Brazil’s Bolsonaro camp at odds over reviving loathed tax
Far-right Brazilian presidential hopeful Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign on Wednesday was sharply at odds with the candidate’s economic guru over whether a loathed financial transactions tax would return, exposing cracks in the front-runner’s team.
Brexit progress elusive as sides ask each other for help
British Prime Minister Theresa May urged fellow European Union leaders at an informal summit on Wednesday to follow her lead and adapt their Brexit negotiating stance to secure a good deal.
May urges fellow EU leaders to drop ‘unacceptable’ Brexit demands
Prime Minister Theresa May was set to appeal directly to fellow European leaders at a summit on Wednesday to drop “unacceptable” Brexit demands that she said could rip Britain apart, and to urge the bloc to respond in kind to her plan, according to a s…
In Brexit bid, Britain’s May pledges to help EU tackle people smugglers
Prime Minister Theresa May will call on other EU leaders on Wednesday to work together with Britain to drive people smugglers off social media, a sign of her hopes for future cooperation after Brexit.
Israel to present findings in Moscow over downing of Russian plane
Israel’s air force chief will on Thursday present findings in Moscow related to an incident in which a Russian military plane was downed off Syria’s coast, Israel’s military said.
Colombia’s coca cultivation hits record in 2017: U.N.
Colombia’s acreage of coca, the raw material for cocaine, expanded 17 percent to hit a new record last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the government mulls whether to restart aerial fumigation with the herbicide glyphosate.
Mexico holds minute of silence, sounds alarm to remember 2017 quakes
Mexicans held a minute of silence on Wednesday and performed an emergency earthquake drill to mark the one-year anniversary of devastating quakes that struck the country in September 2017, killing more than 450 people.
Conservative rebels to set out rival Brexit plan soon, ex-Brexit minister says
Opponents of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit proposals within her Conservative Party will set out an alternative plan soon, her former Brexit minister will say on Thursday.
U.S. ready to restart talks with North Korea, seeks denuclearization by 2021
The United States is ready to engage in talks with North Korea “immediately,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, with the aim of completing North Korea’s denuclearization by January 2021.
Zimbabwe president reshuffles top ranks of civil service
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday made sweeping changes to the country’s top civil service, retiring a batch of long-serving bureaucrats and promoting new faces in a break with his predecessor Robert Mugabe.
