Venezuela’s Armed Forces Bank slams Mastercard for halting card service
A Venezuelan bank run by the troubled country’s military on Wednesday slammed Mastercard for cutting off service to the bank’s credit cards following U.S. sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Sharpie-gate? Trump shows apparently altered hurricane map
U.S. President Donald Trump showed a map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected path on Wednesday that appeared to have been altered with a Sharpie pen to include the state of Alabama, which was never in harm’s way.
South Carolina scrambles ahead of Dorian’s storm surge
A large digital screen alongside a major highway running into Charleston, South Carolina, issued a stark warning to residents on Wednesday: ‘HURRICANE DORIAN, LEAVE NOW.”
Chinese paper says HK demonstrators now have no excuse for violence
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that had sparked widespread protests was an olive branch that leaves demonstrators with no excuse to continue violence, the official China Daily said on Thursday.
Former first lady of Honduras sentenced to 58 years in jail
The former first lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla, wife of ex-president Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced on Wednesday to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud and undue appropriation of funds, a spokesman for the nation’s highest court said.
Explainer: How important is Hong Kong to the rest of China?
Concerns over Hong Kong’s political and economic future are growing as pro-democracy protests drag on and turn increasingly violent, and China makes clear that forceful intervention is possible.
‘We owe it to them’: Bahamian ships prepare for relief missions
As a humanitarian crisis unfolded in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, a flotilla of ships and boats was preparing on Wednesday to begin ferrying relief supplies to areas of the island-nation hardest hit by the Category 5 storm.
North Korean foreign minister will not attend U.N. gathering of world leaders
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will not attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations later this month “due to his schedule,” the country’s mission to the U.N. told Reuters on Wednesday.
Bolsonaro irks Chile after personal attack on U.N.’s Bachelet
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro sparked friction with regional ally Chile on Wednesday after he accused its former leader Michelle Bachelet of meddling in his country’s affairs by criticizing rising police violence and erosions of democracy.
Russia jails two more protesters ahead of Sunday’s Moscow vote
A Russian court sentenced two men to up to three and a half years in jail on Wednesday for using violence against police officers at a political protest calling for a free election on Sunday.
