Brazil's Senate suspends voting on amendments to pension bill

Brazil's Senate suspended voting on amendments to a bill overhauling the nation's social security system on Tuesday night.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/33UrI6A

Read More

What prohibition's failure means for the legalisation of cannabis

Banning alcohol inadvertently created one of the most successful black markets in the world.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PbZDUq

Read More

Turkey: Which countries export arms to Turkey?

Some European countries have suspended arms sales to Turkey, so where does it gets its weapons?

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31FrVsK

Read More

Russia Africa summit: What's behind Moscow's push into the continent?

Will Russia's renewed interest in Africa make it a key player in the region?

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/33R0KNh

Read More

Letter from Africa: How not to mangle African sports stars' names

A guide to pronouncing the names of West Africa's sporting successes.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/361b0oe

Read More

Sourav Ganguly: Can former India captain score big as cricket chief?

The former captain takes over BCCI, India's cricket board, kicking off a new chapter in its history.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/31CegTm

Read More

Hong Kong protesters crash NBA opening night party

Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters crashed the NBA's opening night party on Tuesday handing out thousands of black t-shirts as the Toronto Raptors prepared to begin the defense of their championship title against the New Orleans Pelicans.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/31FsPWa

Read More

Egypt accepts invitation to meet in U.S. over Ethiopia dam dispute

Egypt said on Tuesday it had accepted a U.S. invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers over a project for a giant hydropower dam on Ethiopia's Blue Nile that is causing an escalating spat between the two African countries.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32EUrMG

Read More

Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border

Syrian and Russian forces will deploy in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish YPG fighters and their weapons from the border with Turkey under a deal agreed on Tuesday which both Moscow and Ankara hailed as a triumph.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35XOSeb

Read More

Japanese emperor begins enthronement ritual amid downpour

Japanese Emperor Naruhito began ceremonies to formally proclaim his enthronement on Tuesday in a centuries-old ritual attended by dignitaries from more than 180 countries.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35USnSD

Read More

Mexico sends in elite troops to patrol city after cartel battle

Mexico sent in special forces troops on Monday to patrol a northern city in the wake of a cartel assault that freed Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son in a hail of bullets, and also won a U.S. promise to help stop gun-smuggling at their shared border.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32Hh9nu

Read More

Canadian election: Trudeau's Liberals 'retain power'

Despite a bumpy first term, Justin Trudeau has earned a second, narrow election win, says CBC News.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2pJadaQ

Read More

Fire erupts at convention center being built in New Zealand

New Zealand fire services on Tuesday were battling a massive blaze on the roof of a convention center under construction in the city of Auckland, considered to be the country's biggest current building project.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/32BElDs

Read More

Bolivia's election sparks protest as rivals clash over results

Bolivia's electoral board released new data late on Monday that showed President Evo Morales had enough votes to win the hotly contested election, sparking allegations of fraud from the opposition and angry clashes in the streets.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/35UgEZe

Read More

Canada's Trudeau set to form government: CBC TV

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party is projected to form a government after Monday's federal election, CBC TV said on Monday, following a tight national election that campaign pollsters said was too close to call.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/340V97l

Read More

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Justin Trudeau's party projected to keep control of Canadian government

10/21/19 7:34 PM

Read More

Chile's Pinera vows 'new social contract' amid massive marches against inequality

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said on Monday evening he would meet opposition leaders to forge a "new social contract" to alleviate inequality as thousands of Chileans defied a military curfew in protest marches around the capital.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MyJAhG

Read More

China has more 'unicorn' start-ups than the US

The country now has the world's highest number of start-up companies worth more than $1bn.

from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Jamw6Q

Read More

'Hopes dashed': Chicago teachers strike to enter fourth school day

School classes were called off for a fourth day in Chicago after the city and striking teachers in the third-largest U.S. school system failed to settle a contract dispute over issues such as class size and staffing.

from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/31yNqf4

Read More

Trudeau's Liberals take early lead after first Canadian polls close

Canada's ruling Liberals took an early lead after polls closed in four provinces on Monday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau battled to remain in power after two major scandals and a spirited challenge by the opposition Conservatives.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Mzcy0G

Read More

Brazil's Eduardo Bolsonaro takes over as PSL lower house whip

Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, took over the leadership of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) in the lower house of Congress on Monday in a bruising struggle for control of the party that is not over.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/31Dhs14

Read More