Peru’s Kuczynski says will not resign over Odebrecht scandal
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said late on Thursday that he would not resign over a scandal involving payments that Brazilian builder Odebrecht paid a decade ago to a company he controlled while holding public office.
Australian abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including Catholic priests told of abuse in the confessional, said a report on Friday which detailed institutional abuse, particularly in the Catholic …
Australian child abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession, voluntary celibacy for clergy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including Catholic priests who are told of abuse in the confessional, according to a report into institutional child abuse released on Friday.
EU leaders clash over refugees
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis blew a hole in the European Union, a tentative effort to patch up differences over what to do with refugees underlined continuing rifts among the bloc’s leaders.
Chile presidential hopefuls end campaigns before Sunday vote
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns in downtown Santiago on Thursday ahead of an uncertain runoff election whose outcome will determine whether the world’s top copper producer turns to the right or maintains its cen…
May wins applause from EU leaders for Brexit efforts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European leaders applauded British Prime Minister Theresa May for her work so far on Brexit, assuring her at a summit in Brussels that sufficient progress has been made to allow Britain to move on to the next stage of leaving the u…
Trump discusses North Korea situation with Putin: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Trump spoke by phone on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in a statement.
Peru’s Kuczynski loses support of inner circle: sources
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has lost support of senior officials in his government after Brazil’s Odebrecht said it had transferred $4.8 million to companies linked to him, two government sources said on Thursday, and the op…
EU leaders lock horns over hosting refugees
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders locked horns at a summit in Brussels over the divisive issue of hosting refugees who reach Europe, reopening a two-year-old dispute that has shaken the bloc.
Putin, Trump discuss bilateral relations, Korean Peninsula situation: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed bilateral relations and situation in the Korean Peninsula during a telephone call, the Kremlin said in a statement early on Friday.
