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May 13, 20241 min read
IMF staff, Argentina reach agreement on latest review of $44 billion program
Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Argentine authorities have reached an agreement on the eighth review of the country's...
May 13, 20242 min read
Death toll from floods in Brazil's south reaches 143, as rains continue to pour
PORTO ALEGRE -The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, up from 136 on the day before, the local...
May 12, 20242 min read
Indonesia's Prabowo reiterates 'Asian Way' to defuse tension, Al Jazeera says
JAKARTA - As Indonesia’s president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive...
May 12, 20242 min read
Catalans vote in election that offers new chance to exiled separatist leader
BARCELONA -Catalans voted on Sunday in a regional election that offers the possibility of the return to power of a separatist politician...
May 11, 20241 min read
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key...
May 11, 20242 min read
Ukraine sacks two senior ministers at heart of wartime economy
KYIV -Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two...
May 11, 20242 min read
Elderly climate activists chip Magna Carta case at British Library
LONDON -Two climate protesters aged 82 and 85 attempted to smash the reinforced case holding an original text of the Magna Carta in the...
May 10, 20242 min read
Polish farmers march against 'green poison' EU climate change rules
WARSAW - Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European...
May 8, 20243 min read
Brazil floods leave 150,000 homeless, scores dead or missing
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil -Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio...
May 5, 20241 min read
Australian police shoot boy dead after stabbing with 'hallmarks' of terrorism
SYDNEY -Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an...
May 5, 20241 min read
Togo ruling party wins sweeping majority in legislative poll, final provisional results show
LOME - Togo's ruling party has won 108 out of 113 seats in parliament, according to the final provisional results of last month's...
May 4, 20242 min read
Rains in southern Brazil kill at least 39, some 70 still missing
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the...
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