Trump attending dinner with Apple’s cook and other CEOs: source
U.S. President Donald Trump is attending a dinner on Tuesday with Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook and other CEOs on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to a source familiar with the situat…
Brazil to file charges on Tuesday against miner Vale for dam disaster
Brazilian state prosecutors said they will file charges against miner Vale SA, auditor Tuv Sud, and 16 people later on Tuesday, in relation to a deadly mining dam disaster.
Brazil charges Vale, TUV SUD employees with homicide: source
Brazil state prosecutors have charged employees at miner Vale and auditor TUV SUD with homicide in relation to a deadly dam disaster last year, a source told Reuters on Tuesday.
Two protesters killed as Iraqi police struggle to stem unrest
Two protesters died in Iraq on Tuesday as police fought running street battles with anti-government demonstrators, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse stone-throwing youths demanding reform of what they see as a corrupt political syst…
U.S. urges China to join nuclear arms talks with Russia
The United States urged China on Tuesday to join trilateral nuclear arms talks with Moscow, calling Beijing’s secrecy around growing stockpiles a “serious threat to strategic stability”.
Spain’s new government spars with right on region’s sex education veto
Spain’s new leftist government accused the far right on Tuesday of eroding children’s right to education and promoting ignorance in response to attempts by the region of Murcia to uphold a divisive “parental veto” on sex education.
Canada, Iran at odds over who should analyse downed plane’s black boxes
Iran said it had asked the U.S. and French authorities for equipment to download information from black boxes on a downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially angering countries which want the recorders analysed abroad.
Disappeared Venezuelan legislator being held in state detention: lawyer
Venezuelan opposition legislator Gilber Caro, whose whereabouts had been unknown since an elite police unit arrested him in December, is being held in state custody and is well, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
Doc Martens and youthful energy shake up Davos agenda
Often seen as the preserve of old, rich men, this year’s World Economic Forum has thrust around a dozen teenage “change-makers” to the top of its agenda, adding fresh voices, energy and fashion to proceedings.
UK government suffers fourth defeat on Brexit legislation in House of Lords
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government suffered a fourth defeat on its Brexit legislation when members of parliament’s upper chamber voted on Tuesday to ensure protections for child refugees after Britain leaves the European Union.
