US says Bolivia’s reforms will encourage international investment
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 – The U.S. welcomed economic reforms announced by Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Thursday, saying the changes would encourage investment that could benefit both countries. Read More
Saudi, French and US officials push Hezbollah disarmament plan
PARIS/BEIRUT, Dec 18 – French, Saudi Arabian and American officials held talks with the head of the Lebanese army on Thursday in Paris aimed at finalising a roadmap to enable…
Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act
LONDON, Dec 18 – Families, lawyers and supporters of the detained pro-Palestinian activists who are on hunger strike in Britain issued an urgent plea to the government on Thursday, warning…
Pope Leo replaces New York’s Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church
VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 – Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church…
White South Africans could get Trump biography for kids in refugee welcome packet
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 – White South Africans coming to the U.S. as refugees could get a biography of President Donald Trump for children as part of a welcome packet proposed…
Over 1,000 civilians killed in Sudan’s Darfur when paramilitary group seized camp, UN says
GENEVA, Dec 18 – Over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan’s Darfur in April, including about a third who…
Court hearing adjourned in strangulation case involving UK’s Duke of Marlborough
Charles James Spencer-Churchill is a distant relative of Winston Churchill. Read More
EU leaders face crunch decision on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
BRUSSELS, Dec 18 – European Union leaders will try to agree on how to lend billions of euros of desperately needed cash to Ukraine in a meeting on Thursday that…
US, Russia to hold talks on Ukraine in Miami: White House
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that Moscow would certainly achieve its objectives. Read More
Mass layoffs overshadow Guinea’s Simandou mega mine as output accelerates
SIMANDOU, Guinea, Dec 18 – Guinea’s Simandou mega mining project, promoted by the military government as a symbol of the country’s economic transformation, is laying off thousands of workers just…