Shootings and extortion create ghost town in southern Mexico
YAJALON, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of residents deserted the small Mexican town of Tila, fleeing an intensive three-day siege by…
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China slams EU tariffs on electric cars, threatens countermeasures
BEIJING: China's Ministry of Commerce has sharply criticised the European Union's threat of punitive tariffs on electric cars from the…
North Korea’s Kim boasts of ‘invincible’ ties with Russia amid talks of Putin visit
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country is an "invincible comrade-in-arms" with Russia in…
Chinese Premier Li’s visit to NZ, Australia and Malaysia set to boost ties
BEIJING: Premier Li Qiang will make official visits to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia starting on Thursday (June 13), a…
Oxfam urges G7 to tap fraction of military spend for global hunger, debt
(Reuters) - Charity Oxfam urged wealthy nations to boost spending on ending hunger ahead of a Group of Seven (G7)…
Zuma’s MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court…
Hungarian president to skip NATO’s eastern flank summit -Latvia
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok will not attend the summit of the Bucharest Nine, a group of European countries…
Exclusive-Kharkiv mayor says striking Russia has helped to calm embattled city
BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukraine's army has struck missile launch positions in Russia, helping to reduce the number of attacks on…
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have…