Singapore arrests 10 foreigners, seizes S$1 billion assets in money laundering probe
SINGAPORE Singapore police have arrested 10 foreigners for alleged money laundering and forgery offences, in a case involving
2023-08-17 11:54
Santiago Pena, Paraguay's new president, faces tricky balancing act
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION Paraguay's new president Santiago Pena takes office on Tuesday, a clean-cut
2023-08-15 20:46
Argentina markets face election hangover after far-right primary bombshell
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's markets face an election hangover on Monday after a shock primary election win
2023-08-14 12:28
Argentine rock-singing libertarian shakes up presidential election race
By Anna-Catherine Brigida and Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES Argentina's presidential election race has an unpredictable X factor: Javier
2023-08-12 03:55
Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis
NAHR-E-SHAHI, Afghanistan In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the
2023-08-11 22:16
Uganda president defiant after World Bank suspends funding over LGBT law
By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) -Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday denounced the World Bank's decision to suspend new funding
2023-08-10 19:23
World Bank halts new lending to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law
By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Tuesday it would halt new lending to
2023-08-09 15:18
Los Angeles city workers staging 24-hour strike
Thousands of Los Angeles municipal workers planned a 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest what their union calls
2023-08-08 21:57
Singapore PM Lee reassures public amid political scandals, inflation
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday sought to reassure the public after a spate of political
2023-08-08 19:55
Defying war risk, European traders store gas in Ukraine
By Jan Lopatka and Marek Strzelecki PRAGUE/WARSAW European gas traders have begun storing natural gas in Ukraine to
2023-08-08 17:20
Nigeria's labour unions suspend strike after meeting president
By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's main labour federation has agreed to return to talks with the government following a
2023-08-03 05:48
PM Sunak says UK climate record 'better than everyone else's'
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended his government's policies on the environment on Wednesday after
2023-08-03 01:54