Former rebel fighter wins Colombia’s presidency
Former member of the M-19 movement, Gustavo Petro wins Colombia’s presidential runoff with 50.5 percent of the vote.
Category: AMERICA
Apple workers vote to join a union
Apple Inc workers in the city of Maryland have voted to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of…
Court dismisses money laundering charges against Panama Papers founders
Court dealing with Brazil’s Lava Jato case has provisionally dismissed money laundering charges against the founders of the defunct law…
Canada home price index growth slows pace in last month
Pace of Canadian home price growth slowed in May, edging off April’s record high, but prices still rose both on…
Asia a safe place as Fed hikes but premature to jump in: Investors
Asia’s emerging economies are better placed than most other regions to weather a bout of turbo-charged US policy tightening, analysts…
Twice-convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti to discuss possible guilty plea
Michael Avenatti known for taking on Donald Trump, is scheduled to appear in a California federal court to discuss a…
Revlon lost shelf space, files for bankruptcy
Cosmetics maker lost shelf space in US stores to startups backed by celebrities, and has struggled with inflation and supply…
Canada and Denmark ended 50-year long ownership spat
Canada and Denmark will divide the small, uninhabited Arctic island known as Hans Island, ending an almost 50-year long ownership…
Biden to make first Middle East visit, includes controversial stop in Saudi Arabia
US president Joe Biden will make first Middle East visit next month, with stops in Israel, occupied West Bank, and…
Canadian agencies investigates possible bomb threat to parliament
Canadian agencies probe a possible risk to national security that forced parliament to lock down for several hours after border…
US Senators includes key Republican supports gun reform plan
A bipartisan group of senators to overcome chamber’s “filibuster” rule, announced an agreement on a framework for gun safety legislation.
Prominent US lawmaker calls Israel an ‘apartheid state’
US progressive Alexandria Ocasio Cortez have criticised the Biden administration’s support for Israel amid its Gaza bombardment.
Chileans vote to elect delegates, will rewrite country’s dictatorship-era constitution
Chileans vote for 155-member assembly to draft new constitution that aimed at addressing deep-seated social inequality.
German BioNTech expects vaccine trial results for babies by September
BioNTech expects results by September from trials testing the vaccine it developed with Pfizer on babies as young as six…
Biden’s first 100 days in foreign policy
US President Joe Biden vowed to reset Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policy and focus on international diplomacy.
Constitutional Court in Ecuador decriminalises abortion in rape cases
In Ecuador, a conservative country with an 80 percent Catholic population, a woman risks up to three years in prison…
Biden admin sanctions Guatemala officials ahead of important meeting
United States sanctions target a member of Guatemala’s Congress and a former presidential chief of staff over alleged corruption.
US health dept announces new rules for prescription of opioid treatment
US Health Department loosens restrictions on buprenorphine, a drug that helps with opioid cravings, amid record overdose deaths.
US to raise minimum wage to $15 for contractors
United States President will issue an executive order to raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of federal contract…
Why hate crimes difficult to convict in US
There are growing calls for the suspect who killed six Asian women around Atlanta to be charged with a hate…
Brazil’s army fails in key mission halting Amazon deforestation
Amazon was aflame two years ago, ravaged by arsonists and loggers. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro went to war.
Pope Francis orders cardinals and clerics to take a 10% pay cut
Vatican said Francis issued a decree introducing proportional cuts starting on April 1, most lay employees would not be affected…