Enter ‘petro’: Venezuela to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday Venezuela would launch a cryptocurrency to combat a U.S.-led financial “blockade,” although he provided few clues about how the economically crippled OPEC member would pull off the feat.
Kenyan opposition says a strategist arrested, no reason given
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition National Super Alliance said on Sunday that one of its key strategists had been arrested in Kwale, in the country’s coastal region, and that his whereabouts were unknown.
Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafik meets lawyer in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafik met with his lawyer at a Cairo hotel on Sunday, the lawyer said, after his family said it feared he had been “kidnapped” following his arrival from the UAE after announcing his intention to run for…
Venezuela to launch cryptocurrency to fight ‘blockade’: Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that Venezuela will launch a cryptocurrency to combat what the leftist leader says is a financial “blockade” against the crisis-hit nation spurred by U.S. sanctions.
Trump still weighing whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: Kushner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Sunday, a move that would break with decades of U.S. policy …
German police say Potsdam explosive package not ‘terrorism’
BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities investigating the delivery of a package containing powerful firecrackers, wires and nails to a pharmacy near a Christmas market in the city of Potsdam said on Sunday it was criminal activity rather than “terrorism….
Families of lost Argentina submarine crew decry government response
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Dozens of relatives of the 44 crew members of an Argentine submarine that went missing on November 15 marched from a naval base on Sunday, demanding to know what happened and criticizing the government’s response to the tragedy…
U.S. quits talks on global migration pact over sovereignty clash
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has quit negotiations on a voluntary pact to deal with migration because the global approach to the issue was “simply not compatible with U.S. sovereignty,” said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki H…
Whereabouts of Egyptian ex-PM unknown since deportation home: family
CAIRO (Reuters) – The family of former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Shafik said on Sunday it has lost contact with him since they say he was deported from the United Arab Emirates to Cairo just days after announcing his intention to run for president …
Saudi-led air strikes support Yemen’s Saleh as he shifts against Houthis
ADEN (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, local media said, lending support to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh after he signaled he was abandoning his support of the Iran-aligned Houthis – a shift…
