Cuba denounces international plot to silence Venezuelan people
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba praised on Monday the election in Venezuela of a new legislative superbody and denounced what it called an international plot to suppress the will of the Venezuelan people in the wake of U.S. sanctions on its key ally.
Tearful former Thai PM Yingluck says she was never dishonest
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered a tearful closing statement to a Bangkok court on Tuesday, saying she did not act dishonestly in a multi-billion dollar rice subsidy scheme and that she was being politi…
China’s military confident, prepared to safeguard sovereignty: paper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s military is “confident, capable and fully prepared” to protect the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the state-run China Daily on Tuesday quoted Defence Minister Chang Wanquan as saying in reference to Taiwan…
Clooneys to help 3,000 Syrian refugees go to school in Lebanon
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – George and Amal Clooney said on Monday they would help 3,000 Syrian refugee children go to school this year in Lebanon, where the United Nations says 200,000 children are not receiving an education after fleeing the war in ne…
Peruvian ex-president asks appeals court to free him from jail
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former left-leaning president Ollanta Humala and his wife asked an appeals court on Monday to free them from jail where they have been ordered to spend up to 18 months before a trial over allegations they took illegal funds from…
Aid groups split over Italy’s new rules for migrant rescues
ROME (Reuters) – Five aid groups that operate migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean refused to sign up to the Italian government’s code of conduct on Monday, the Interior Ministry said, but three others backed the new rules.
U.S. targets Venezuelan President Maduro for sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government slapped sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, the Trump’s administration’s toughest move so far against his government in response to Sunday’s election of a legislative superbody Washingt…
Britain to deepen trade globally as Brexit looms in 2019: Hammond
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Britain will seek to deepen ties with trading partners around the world, including Brazil, as it prepares to leave the European Union by March 2019, finance minister Phillip Hammond said on Monday during a visit to Brasilia.
Spanish court halts bid to fast-track Catalan referendum preparations
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Constitutional Court on Monday accepted a legal challenge against the Catalonian parliament’s bid to speed up preparations for a independence referendum which is opposed by the central government.
Rwanda’s Kagame predicts clean sweep to third presidential term
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwandan President Paul Kagame, already in power for 17 years, predicted on Monday he would win overwhelming popular backing for a third term in elections this week, brushing off accusations of stifling political debate.
