Former Venezuelan oil, finance ministers arrested in PDVSA corruption case
CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan former oil minister Tareck El Aissami, once one of the most influential officials in President Nicolas Maduro's…
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EU parliament approves migration system revamp ahead of bloc’s election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European lawmakers on Wednesday approved a revamped migration system that the pro-EU political centre promises would reduce irregular…
Ecuador’s ex-vice president, Glas, to be discharged from hospital, says prisons agency
QUITO (Reuters) -Former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas will be discharged from hospital and returned to prison on Tuesday, the…
Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts
AMBOSELI, Kenya (Reuters) - In the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli wildlife park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to…
Colombia attorney general’s office confirms ex-President Uribe will face trial
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian prosecutors will take ex-President Alvaro Uribe to trial in a witness tampering and fraud case, the…
The losing battle against Greece’s tumbling birthrate
ORMENIO, Greece (Reuters) - Army sergeant Christos Giannakidis was planning to have a second child when Greece's debt crisis exploded…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy checks Kharkiv fortifications as Russia intensifies attacks
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inspected lines of fortifications in the northeastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday and…
EU court takes Russian billionaires Fridman, Aven off sanctions list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday to remove Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Petr…
Swiss press say ‘absurd’ European climate ruling could harm democracy
ZURICH (Reuters) - Influential newspapers in Switzerland on Wednesday criticised a climate change ruling against the Swiss government by Europe's…