Temer’s failure on Brazil pension reform leaves tricky task to successor
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Michel Temer’s decision to throw in the towel on reforming Brazil’s loss-making pension system leaves the unpopular measure as a campaign issue for October’s elections and a major headache for his successor.
Missing Mexico City journalist found safe and sound
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico City’s attorney general’s office announced on Tuesday that it has located a journalist who had been missing since Friday, saying he was in good health.
More bombs hit Syria’s Ghouta, death toll highest since 2013
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a war monitor said had killed at least 250 people since Sunday night.
Canada’s PM says India trip about broader ties not just political ones
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau downplayed talk of a snub by the Indian government on his first state visit to the country this week, and cast his trip as being focused on building business and cultural ties and not just polit…
U.S. sanctions Burkina Faso-based group over terrorism threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed sanctions on Burkina Faso-based Ansarul Islam, calling the militant group a terrorism threat after a string of attacks near the African country’s northern border with Mali, the U.S. State Department …
Syria pro-government forces enter Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria’s northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict.
Harsher sanctions needed against Venezuela, targeting oil: OAS chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – Sanctions should be stepped up against Venezuela’s leaders and oil sector in response to the country’s repressive political climate, the head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) said on Tuesday.
Vatican special envoy hears sex abuse victim testimony in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top sexual abuse investigator said he had started taking testimony on Tuesday from victims in the Chilean capital, where he is looking into accusations that a bishop appointed by Pope Francis covered up crimes against…
U.S. says ready to talk Mideast peace; Abbas calls for conference
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States declared at the United Nations on Tuesday it was “ready to talk” with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rejected U.S.-led Middle East peace efforts as “impossible” after Washington’s recognition of Je…
Britain set to take further budgetary control of Northern Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must take steps towards setting a budget for Northern Ireland while it explores whether agreement can be reached to restore the province’s power-sharing government, the British minister for the region said on Tuesday.
