Brazil’s government expected to expand spending block on ministries, says finance minister
BRASILIA, May 21 – Brazil’s government is expected to announce on Friday an increase of spending blocks across ministries to stay within this year’s spending cap, Finance Minister Dario Durigan…
Britain sets out when transgender people can be excluded from single-sex spaces after court ruling
Transgender rights groups said the approach risked excluding transgender people from everyday life. Read More
Rubio to tell NATO ministers Trump ‘very disappointed’ over Iran war stance
HELSINGBORG, Sweden May 22 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet NATO allies on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump called the alliance into question…
Trump says US will send additional 5,000 troops to Poland
May 21 – The United States will be sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday. Read More
Founder and leader of Barrio 18 gang dies in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, May 21 – Carlos Mojica, a founder and longtime leader of the violent Central American gang Barrio 18, has died in El Salvador from liver complications, the government…
Explainer-What is GAESA, which has taken center stage in US-Cuba tensions?
HAVANA, May 21 – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made no bones about who he blames for Cuba’s economic woes. Read More
Trump postpones AI order signing, ‘didn’t like’ some aspects
The executive order was triggered in part by a powerful new AI model called Mythos. Read More
Minnesota hunger non-profit leader gets 41 years in prison for $250 million fraud scheme
May 19 – The leader of a Minnesota non-profit group was sentenced to 41 years in prison on Thursday after she was convicted last year of being the ringleader of…
Brazil Senator Bolsonaro seeks White House meeting amid campaign crisis, sources say
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, May 21 – Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro is seeking a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, two people familiar with the matter said, as the presidential hopeful…
Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza built with sophisticated quake resistance
May 21 – If ever there were a structure built to stand the test of time, it surely would be the Great Pyramid of Giza, a transcendent monument to human…