– Oil prices were stable on Wednesday, but were below the more than three-year highs reached the previous session as rising U.S. fuel inventories and production weighed on an otherwise bullish market. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at $73.89 per barrel at 0455 GMT, up 3 cents from their ... Read More »
Beijing claims America poses as ‘guardian of human rights’ after State Department criticises Chinese rights record China has accused the US of “serious infringement on citizens’ civil rights” and “systematic racial discrimination” in a report issued in riposte to criticism from Washington. Beijing claimed the Americans posed as “the guardian ... Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the White House on Monday to kick off a three-day state visit expected to be dominated by U.S.-European differences on the Iran nuclear deal and trade. It will be Trump’s first hosting of a state visit since he took power ... Read More »
Russian authorities are freezing up vast swathes of the country’s online world in what critics call a heavy-handed – and so far unsuccessful – attempt to block a popular messaging app, Telegram. The head of the communications watchdog acknowledged Wednesday that millions of IP addresses unrelated to Telegram have been ... Read More »
Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June, brought forward by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from November 2019. He has run Turkey since 2002 and will seek five more years with beefed up powers approved in a referendum last year. The idea of an early poll was ... Read More »
An era will end in Communist-run Cuba on Thursday when President Raul Castro retires, likely handing over the reins to his right hand man Miguel Diaz-Canel, born the year after brothers Fidel and Raul led their 1959 leftist revolution. However after nearly 60 years of Castro rule, the change is ... Read More »
U.S. Secretary of State nominee and CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea over the Easter weekend and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to discuss a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Pompeo’s trip made him the ... Read More »
Donald Trump and wife Melania release statement lauding her efforts to promote literacy Former US first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92. Her death was announced in a statement from the office of George HW Bush, the former president and Ms Bush’s husband of 73 years. ... Read More »
Japan’s PM wants assurance his country won’t be overlooked in any North Korea deal Besieged by cronyism scandals that have prompted speculation he will be out of office by early summer, Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will arrive in the US for talks with Donald Trump this week with a ... Read More »
Ahead of leaders’ retreat, Theresa May makes clear that UK backs Prince Charles as next symbolic leader of organisation Commonwealth leaders could decide this week on who takes over from the Queen as head of the organisation, Downing Street has said. The news came as Theresa May prepared to address ... Read More »
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