Mexico opposition leaders eye possible election tie-up in 2018
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The leaders of two of Mexico’s main opposition parties on Saturday floated the possibility of joining forces in the 2018 presidential elections to defeat the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of President Enrique Pe…
Mexican mob attacks Russian man in Cancun over insults
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A mob of angry Mexicans attacked a Russian man in the Caribbean resort of Cancun with sticks and rocks over his repeated insults against locals, and the 42-year-old man was accused of fatally stabbing a youth in the melee, autho…
With new sheriff in town, South Korea big businesses duck for cover
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean retail giant has shelved controversial expansion plans, while a large bank made hundreds of contract jobs permanent after President Moon Jae-in took office vowing to reform the family-run conglomerates that dominate the…
Three years after coup, junta is deeply embedded in Thai life
BANGKOK (Reuters) – On Friday evenings in Thailand, sandwiched between the evening news and a popular soap opera, is a prime-time program that has been running for three years, or ever since the military took power in a May 22, 2014 coup.
Macron’s popularity similar to predecessors as mandate kicks off: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – The popularity of France’s new president is around the same as his immediate predecessors when they took office, an Ifop poll showed on Sunday, in contrast to a survey that found Emmanuel Macron had the lowest confidence ratings in mo…
Venezuela anti-government unrest marks 50th day with huge marches
CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Saturday to mark 50 days of protests against the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro, with unrest gaining momentum despite a rising de…
Polls show UK’s Conservatives losing ground as policies set out
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s lead in the opinion polls has narrowed after her Conservatives and the Labour opposition published their policy plans this week, with one survey showing the gap between the two parties halving …
Shut out of U.N. forum, Taiwan slams China’s ‘coercion and threats’
GENEVA (Reuters) – Taiwan hopes its allies will stand up to China’s “coercion and threats” that have shut it out of the U.N.’s annual World Health Assembly (WHA), Taiwanese Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told Reuters on Saturday.
President’s attempt to dig in risks leaving Brazil with lame duck
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer’s refusal to resign in the face of a Supreme Court investigation raises the prospect of a drawn-out fight for survival by an unpopular leader that would stall reforms, deter investors and leave Latin America’s largest economy adrift.
Turkish NBA star denied entry to Romania after passport canceled: police
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – U.S.-based Turkish basketball star Enes Kanter was refused entry into Romania on Saturday because his Turkish passport had been canceled, Romanian border police said.
