Hero worship: India’s Trump superfans gear up for his arrival
Bussa Krishna first began worshipping Donald Trump four years ago when the U.S. president appeared to him a dream.
Engineer given six years in prison over Latvian supermarket collapse
A Latvian construction engineer was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday over the 2013 collapse of a supermarket that killed 54 people, the country’s worst disaster since gaining independence in the early 1990s.
EU lists Cayman Islands, Panama as tax havens, spares Turkey
European Union finance ministers added Panama, the Seychelles, the Cayman Islands and Palau to the EU’s blacklist of tax havens, while giving Turkey more time to avoid being listed, an EU document said on Tuesday.
Croatia’s new president Milanovic takes office, urges solidarity
Croatia’s new president Zoran Milanovic urged more solidarity in society as he formally took office on Tuesday, and called for vigilance against populist approaches to issues such as climate change that may distort or ignore scientific facts.
Ashraf Ghani declared winner of Afghan presidential poll
Afghanistan’s election body declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the 2019 presidential poll on Tuesday, almost five months after voting took place.
China sees fall in coronavirus deaths but WHO urges caution
China reported on Tuesday its fewest new coronavirus infections since January and its lowest daily death toll for a week, but the World Health Organization said data suggesting the epidemic had slowed should still be viewed with caution.
Wild card Roettgen enters race to take over Merkel’s party
Senior German conservative lawmaker Norbert Roettgen said on Tuesday he would join the race to take over as leader of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), a surprise candidacy that deepens the struggle for the party’s future.
U.N. Libya envoy says Tripoli port was attacked on Tuesday
The sea port in Libya’s capital Tripoli was attacked on Tuesday, United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame said, the latest violence in a battle for control of the home to the country’s internationally recognized government.
Jailed Wikileaks founder Assange’s health improving: spokesman
Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is no longer being kept in solitary confinement and his health is improving, his spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told reporters on Tuesday.
Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, relief effort overwhelmed: U.N.
Government air strikes have hit hospitals and displaced persons camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
