Paper says South Africa finance minister asks president to remove him
South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to sack him after he admitted to visiting the home of the Gupta brothers, friends of scandal-plagued former leader Jacob Zuma, a newspaper said on Monday.
Cambodia’s Hun Sen defiant despite EU trade threat
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has taken a defiant stance following a European Union announcement last week that it would ramp up trade pressure on Cambodia over human rights concerns.
U.S. Marine colonel in Australia relieved of duties over drink driving
The head of a contingent of United States Marines based in Australia’s northern city of Darwin was relieved of his command after police caught him drink driving on a night out, a corps spokesman said on Monday.
Pompeo says North Korea ready to let inspectors into missile, nuclear sites
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ready to allow international inspectors into the North’s nuclear and missile testing sites, one of the main sticking points over an earlier denuclearization pledge.
Children return to schools in Indonesia quake city to clean up, find friends
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and to help gather data on how many of them will be coming back 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami hit their city.
Pompeo says North Korea’s Kim ready to allow inspectors into nuclear, missile sites
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ready to allow international inspectors into the North’s nuclear and missile sites.
Far right, ex-military officer wins Brazil vote, faces leftist in runoff
Far-right Congressman and former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, as voters’ anger at corruption drove a major shift to the right in Latin America’s largest nation.
Bolsonaro transforms tiny Brazil party into congressional powerhouse
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro turned his party from a footnote in a crowded Congress into a national behemoth on Sunday, underscoring a seismic shift in Latin America’s biggest nation as voters raged against the political est…
Far right, ex-military officer to face leftist in Brazil presidential runoff
Far-right Congressman and former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election on Sunday, marking a major shift to the right in Latin America’s largest nation fueled by voters’ anger at corruption.
Schools in Indonesia quake city begin counting how many children will be back
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and to help gather data on how many of them will be coming back 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami hit their city.
