Russian soldiers are seen securing a Syrian Arab Red Crescent truck carrying aid at a checkpoint near Wafideen camp in Damascus, March 5. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki March 5, 2018 By Angus McDowall and Stephanie Nebehay BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid trucks reached Syria’s eastern Ghouta region on Monday for the first time […]
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Former CEO of BRF arrested in Brazil food safety probe: police
Federal Police officers leave the headquarters of the meatpacking company BRF SA in Curitiba, Brazil March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Geraldo Bubniak March 5, 2018 By Pedro Fonseca and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Federal police said on Monday they arrested the former chief executive of Brazilian food processor BRF SA […]
Trump ratchets up pressure on Canada, Mexico over trade
FILE PHOTO: A worker inspects wire rod at TIM stainless steel wire factory in Huamantla, in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala October 11, 2013. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo/File Photo March 5, 2018 By Susan Heavey and Adriana Barrera WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump increased pressure on Canada and Mexico […]
Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo March 5, 2018 By Ali Kucukgocmen and Matthias Baehr ISTANBUL/BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it had issued a second extradition request for Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, calling for […]
Women may be better suited to Formula E than F1, says Jorda
FILE PHOTO: Spanish race car driver Carmen Jorda Buades poses during a photocall before the Spring/Summer 2017 women’s ready-to-wear collection for fashion house Chanel during Fashion Week in Paris, France October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes March 5, 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – Spanish racing driver Carmen Jorda has suggested women could […]
Bill Cosby will fight bid to call more accusers at sexual abuse retrial
FILE PHOTO: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby arrives at his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S., on June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Tom Mihalek/File Photo March 5, 2018 By David DeKok HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby is due to appear in a Pennsylvania court […]
Trump trade threats alarm German carmakers, hit investor morale
Employees of German car manufacturer Porsche assemble sports cars at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, January 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski March 5, 2018 By Ilona Wissenbach and Michael Nienaber FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – German car companies urged policymakers on Monday to avoid a trade war with the United States “at […]
Protests as Myanmar parliament debates new curbs on demonstrations
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Myanmar community living in Singapore, on the island of Sentosa in Singapore September 22, 2013. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo March 5, 2018 By Thu Thu Aung YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people marched through Myanmar’s largest city Yangon on […]
Days of tax cuts are finished in UK, think-tank warns
FILE PHOTO: Workers cross London Bridge during the morning rush hour in London, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville March 5, 2018 By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) – The days of tax cuts in Britain are over and the baby-boomer generation should prepare for higher wealth taxes to fund an inevitable […]
Iran says missile work will continue despite Western pressure: Tasnim
FILE PHOTO: A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2017. Picture taken September 27, 2017. Nazanin Tabatabaee Yazdi/TIMA via REUTERS March 5, 2018 TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran will press on with its missile […]