Australian government boosts Senate numbers ahead of tax cut bill
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will need to secure just three votes in the country’s upper house to pass legislation after election results on Wednesday...
El Salvador president rules out talks with criminal gangs
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele ruled out negotiations with criminal gangs on Tuesday and vowed to go after their finances in a bid to reduce...
Mexican president pitches universal internet in chat with Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke with Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, inviting the social media tycoon to partner with him...
Xi firmly backs Pyongyang’s effort to solve Korea Peninsula issues: Rodong Sinmun
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in an op-ed in North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday that China supports North Korea’s “correct direction” in...
Leave EU by Oct. 31 or pay the price: Boris Johnson
Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson advanced on the prize of Britain’s top political job on Tuesday, winning 126 votes in the second round of a contest...
China rejects claims fracking caused Sichuan quake: state media
Chinese officials said there were no indications that a deadly earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan this week was caused by excessive shale gas...
Brazil Senate blocks Bolsonaro move to ease gun carrying
Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday overturned a decree signed last month by right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that drastically expanded the number of people allowed to carry...
U.S. seizes $1 billion worth of cocaine from ship in Philadelphia
Federal authorities seized 16.5 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion from a ship in Philadelphia in one of the largest drug seizures in...
Xi says China backs North Korean efforts to solve Korea Peninsula issue: Rodong Sinmun
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in an op-ed in North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Wednesday that China supports North Korea’s “correct direction” in...
‘Yesterday’ comedy movie gets Beatles’ seal of approval
Imagine a world where The Beatles never existed? That is what British director Danny Boyle asks audiences to believe in his new movie “Yesterday.”...