BANGKOK, (Reuters) – The son of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today that he had spoken with his mother for the first time in more than five years while she remains under house arrest.
(Trinidad Guardian) Coming on the heels of major top-level executive announcements across Republic Financial Holdings Ltd (RFHL), the Port-of-Spain-headquartered regional banking group confirmed that Edward Ince, a director of its T&T subsidiary Republic Bank Ltd, had resigned.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban law enforcement officials yesterday alleged that the US was allowing terrorists to operate with impunity on American soil, citing details of an investigation into a February speedboat incursion that led to a gun battle at sea, deaths and injuries on both sides.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Oilfield service companies including Weatherford International, Baker Hughes, Halliburton and SLB are advertising dozens of jobs in Venezuela, according to company websites, an early sign that a Washington-backed plan to rebuild the country’s energy industry is gaining traction.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former prime minister Stuart Young has alleged that political interference in T&T’s largest indigenous financial institution can threaten confidence in the country’s banking system, as he questioned the circumstances surrounding the departure of Republic Financial Holdings Ltd’s (RFHL) executive Richard Sammy and challenged Government’s claims that foreign exchange availability has improved.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela expects nearly US$76 billion in oil investment over the next five years under recently signed agreements, acting President Delcy Rodriguez said yesterday, adding that a bilateral accord with the US includes plans to drill 250 rigs.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council today placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the narrow frontrunner in the race to become the 10th UN secretary-general, two people close to the process said.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Despite tens of thousands of security personnel deployed to stop them, youth protesters in India scaled barricades last week, chanted anti-government slogans and scuffled with police officers trying to drag them away.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s next Congress is spoiling for a fight with the Supreme Court, including plans for an unprecedented impeachment of one of its justices that could dramatically expand the reach of a right-wing agenda, more than a dozen experts and officials at both the Senate and court told Reuters.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A container ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – At least 32 schoolchildren and one teacher were killed today when the roof of a school collapsed during morning classes in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police and rescue officials said.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro has secured the new backing of multiple parties ahead of an election runoff later this month, suggesting his campaign is building momentum and offering an early glimpse of what a governing coalition could look like if he wins.
ROME, (Reuters) – Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed a part of his right lung on Tuesday, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin, marking a significant health setback for the 71-year-old pontiff.
DUBAI/RIYADH, (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis warned airlines, travellers and airport workers today to stay away from Saudi airports, a day after an attack on Riyadh’s international airport killed 12 people and wounded more than 300 others.
(Reuters) – US President Donald Trump today called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and railed against Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply deal with Russia that had drawn a sharp rebuke from Zelenskiy.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the “Cockroach” youth movement in Delhi today as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding the resignation of India’s election chief.
(Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called for elections next year and said there was “more than enough time” to prepare for a vote by July, the Financial Times reported yesterday.
PANAMA CITY,(Reuters) – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama today, damaging homes, cutting power, halting flights and sending residents into the streets, while triggering more than a dozen aftershocks.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ukraine struck and partly disabled a major data centre operated by Russian technology company Yandex today in the second such action in successive days, widening the scope of its attacks inside Russia after Moscow hit data hubs in Ukraine.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize today “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.
