Four more survivors extracted from Italian hotel hit by avalanche
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) – Four people were pulled alive from the wreckage of a luxury hotel that was demolished on Wednesday by a deadly avalanche, bringing the number of survivors to nine, the national fire service said on Saturday.
Mexico seeks stronger U.S. ties despite Trump campaign barbs
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s president said on Friday he wanted to strengthen relations with his new U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, whose threats and barbs against the country raised fears of a major economic crisis, and battered its currency.
Chinese state media hopes for best with Trump, prepares for worst
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Saturday said that it hoped the new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump understood the importance of relations with China, but that Beijing should also prepare for the worst.
U.S. asks South Korea to arrest former U.N. chief Ban’s brother
NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. government has asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex, a U.S. prosecut…
China sees ‘grim’ situation in relations with Taiwan this year
BEIJING (Reuters) – Relations between China and Taiwan this year will be “even more complex and grim” and Beijing will resolutely oppose any form of separatist activity, a senior Chinese official said, but added China would also maintain peace and stab…
Gambia’s Jammeh agrees to go into exile as regional troops mass
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambia’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who refused to accept his election defeat last month, has agreed to go into exile, a senior adviser to new President Adama Barrow said on Friday, but talks to finalise the deal were holding…
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ pleads not guilty in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world’s largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-l…
Four children and woman rescued, two days after Italy avalanche
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) – Four children and a woman were saved on Friday from the wreckage of a mountain hotel in central Italy that was flattened by an avalanche, surviving almost two days in sub-zero temperatures in the buried ruins of the luxury spa….
Far-right leaders meet to discuss ‘free Europe’ vision
KOBLENZ, Germany (Reuters) – Far-right populist leaders from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands meet in the German city of Koblenz on Saturday to present their vision for “a free Europe” that would dismantle the European Union.
Canadians traveling to inauguration turned away at U.S. border
TORONTO (Reuters) – Several Canadians traveling to attend either the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States or a march planned for Saturday in Washington were turned away at the border by U.S. officials.
