Australian government close to securing enough votes for $110 billion tax cut plan
Australia’s conservative government is close to securing enough votes to pass sweeping tax cuts after independent lawmakers said on Tuesday they were poised to strike an agreement with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Costa Rica education minister resigns under Evangelical fire for LGBTQ policy
Costa Rica’s education minister Edgar Mora resigned on Monday following protests against policies including his support for gender-neutral bathrooms, in a sign the cultural issues that dominated last year’s presidential election remain divisive.
Six killed, 105 wounded in Taliban attack in Kabul
Taliban Islamist fighters killed six people and wounded 105 others by blowing up a truck bomb at morning rush hour near an Afghan Defence Ministry compound in Kabul on Monday.
Mexican president says work on new airport north of Mexico City to begin this month
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that work to expand an airport at the Santa Lucia military base, meant to serve the capital, would begin this month following a series of delays.
Houthi drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha Airport leaves nine injured
A drone attack by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement on Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia early on Tuesday left nine people injured, a Saudi-led coalition statement said.
Brazil Senate inquiry into Vale dam accident recommends 14 indictments
A Brazilian Senate inquiry into the collapse of a Vale dam that killed nearly 250 people will recommend indictments of 14 people, including Vale executives, according to Brazil’s official news service, Agencia Brasil, on Monday.
Panama’s new president takes office, pledges end to corruption
Panama’s new President Laurentino “Nito” Cortizo vowed to curb corruption and close the wealth gap in the isthmus nation at his swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi Abha Airport: Al-Masirah TV
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said early on Tuesday that it carried out attacks on Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia, the group’s Al-Masirah TV reported.
Trump says he looks forward to meeting with North Korea’s Kim soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a “great meeting” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this weekend and he looks “forward to seeing him again soon.”
Ocasio-Cortez describes ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility
Controversy broadsided the embattled U.S. Border Patrol agency Monday, as a high-profile U.S. Congresswoman touring detention facilities called conditions “horrifying” and as current and former agency staffers were alleged to have posted offensive comm…
