Orban courts voters outside Hungary with grants, cheap loans
CANTAVIR, Serbia (Reuters) – Antal Kracsun was about to convert a barn next to his house into a pigsty to make ends meet, when a Hungarian government grant gave his small welding business in northern Serbia a shot in the arm.
Brazil lawmaker Maia emerges to shield reforms from crisis
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The scion of a storied political clan is edging closer to being Brazil’s third president in just over a year, a change that would be blessed by business elites who view House Speaker Rodrigo Maia as the easiest solution to a politi…
Attention turns to freedom of Liu Xiaobo’s widow after Chinese dissident’s death
BEIJING (Reuters) – Friends of China’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer in custody, said on Friday they were unable to contact his widow, Liu Xia, and that ensuring her freedom was now a top priority.
Bastille Day march-past closes Trump’s Paris visit
PARIS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump watched U.S. and French soldiers march together through the Paris sunshine on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War One and France’s annual Bastille Day holid…
Peru’s ex-President Humala jailed for up to 18 months before trial
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former President Ollanta Humala and his wife turned themselves in to authorities late on Thursday after a judge ordered them to spend up to 18 months in jail while prosecutors prepare charges against them for alleged money laund…
Fugitive Venezuela police pilot pops up at opposition vigil
CARACAS (Reuters) – A rogue Venezuelan police pilot wanted for lobbing grenades and shooting at government buildings appeared briefly at an opposition vigil on Thursday night in a surreal twist to the crisis-worn country’s political drama.
Murders, masked men spook Rohingya in Bangladesh camps
KUTUPALONG MAKESHIFT CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – As fellow Muslims were celebrating the end of Ramadan late in June, Noor Ankis and her neighbors buried her husband at the refugee camp in Bangladesh where he had lived for years.
U.S. House may be near deal on stalled Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional negotiators are making progress on resolving a dispute that has stalled a bill to impose new sanctions on Russia, congressional aides said on Thursday, and one lawmaker said the matter could be resolved as soon…
UAE says it is headed for ‘long estrangement’ with Qatar
DUBAI (Reuters) – There will be no quick end to the row between Qatar and the four states boycotting it including the United Arab Emirates, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs wrote on his official Twitter account on Friday.
President Trump says French first lady is in ‘such good shape’
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump praised French first lady Brigitte Macron for being in “such good shape” on Thursday during his state visit to France, according to a video on the French government’s Facebook page.
