OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed in his bid to win a Liberal majority government after a low-energy campaign in the middle of the pandemic, and party insiders see an increasing chance he will step down before the next vote.
VILNIUS, (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Defense Ministry recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights found yesterday that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising death in 2006 after being poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights found today that Russia was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who died an agonising death in 2006 after being poisoned in London with a rare radioactive substance.
MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today acknowledged he will need to work with other parties after he fell short of winning a majority in parliamentary elections, leaving him once more dependent on opposition legislators to govern.
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday criticized the use of horse reins to threaten Haitian migrants after images circulated of a U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Weeks before the World Bank scrapped its flagship Doing Business rankings following a damning independent probe, a group of external advisers recommended an overhaul of the rankings to limit countries’ efforts to “manipulate their scores.”
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it had put Guatemala’s attorney general and five Salvadoran Supreme Court judges on a list of “undemocratic and corrupt” officials, in a sign of the Biden government’s frustration with Central American authorities.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has on Twitter proclaimed himself “dictator” of the Central American country, in an apparent joke that has done little to dispel concerns about his increasing concentration of power.
YENAGOA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities imposed a communications blackout yesterday in several parts of Sokoto state as a crackdown against armed kidnappers in the country’s northwest region spreads.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines in the October quarter, prioritising the global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise, the health minister said yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has been served in the United States with a sexual assault lawsuit by a woman who said his conduct occurred around when his friend Jeffrey Epstein was sexually abusing her, court papers show.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States in November will re-open for air travelers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said today, easing tough pandemic-related travel restrictions imposed beginning early last year.
LA PALMA, Spain, (Reuters) – The Canary Islands’ first volcanic eruption in 50 years has forced the evacuation of about 5,000 people, including around 500 tourists, and destroyed about 100 houses, officials said today.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines in the October quarter, prioritising the global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise, the health minister said today.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senate Democrats hit a major roadblock yesterday in their effort to allow millions of immigrants to legally stay in the United States, after the Senate Parliamentarian ruled against attaching the measure to a $3.5 trillion spending bill, lawmakers said.
LA PALMA, Spain, (Reuters) – A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma yesterday, sending lava shooting into the air and streaming in rivers towards houses in two villages from the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of the island.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell plans to start producing low-carbon jet fuel at scale by 2025, in an attempt to encourage the world’s airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
STUNG TRENG, Cambodia, (Reuters) – Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago.
MANILA, (Reuters) – Boxing star Manny Pacquiao said today he will run for president of the Philippines next year, after railing against corruption in government and what he calls President Rodrigo Duterte’s cozy relationship with China.
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