Brazil ferry capsizes, at least 22 dead in second accident this week
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A ferry carrying roughly 130 passengers capsized in Brazil’s coastal state of Bahia on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, the country’s second fatal maritime accident this week, port authorities told Reuters.
Brazil’s Lula on the rise, but comeback likely out of reach
MACEIÓ, Brazil (Reuters) – Thousands have turned out to see leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his marathon bus tour of impoverished northeast states, the region where Brazil’s first working-class leader was born and where he has maintained the most support.
Has ‘ambitious’ British PM aimed too high with EU demands?
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May always said she would be “ambitious” in negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union, and government documents published this month show the scale of that ambition — wanting the closest of ties witho…
Danish police add abuse of corpse charge in submarine case
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police are putting an additional charge of abuse of a corpse to the court investigating whether Danish inventor Peter Madsen killed Swedish reporter Kim Wall on board his submarine.
Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee given five-year jail sentence for bribery
SEOUL (Reuters) – The billionaire head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to five years in jail for bribery on Friday in a watershed for the country’s decades-long economic order dominated by powerful, family-run conglomerates.
Iraqi forces make fresh gains in Tal Afar offensive
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces made further gains in their offensive to dislodge Islamic State from Tal Afar, seizing five more villages on the eastern and southern outskirts of the city, the military said on Thursday.
Venezuela takes two Colombian networks off cable TV
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government on Thursday ordered cable television providers to cut the signal of two Colombian networks, a move that critics, including Colombia’s leader, called a crackdown on free speech by President Nicolas Madur…
‘Safer than London!’ North Korea opens door to Russian tourists
MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korea has opened its doors to Russian tourists, issuing a license for the first travel agency in Moscow to promise clients “full immersion” in the nation’s culture and enjoyment “safer than an evening walk in London”.
Venezuela’s injured activists struggle to heal
CARACAS (Reuters) – Jesus Ibarra, a 19-year-old engineering student, has been barely able to walk or talk since a tear gas canister crushed part of his skull during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro and he fell unconscious into a river that ca…
U.S. Navy identifies one dead, nine missing USS McCain sailors
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Thursday confirmed the identity of one sailor killed after the warship USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant vessel in waters near Singapore and Malaysia, and of nine missing sailors.
