Refinitiv removes Reuters story on Hong Kong protests from screens in China
Under pressure from Chinese regulators, financial information provider Refinitiv has removed from its Eikon terminals in China a Reuters story detailing how an official with Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong had urged residents of a rural area to d…
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s main city of Goma before dying of the hemorrhagic fever, officials said.
Ross to attend Venezuela summit in Peru on Tuesday, U.S. says
U.S. Secretary Wilbur Ross will attend a summit in Peru to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela on Tuesday, the U.S. Commerce Department said.
U.S imposes new sanctions on Russia over Skripal poisoning
U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed another round of sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain, the White House said on Friday, a move Moscow said would hurt already strained U.S.-Russia ties.
Spanish NGO boat seeks safe port for 124 people rescued in Mediterranean
A Spanish charity rescue boat sought safe port on Friday after Italy rejected its request to disembark 124 people saved from two migrant rafts in the Mediterranean, the organization said.
Brazil’s space agency chief to leave job after deforestation dispute: science ministry
The head of Brazil’s space research agency INPE, Ricardo Galvao, is to leave his position following a public dispute with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation statistics, a spokesperson for the science ministry said on Friday.
Tunisia’s interim president extends state of emergency for one month
Tunisia’s interim president extended the country’s state of emergency for another month, his office said in a statement on Friday.
Trump: North Korean missile tests may defy UN, but not his agreement with Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that North Korea’s missile tests may have violated United Nations resolutions but did not break his agreement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Brazil’s INPE chief to leave job after deforestation dispute: science ministry
The head of Brazil’s space research agency INPE, Ricardo Galvao, is to leave his position following a public dispute with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation statistics, a spokesperson for the science ministry said on Friday.
Second Ebola case in Congo’s Goma infected several people: government
The second case of Ebola recorded in east Congo’s main city of Goma had a large family including 10 children and managed to infect several people before dying of the hemorrhagic fever, the government’s Ebola response coordinator said on Friday.
