Cyprus ‘golden passports’ scheme a laundering risk, says watchdog
A European money laundering watchdog has cautioned that a secretive investment-for-passports program run by Cyprus was vulnerable to money laundering and fraught with risk.
New Zealand police deploy search teams for missing British hiker
Search operations were underway on Wednesday for a British backpacker who went missing in the South Island of New Zealand after an intense flood in the area.
Under pressure from Trump, U.S. to seek shorter sentence for his adviser Stone
Under pressure from President Donald Trump, the U.S. Justice Department on Monday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and long-time Trump adviser Roger Stone, a highly unusual step that prompted three prose…
Artillery shells rain on center of Libyan capital
Artillery shells on Tuesday hit the center of the Libyan capital, which eastern forces have been trying to take in a near year-long war, residents said.
WHO sees coronavirus as No.1 threat; markets optimistic worst is over
The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s senior medical adviser said on Tuesday, but deaths surpassed 1,000 and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global threat potentially worse than terrorism.
Johnson & Johnson partners with U.S. agency to develop coronavirus vaccine
Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it was working with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine.
Venezuela’s Guaido returns home on Tuesday afternoon after international tour
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returned to his country on Tuesday after traveling to North America and Europe, capping a three-week tour in which he was widely celebrated by foreign leaders.
U.S. evacuees freed from coronavirus quarantine, officials fear discrimination
Nearly 200 people evacuated from the China coronavirus outbreak were released from quarantine in California on Tuesday with officials urging Americans not to shun them, or workers who helped them, after both groups faced discrimination.
Venezuela man charged with sexual slavery after holding woman captive for 31 years
Venezuelan prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a man on charges that he sexually enslaved a woman whom he held captive for 31 years in an apartment building, a case that has shocked residents of the city of Maracay near the capital of Caracas.
U.S. says talks with Taliban continue over specifics of reduction of violence
Talks between the United States and the Taliban in Doha continue over the specifics of a reduction in violence, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday, hours after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani he had a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State …
