Lula’s rising star in Brazil election poll rattles markets
The popularity of imprisoned former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s has grown strongly despite his corruption conviction, an election poll on Wednesday showed, a result that rattled markets and raised the possibility that Lula’s running…
Italy’s Salvini resists pressure to allow migrants to disembark
Italian far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday resisted increasing pressure to allow 177 migrants who have been held on a coast guard ship in a Sicilian port for two days to disembark.
Putin deplores U.S. sanctions, but lauds Trump meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday condemned U.S. sanctions against Russia as counter-productive, but said a summit he had held last month with U.S. President Donald Trump had still been useful.
Panama-registered tanker missing in piracy-plagued West African waters
A tanker vessel has gone missing off the coast of Gabon in West Africa — an area notorious for piracy — and no word has been heard from its crew for a week, the ship’s managers said on Tuesday.
Support for Sweden Dems slips ahead of Sept 9 election: poll
Support for the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats dropped last week, pushing the party down to third place in the polls ahead of the Sept. 9 election, an opinion survey showed on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe gripped by court challenge to election result
Crowds gathered around screens outside Zimbabwe’s top court on Wednesday to watch a legal showdown challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s July 30 election victory.
Putin: Russia must strengthen its military infrastructure due to NATO
NATO is moving its military infrastructure closer to the Russian border and Russia needs to strengthen its own infrastructure in response, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Putin says Trump meeting useful, deplores U.S. sanctions
A summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was useful but U.S. sanctions against Moscow are counter-productive and pointless, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
More than 100 migrants storm border of North African Spanish enclave
More than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Wednesday when hundreds tried to storm the highly fortified border, a Spanish police spokesman said.
Israeli central bank critical of Netanyahu plan to raise defense spending
Israel’s central bank on Wednesday criticized a government plan to sharply boost defense spending, saying it would come at the expense of civilian spending and probably increase the budget deficit and state’s debt burden.
