Stocks, oil fall as coronavirus fears grip markets
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks and oil prices resumed their fall on Wednesday after authorities said more than 80 people were being monitored for the novel coronavirus … Read More
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Let’s not ‘short change’ funding for coronavirus response: U.S. Senate appropriations chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Republican Senator Richard Shelby, said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to … Read More
Witnesses at London’s Grenfell fire inquiry to be protected from prosecution: British AG
LONDON (Reuters) – Witnesses at a public inquiry into the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in London which killed 72 people will be immune from prosecution over the evidence they … Read More
Cuba puts leading dissident on trial, his supporters say
By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) – One of Communist-run Cuba’s leading dissidents, Jose Daniel Ferrer, was due to go on trial on Wednesday on charges of abducting and assaulting a … Read More
Israel’s Netanyahu pulls his punches after Sanders calls him a racist
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the … Read More
Assange complains he cannot follow U.S. extradition hearing
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Julian Assange complained he was struggling to follow his extradition hearing on Wednesday as his legal team argued Britain should not send him to … Read More
U.N. decries nearly 50% increase in killings of women activists in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Killings of women engaged in community organizing and defending human rights in Colombia increased nearly 50% in 2019 compared to the year before, the United Nations said … Read More
Ireland’s center-right parties, Greens to hold post-election talks
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Acting Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told his parliamentary party on Wednesday that there was currently no basis to negotiate a government program with other parties, but … Read More
Romania’s president asks finance minister Citu to form government
By Radu-Sorin Marinas BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s centrist President Klaus Iohannis appointed interim Finance Minister Florin Citu as prime minister-designate to try to form a transitional government until a parliamentary … Read More
Albanian dictator Hoxha’s widow, his staunchest defender, dies at 99
By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) – Nexhmije Hoxha, the widow of Albania’s Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, died on Tuesday aged 99, her son said, having fallen dramatically from grace following … Read More