Corruption charges against Brazil Temer expected to come in waves Brazil’s top federal prosecutor will level corruption charges against President Michel Temer one at a time instead of making all the accusations at once, a strategy aimed at weakening his defense, a source with direct knowledge of the process told […]
Police consider manslaughter charges over London blaze as thousands evacuated British investigators said on Friday they would consider manslaughter charges over the London tower block fire that killed at least 79 people, as thousands of apartment-dwellers a few miles away were told to leave their homes due to fire risk. […]
Trump, Putin and Erdogan behave like autocratic rulers The European Union must become stronger in response to a weakening of democracy in the United States, Russia and Turkey, the leader of Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats said in remarks published on Saturday. Martin Schulz, who is also a former president of […]
Landslide buries mountain village in SW China, fears for 141 people Fears grew for 141 people missing in China after a landslide buried their mountain village in southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, with reports that only three survivors had been pulled out of the mud and rock hours after the […]
Overruling diplomats, U.S. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from child soldiers list In a highly unusual intervention, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to remove Iraq and Myanmar from a U.S. list of the world’s worst offenders in the use of child soldiers, disregarding the recommendations of State Department experts and […]
Slain Venezuelan protester’s father appeals to ‘friend’ Maduro A man describing himself as a former boss and friend of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday urged an investigation into the killing of his son in anti-government unrest convulsing the OPEC nation for nearly three months. David Vallenilla, 22, was shot […]
If Baghdadi is dead, next IS leader likely to be Saddam-era officer If Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is confirmed dead, he is likely to be succeeded by one of his top two lieutenants, both of whom were Iraqi army officers under late dictator Saddam Hussein. Experts on Islamist […]
Honda engineer debunks own claim about cause of Takata air bag failures Honda Motor Co (7267.T) on Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about “the root cause” of Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag failures, but the engineer later […]
Even with Whole Foods, Amazon would need many more warehouses to reshape grocery delivery If Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) hopes to revolutionize grocery delivery, then its bid to buy Whole Foods Market Inc (WFM.O) for $13.7 billion will be just the start of a long and costly process. The e-commerce giant […]
Anthem to pay record $115 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over data breach Anthem Inc (ANTM.N), the largest U.S. health insurance company, has agreed to settle litigation over hacking in 2015 that compromised about 79 million people’s personal information for $115 million, which lawyers said would be the largest settlement […]
