Brazil’s ex-president Lula faces new corruption charges
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been charged by prosecutors who said the leftist politician was the mastermind behind the country’s biggest bribery scheme.
British police name suicide bomber, threat level raised to critical
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester, and said they were trying to establish whether he had acted alone or…
South Korea’s ex-leader Park abused power to gain bribes, prosecutor tells court
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s former leader Park Geun-hye abused her power and pressured companies to pay her tens of millions of dollars in bribes, a prosecutor told a Seoul court at the start of her corruption trial on Tuesday.
Man set on fire during Venezuela protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Photographer Marco Bello has covered many violent scenes during seven weeks of anti-government protests in Venezuela, but he witnessed a particularly shocking incident at the weekend when a crowd set a man on fire.
Ukrainian hacker gets prison in U.S. insider trading case
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to 2-1/2 years in prison over his role in a global scheme to conduct insider trading based on stolen, yet-to-be-published corporate news releases, U.S. prosecutors said.
Brazil top court ruling on Temer probe to await tape analysis
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Chief Justice Carmen Lucia Rocha decided on Monday that the Supreme Court will only rule on the suspension of an investigation of President Michel Temer when the federal police determines whether a key tape recording was e…
Britain won’t accept EU’s ‘obsession’ with ECJ in Brexit talks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not accept the “one-sided” powers of the European Court of Justice as part of a deal to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday, criticizing what he called an “ideological obsession” with the…
Britain won’t accept EU’s ‘obsession’ with ECJ in Brexit talks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will not accept the “one-sided” powers of the European Court of Justice as part of a deal to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday, criticizing what he called an “ideological obsession” with the…
Venezuela prosecutor decries Maduro’s new congress plan, deepening rift
CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as two months of massive protests s…
Venezuela prosecutor decries Maduro plan, unrest worsens
CARACAS/PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor has panned unpopular President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to create a grassroots congress, deepening a rare public split among the ruling Socialists as the death toll from two months o…
