Pope departs Thailand for Japan, bringing anti-nuclear message
Pope Francis left Thailand on Saturday after a three-day visit and headed to Japan, where he is to visit the ground zeros of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as part of his campaign against nuclear weapons.
Amid singing and dancing, PNG’s Bougainville starts independence vote
Amid singing, dancing and the beat of drums, John Momis, the president of Papua New Guinea’s region of Bougainville, was one of the first to cast his ballot early on Saturday in a referendum on whether to become the world’s newest nation.
University campus siege nears end as Hong Kong gears up for election
A Hong Kong university campus under siege for more than a week was a deserted wasteland on Saturday, with a handful of protesters holed up in hidden refuges across the trashed grounds, as the city’s focus turned to local elections.
Nicaraguan mothers who waged hunger strike in church taken to hospital
A group of nine Nicaraguan mothers whose hunger strike became emblematic of protests roiling the Central American country were transported on Friday to a hospital in stable condition, according to a doctor treating the group and a Reuters witness.
Thousands gather for renewed Colombia protests, curfew called in Bogota
Thousands of Colombians gathered for renewed protests on Friday and sporadic looting erupted in several parts of the capital Bogota, after mass marches on Thursday ended in three deaths.
Cuba acknowledges ‘vestiges’ of racism, launches program to fight it
Cuba’s government has launched a program to combat racism, acknowledging that a problem that Fidel Castro tried to eliminate after the 1959 leftist revolution remains unresolved.
Two dead, nine missing as fishing boat sinks off Morocco
A boat capsized off the coast of Morocco’s port of Tan Tan, 856 km (537 miles), south of capital Rabat, leaving two fishermen dead while at least nine others were still missing, the fisheries department said late on Friday.
Bolivia prosecutors probing Morales over accusations he encouraged unrest
Bolivia’s attorney general said on Friday that his office has opened a probe into former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism, related to accusations from the interim government that he has been stirring unrest since resigning.
Bolivia’s Congress to pass law for new elections on Saturday: lawmaker
Bolivia’s parliament will pass legislation on Saturday to pave the way for new elections after a deal was reached by top lawmakers of the body’s three political parties, a congressman with the party of former president Evo Morales told Reuters.
Trump says administration to take ‘good look’ at Hong Kong rights bill
(This November 22 story has been refiled to fix typo in first paragraph.)
