Category: World News

By Victoria Waldersee, Alexander Winning and Libby George LISBON/JOHANNESBURG/LAGOS (Reuters) – Angola has frozen the assets of Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of the country’s previous leader, in a … Read More

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of Indians ushered in the New Year by demonstrating against a citizenship law despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts … Read More

By Joseph Ax and Amanda Becker BOSTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren sought to re-energize her White House campaign in a New Year’s Eve speech on Tuesday, warning … Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slid to a six-month low on Tuesday as progress on U.S.-China trade tensions led investors to higher-risk assets, while a year-end … Read More

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc <UPS.N> on Thursday expects to ship 1.9 million gifts and other items back to U.S. retailers as e-commerce fuels … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – A visibly indignant Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday after she grabbed his hand … Read More

By Sonali Paul and Swati Pandey MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast on Tuesday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as … Read More

By Swati Pandey, Twinnie Siu and Jessie PANG SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The world rang in the New Year on Wednesday with spectacular firework displays from Sydney to Tokyo, although … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to push through an overhaul of the pension system, after weeks of nationwide strikes by trade unions. Macron said in … Read More

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he wanted a strong relationship with post-Brexit Britain. Speaking in his traditional televised New Year’s eve address to the nation, … Read More