denies.
China jails 22 Taiwanese for telecoms fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in Beijing on Thursday handed down sentences of up to 15 years in jail to 50 people deported from Kenya for telecoms fraud, including 22 from self-ruled Taiwan, a case that infuriated Taiwan’s government.
Mexican governor requests leave to run for president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The governor of Nuevo Leon, a prosperous state in northern Mexico, requested a leave of absence on Wednesday to run as an independent candidate for president next year.
South Korea plans to buy 20 additional F-35 aircraft: report
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea plans to buy an additional 20 F-35A stealth fighter aircraft from the United States, a South Korean newspaper reported on Thursday, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Seoul would be purchasing…
North Korean soldier defects to the South: South Korean defense official
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean guards fired up to 20 warning shots at North Korean troops searching for a soldier who had defected on Thursday, Yonhap news agency said, after officials in the South confirmed the latest defection across the heavily mil…
PM May forces her own deputy to resign after pornography scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign on Wednesday after an internal investigation found that he had made misleading comments about pornography found on computers in his parliamen…
Britain’s May will allow Brexit delay in exceptional circumstances
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she would permit a delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union in exceptional circumstances, bowing to criticism from her own party over the government’s plan to fix the exit date…
Catalonia votes in election pivotal for independence campaign
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia on Thursday holds a regional election which the Spanish government hopes will strip pro-independence parties of their control of the Catalan parliament and end their campaign to force a split with Spain.
PM May forces her own deputy to resign after pornography scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign on Thursday after an internal investigation found that he had made misleading comments about pornography found on computers in his parliament…
