Venezuela’s Ramirez attacks efforts to link him to corruption
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Venezuela’s former oil czar Rafael Ramirez said on Wednesday the government would make one of its “worst political moves” if investigators target him in an anti-corruption purge, which is gaining traction ahead of the country’s 2018…
Cambodia goes all-in on China in casino port city
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (Reuters) – Between Sihanoukville’s beaches and its multiplying casinos, “Lao Qi” and Bun Saroeun run restaurants barely a hundred dusty meters apart. But their fortunes could not be more different.
No Brexit deal worst-case scenario for Britain: Lords committee
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will fail to agree a free trade deal with the EU before it plans to leave the bloc in 2019 and should seek a transition period to avoid a worst-case scenario of crashing out without an agreement, lawmakers from parliament’s u…
Exclusive: EU parliament details UK concessions on rights
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain will guarantee rights for as yet unborn children who join EU parents after Brexit and accept EU judges’ rulings on such rights, according to a draft European Parliament resolution seen by Reuters on Thursday.
OAS may request new Honduras election to correct ‘irregularities’
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) said on Wednesday it may call for new Honduran elections if any “irregularities” undermine the credibility of results in last month’s disputed vote that has sparked a crisis in the Centr…
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, defying allies, foes
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed decades of U.S. policy and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imperiling Middle East peace efforts and upsetting Washington’s friends and foes alike.
Top German conservative embraces Macron’s EU proposals
BERLIN (Reuters) – The premier of Germany’s most populous state has become the most senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc to throw his weight behind French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposals for deepening and reforming the Eu…
North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable on Korean peninsula: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – Large military drills being carried out by the United States and South Korea and U.S. threats of a preemptive war against Pyongyang have made the outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula “an established fact”, North Korea’s foreign min…
Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, defying allies and foes
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Donald Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, effectively taking sides in one of the thorniest issues in the Mideast dispute and upsetting Washin…
U.S. officials warn of ISIS’ new caliphate: cyberspace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The collapse of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate has not diminished the militant group’s ability to inspire attacks on Western targets via the internet, U.S. national security officials told senators on Wednesday.
