Italian PM Conte pulls out of Davos trip amid political turmoil
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte canceled a planned trip to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Thursday, a day after the head of the co-governing 5 Star Movement resigned, piling pressure on his divided coalition.
Venezuelan opposition party seeks U.S. blessing to ‘repeat’ 2018 election: document
Venezuelan opposition politician Henri Falcon’s party is seeking the United States’ blessing for a deal with President Nicolas Maduro to overturn and repeat a 2018 vote in which Maduro trounced Falcon, the party’s lobbying firm said in a filing.
U.S. calls on Haiti to set a date for elections: Pompeo
Haiti should set a date for elections, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, more than a week after Haiti’s president began ruling by decree.
Mexican security forces corral migrants after hundreds enter from Guatemala
Dozens of Mexican security forces corralled a caravan of Central Americans who entered from Guatemala on Thursday, testing Mexico’s resolve to contain mass movements of people under pressure from the Trump administration.
Texas student who traveled to China being tested for possible coronavirus
A university student being treated for a respiratory illness in Texas after traveling to Wuhan, China, is being tested for the newly discovered coronavirus that has killed 18 people in China, state and local officials said on Thursday.
U.N. says officials barred from using WhatsApp since June 2019 over security
United Nations officials do not use WhatsApp to communicate because “it’s not supported as a secure mechanism,” a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday, after U.N. experts accused Saudi Arabia of using the online communications platform to hack the phone of …
Brazil green lights U.S. deportation of more Brazilians by plane
(This January 23 story corrects to U.S. Border Patrol from Immigration and Customs Enforcement in paragraph 10)
Explainer: What we know about Trump’s Mideast peace plan
More than two years after U.S. President Donald Trump first proposed a plan to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, it lies stalled half in and half out of the starting blocks.
Kuwait to thermal screen all passengers arriving from countries affected with coronavirus: state news agency
Kuwait ministry of health said on Thursday that thermal cameras were added to border crossings so passengers arriving from countries affected with coronavirus could be thermally screened, according to the state news agency.
Australia mourns for three Americans killed in plane crash fighting bushfires
Australia was in mourning on Friday for three Americans killed when their plane crashed while fighting bushfires in the country’s alpine region, as hot, windy conditions which had fanned flames a day earlier eased in the southeast.
