People shout slogans during a rally to protest against tightening state control over internet in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov March 10, 2019 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of people took to the streets of Moscow and two other cities on Sunday to rally against tighter internet restrictions, in […]
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Egypt’s Sisi appoints close military ally as transport minister
FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo March 10, 2019 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appointed military General Kamel […]
More than 2,000 migrants quarantined in US detention centers due to disease outbreaks
Christian Mejia thought he had a shot at getting out of immigration detention in rural Louisiana after he’d found a lawyer to help him seek asylum. Then he was quarantined. In early January, a mumps outbreak at the privately-run Pine Prairie U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center put […]
Almanac: The dot-com bubble
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Hickenlooper: “I’m a capitalist,” but labels divide Democrats
After being repeatedly asked whether he identified as a capitalist, former Colorado governor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper demurred and said Democrats are a “big tent” party. “Once you get back into these labels — am I a capitalist? Am I a socialist? How much of a capitalist […]
Brexit backers to UK prime minister: Don’t delay
Image 1 of 2 ▼ Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives with her husband Philip to attend a church service near her Maidenhead constituency, in England, Sunday March 10, 2019. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP) Two prominent Brexit backers are warning Prime Minister Theresa May not to seek a delay to […]
Top Algeria party seeks end of crisis on regime change calls
Image 1 of 2 ▼ Algerians gather for a demonstration in Algiers, Friday, March 8, 2019. A festive crowd of thousands of protesters marched through central Algiers to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s hold on power. The protesters are challenging Bouteflika’s fitness to run for a fifth term in next month’s […]
India to go to polls from April 11; tension with Pakistan seen boosting Modi
FILE PHOTO: Election staff check Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) ahead of India’s general election at a warehouse in Ahmedabad, India, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo March 10, 2019 By Devjyot Ghoshal and Zeba Siddiqui NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will hold […]
All 157 on board killed as Ethiopian Airlines jet crashes minutes after takeoff
A new Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 bound for Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off on Sunday morning, killing all 149 people and eight crew members on board. It was the second fatal crash of the new and popular Boeing jet in less than five months. Flight 302 left the Ethiopian capital […]
Oil shale boom will keep rocking crude prices as US moves closer to becoming net exporter
The U.S., now the world’s largest oil producer, is playing the role of disruptor in the global energy market. Production has grown to a record 12.1 million barrels a day, eclipsing both Russia and Saudi Arabia in the past year. Exports have exceeded 3 million barrels a day, overtaking many […]