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NewsReutersSlain Northern Irish journalist was 'inspiring thinker'
A year after moving to Londonderry, celebrated young Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee wrote about how she looked forward to "better times ahead and saying goodbye to bombs and bullets once and for all". On Thursday night - just three months later - the 29-year-old McKee's final Twitter
NewsReutersChina to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary
China will show off new warships including nuclear submarines and destroyers at a parade next week marking 70 years since its navy's founding, a senior commander said on Saturday, as Beijing flexes its increasingly well-equipped military muscle. President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping plan
NewsReutersU.S. intelligence says Huawei funded by Chinese state security: report
U.S. intelligence has accused Huawei Technologies of being funded by Chinese state security, The Times said on Saturday, adding to the list of allegations faced by the Chinese technology company in the West. The CIA accused Huawei of receiving funding from China's National Security Commission, the
NewsAFP NewsGermany's Leica is latest to draw fire in China over ad
German camera maker Leica has become the latest company to draw fire over an advertisement deemed offensive in China, distancing itself from a short film that broaches the taboo subject of the 1989 Tiananmen protest crackdown. A short promotional film released this week depicts Leica-wielding photojournalists
NewsReutersDeadly storm knocks out power in U.S. South, threatens east coast
The storm took a hard aim at Florida and Georgia on Friday morning, knocking out power in more than 150,000 homes and businesses across those two states, according to poweroutage.us. "The severe thunderstorms will impact the deep South and southeastern U.S., through Georgia and the Florida panhandle
NewsReutersVenezuela's Guaido calls for 'largest march in history' to oust Maduro
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Friday called on supporters to take to the streets on May 1 for what he called "the largest march in the history" of the South American country to keep the pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to leave power. Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled
NewsAFP NewsIreland's Lowry leads storm-hit RBC Heritage by one stroke
Ireland's Shane Lowry led by one stroke with two holes left after darkness suspended play in a rain-delayed second round of the PGA Tour's RBC Heritage. Lowry was at nine-under par just one stroke ahead of Trey Mullinax who finished his round with a three-under 68 at the Harbour Town course.
NewsAFP NewsPeru's Garcia denies corruption claims in suicide note
A suicide note in which Peru's Alan Garcia denied corruption charges against him set the backdrop Friday for the ex-president's funeral, two days after he put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger as police arrived to arrest him on bribery charges linked to the Odebrecht graft scandal. The
NewsReutersThousands rally in Belgrade to support Serbia's president Vucic
Thousands of people from all over Serbia flocked to Belgrade's city centre on Friday in a show of support for President Aleksandar Vucic, who has faced five months of opposition protests. In a lengthy speech to the rally, Vucic called for a dialogue with the opposition, adding, "But we are
NewsAFP NewsEgyptians vote in referendum to extend Sisi's rule
Egyptians start voting Saturday in a referendum that aims to cement the rule of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former coup leader presenting himself as a rock of stability in a turbulent region. Despite protests from rights groups, the three-day plebiscite is expected to approve sweeping constitutional
NewsReutersUkrainian presidential candidates trade insults in rowdy stadium debate
The two men vying to be Ukraine's next president traded insults in a raucous debate on Friday in front of thousands of supporters before an election that could put a comedian with no political experience in charge of a country at war. The debate, held in a hulking football stadium, was one of the
NewsReutersIMF gives Mozambique $118 million for Cyclone Idai rebuilding
The International Monetary Fund will grant Mozambique a $118.2 million credit facility to help it rebuild infrastructure after a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds of people and flattened whole villages, the lender said on Friday. More than 1,000 people have been reported killed by the storm in
NewsReutersWhite House says Trump spoke to Libyan commander Haftar on Monday
The White House said on Friday that President Donald Trump spoke by phone earlier in the week and discussed "ongoing counterterrorism efforts" with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, leader of a military assault on the capital Tripoli in opposition to the internationally recognized government
NewsReutersMore protesters flood Sudan's sit-in to demand civilian rule
Hundreds of thousands of protesters massed around a sit-in outside Sudan's Defence Ministry on Friday to demand that the military council that ousted former president Omar al-Bashir last week hand over power to civilians. The crowds, which late on Thursday had grown to their largest this week as
NewsReutersTrump lawyers reviewed Mueller report for 10 hours before it was made public
U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyers spent at least 10 hours reviewing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election before it was made public, two of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday. Rudy Giuliani, Jay Sekulow and two other Trump lawyers went
NewsReutersOn Good Friday, pope hears harrowing stories of human trafficking
Pope Francis led Good Friday services dedicated to the victims of human trafficking and the plight of migrants, denouncing leaders with "armoured hearts" who exploit their plight for political gain. The meditations read out by speakers during the 14 "stations of the cross" which
NewsReutersTop Democrats in Congress reject Barr's proposal to limit Mueller report access
Top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on Friday rejected Attorney General William Barr's proposal to allow them access to a less-redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report. In an April 19 letter to the attorney general, six Democratic
NewsReutersTrump approval drops three points to 2019 low after release of Mueller report
The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump dropped by 3 percentage points to the lowest level of the year following the release of a special counsel report detailing Russian interference in the last U.S. presidential election, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos public opinion
NewsReutersPeru ex-president leaves cadaver as sign of ´contempt´ for his enemies: suicide note
Peruvian ex-president Alan Garcia wrote in an alleged suicide note read by family members at a wake on Friday that he had killed himself in order to avoid humiliation at the hands of his political enemies. Before his suicide, Garcia had repeatedly brushed off allegations of corruption as a political
NewsReutersMueller report strengthens resolves on both sides of political spectrum
CLEARWATER, Florida/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - After months as volunteer activists demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump be impeached, Eileen and Michael O'Brien sat on their couch on Thursday, cracked open a laptop and began to read the 448-page special counsel report that liberals have dreamed
NewsReutersJustice Department calls full Mueller report subpoena 'premature and unnecessary'
The U.S. Justice Department dismissed a subpoena by the House Judiciary Committee for an unredacted copy of the report produced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as "premature and unnecessary" in a statement on Friday. "Congressman Nadler’s subpoena is premature and unnecessary. The
NewsAFP NewsHidden but hopeful: the youth of Myanmar's cloistered Wa region
High up in the eastern mountains of Myanmar bordering China, with massage parlours and casinos, Wa is one of Asia's most remote areas -- and not an easy place to grow up. Cloistered and highly-militarised, Wa's authoritarian rulers have virtually cut off the region from the rest of Myanmar.
NewsReutersRepublican Romney says he is 'sickened' by Trump's behavior during Russia probe
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Friday he was "sickened" by the dishonesty of U.S. President Donald Trump and people around him as portrayed in a report on Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election. Romney, now a U.S. senator from Utah and an off-and-on
FinanceReutersSeagram heiress Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in New York sex cult case
Seagram liquor heiress Clare Bronfman pleaded guilty on Friday to harboring an illegal immigrant and enabling credit card fraud as part of an alleged sex cult based in upstate New York. Bronfman, 40, entered her plea to the two criminal counts before U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis in federal
NewsReutersPeruvian judge orders ex-President Kuczynski to pre-trial jail for three years
A Peruvian judge on Friday ordered former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to spend up to three years in jail while prosecutors prepare corruption charges against him for allegedly taking bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The decision comes just two days after another former Peruvian
