Ecuador trial over presidential candidate’s murder gets underway
QUITO (Reuters) - A court in Ecuador on Tuesday started a trial against five people accused of murdering presidential candidate…
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Women’s rights activists cover Rome’s Spanish Steps in red paint
ROME (Reuters) - Women's rights activists protested against feminicide on Wednesday by painting Rome's famed Spanish Steps red, symbolically representing…
Yacht crew expected to deny arson charges over fire on Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - The crew members of a yacht accused of starting a forest fire last week on the Greek…
Peru to stop labeling transgender people as mentally ill
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru will stop listing individuals who identify as transgender, among others, as suffering from mental disorders, the…
EU’s new Anti-Money Laundering Authority is now official, seeks chair
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The regulation that sets up the European Union's new agency to combat money laundering went into force…
Kenya president backs down on tax hikes after deadly unrest
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew planned tax hikes, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed…
Four people arrested at UK PM Sunak’s home -police statement
LONDON (Reuters) - Four men were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's home in northern…
ECJ annuls sanctions on Dmitry Pumpyansky, the ex-chair of Russia’s TMK
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Dmitry Pumpyansky, the billionaire former chairman of Russian steel pipe maker TMK, no longer warrants being on…
Myanmar junta still able to access weapons and money overseas, says UN expert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International efforts to isolate Myanmar's ruling junta appear to have dented its ability to purchase new military…