U.S. sends aid to Colombia-Venezuela border; Maduro rejects help
The United States has sent food and medicine to Colombia’s border with Venezuela, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, although it is still unclear how the aid will get past the objections of President Nicolas Maduro, who has blocked shipments in the past.
Factbox: Guaido vs. Maduro – Who is backing Venezuela’s two presidents
A slew of European nations this week joined the United States and other Western countries in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, heightening a global showdown over Nicolas Maduro’s rule.
Zimbabwe president invites opposition for talks as teachers strike
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, they said, following a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.
Brazil’s president still in semi-intensive care, no date to leave hospital
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s medical condition has improved, with no fever, but he remains in semi-intensive care with visits restricted and there is no date set for him to leave hospital, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
Pope says he is committed to stopping sexual abuse of nuns
Pope Francis, whose papacy has been marked by efforts to quell a global crisis over sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, said on Tuesday he was committed to stopping the abuse of nuns by priests and bishops, some of whom had used the women as s…
Canadian train ‘began to move on its own’ before fatal derailment
A Canadian Pacific Railway train was parked for a change of crew when it unexpectedly rolled down a steep embankment in British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains on Monday, killing three crew members, a transport regulator said.
Brazil Speaker Maia: Pension reform first on legislative agenda
Lower house of Congress Speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that pension reform will be the first item on Brazil’s legislative agenda and could be approved in both chambers by July.
Italy’s Di Maio meets French ‘yellow vests’, hails ‘winds of change’
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said he met leaders of France’s “yellow vest” anti-government movement on Tuesday, an encounter likely to further test already strained bilateral relations.
Erdogan says expects Greece to return eight Turkish soldiers with coup links
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he expected more cooperation from Greece in the repatriation of eight soldiers who fled to Greece following a 2016 coup attempt.
Lebanon’s new government to stay out of Syria and other conflicts
Lebanon’s new government said on Tuesday it will stick with existing policy of keeping out of regional conflicts like Syria after talks to set policy.
