Salvadoran president’s supporters pressure lawmakers to approve loan to boost security
Supporters of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele gathered on Sunday to press lawmakers to approve a $109 million loan Bukele wants to bolster his plan to better equip police and soldiers in the fight against crime.
Trudeau raises issue of detained Canadians with Egypt’s Sisi
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that he raised the cases of Canadians being detained in Egypt with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Azeri ruling party says it believes it has won election
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev’s ruling Yeni Azerbaijan (New Azerbaijan) party said it believed it had won a snap parliamentary election on Sunday.
Long a political pariah, Sinn Fein relishes its breakthrough
When Aengus O Snodaigh first sought election to Ireland’s parliament in 1987, he and his Sinn Fein colleagues were banned from speaking on Irish TV and radio for their connection to IRA militants and were a decade away from their first seat.
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein demand place in government after election
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein demanded on Sunday to be part of the next Irish government after early results indicated the left-wing party secured the most votes in an election that leader Mary Lou McDonald described as a ballot box “revolution”.
Justice Department receiving information on Bidens from Giuliani: Senator
The U.S. Justice Department is receiving information on former Vice President Joe Biden and his businessman son, Hunter Biden, from President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, a top Trump ally in the Senate said on Sunday.
WHO advance team on coronavirus on way to China: Tedros tweet
An advance team of international experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for Beijing to help investigate China’s coronavirus epidemic, the Geneva-based agency said on Sunday.
Amazon pulls out of major Barcelona telecoms conference over coronavirus
Amazon.com Inc has pulled out of this month’s Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry’s biggest gatherings which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona.
Factbox: Coronavirus hits trade fairs, conferences
Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus, potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals.
Flights axed and floods feared as Storm Ciara clobbers Europe
Storm Ciara lashed Britain and northern continental Europe with heavy rain and wind speeds that reached more than 90 miles an hour (145 kph) in places on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights, train services and sports matches.
