Brazil president weakened by graft charge, losing fiscal battle
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer has burned through political capital fighting corruption charges and is struggling to push forward his economic agenda meant to rein in a gaping budget deficit.
Trump says was being ‘sarcastic’ in thanking Putin for embassy staff cuts
BEDMINSTER, NJ (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he was being sarcastic when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for saving the United States money by ordering cuts in U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia.
U.N. signals not responsible for controlling Yemen’s main airport
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations signaled on Friday it was not responsible for controlling Yemen’s main airport, dismissing a call by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for the world body do so.
Suspected French arsonist is put under formal investigation: source
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – A suspected arsonist was placed under formal investigation and held in custody in France on Friday on suspicion of having started several fires on the French Riviera, a judicial source said.
30 children die in hospital in northern India: medical official
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thirty children have died at a hospital in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh since Wednesday due to encephalitis and delivery-related issues, a senior medical official said on Friday.
It never got paid for the Volvos, but could Sweden mediate with North Korea?
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden has not yet been paid by North Korea for the hundreds of Volvo sedans it imported in the 1970s and which can still be seen on the streets of the communist country.
Venezuela’s hunted opposition magistrates flee by boat, on foot
CARACAS (Reuters) – Miguel Angel Martin says he knew he had to leave Venezuela when intelligence agents in black vehicles started tailing him, days after the opposition-run Congress named him a magistrate to an alternative Supreme Court in defiance of …
Hezbollah steers Lebanon closer to Syria, straining efforts to stay neutral
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah and its allies are pressing the Lebanese state to normalize relations with President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria, testing Lebanon’s policy of “dissociation” from the Syrian conflict and igniting a political row.
U.S. diplomat engaging in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea – AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has been engaging in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, the Associated Press reported on Friday, as President Donald Trump stepped up his warnings to Pyongyang amid rising tensions in th…
Egypt train crash kills dozens, injures more than 100 people
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two trains collided in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killing 42 people and injuring 133 others, the health ministry said.
