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US slaps major sanctions on Russian oligarchs

US slaps major sanctions on Russian oligarchs

-- 2018-04-06 21:19:04

The US has imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe". Twelve companies owned by the oligarchs, a state-owned...

Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula jailed by Friday

Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula jailed by Friday

-- 2018-04-06 11:54:43

A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to turn himself in to police within 24 hours to serve a 12-year sentence for a graft conviction, likely ending the pres...

Brazil’s top court rejects Lula’s plea to avoid jail

Brazil’s top court rejects Lula’s plea to avoid jail

-- 2018-04-05 12:10:25

Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain...

Police identify YouTube attacker as vegan activist

Police identify YouTube attacker as vegan activist

-- 2018-04-04 18:57:20

The woman identified by police as the attacker who wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in California was a vegan blogger who accused the video-sharing service of discriminating agains...

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

Woman shoots herself after wounding three at YouTube HQ

-- 2018-04-04 12:07:36

A woman shot and wounded three people at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California before killing herself, police say. US media have named the suspect as Nasim Aghdam and said the incident...

Venezuelan authorities say inmates responsible for deadly jail fire

Venezuelan authorities say inmates responsible for deadly jail fire

-- 2018-04-03 19:46:00

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor said Monday that investigators believe prisoners started the blaze that killed 68 people in one of the worst jail fires in the nation’s history by lighting som...

Florida students return to school abiding new backpack rule

Florida students return to school abiding new backpack rule

-- 2018-04-03 18:56:40

Students at the school in Florida where 17 people were killed in a shooting in February have returned to class for the first time with transparent bags. The new measures were announced soon after the...

US justice dept to impose quotas on immigration judges

US justice dept to impose quotas on immigration judges

-- 2018-04-03 11:59:32

The US Justice Department is to impose quotas on immigration judges in an attempt to get cases processed faster, US media report. Judges will be told to get through at least 700 cases a year to be gi...

Strong quake rattles Bolivia, Brazil

Strong quake rattles Bolivia, Brazil

-- 2018-04-03 11:08:42

An earthquake of at least 6.6 magnitude shook Bolivia early on Monday, causing no damage or injuries but driving people out of office buildings as far away as Brasilia and Sao Paulo in neighboring B...

Venezuela arrests five cops over prison riot

Venezuela arrests five cops over prison riot

-- 2018-04-01 11:21:47

Venezuela arrested five state police officials for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell, the country’s public prosecutor said on Satu...

Mexican cops rescue 136 migrants from sweltering truck

Mexican cops rescue 136 migrants from sweltering truck

-- 2018-03-31 13:11:41

More than 100 Central American migrants, including dozens of minors, were found crowded inside a sweltering truck without food or water in Mexico en route to the United States, authorities said. The...

US to ask visa applicants for social media history

US to ask visa applicants for social media history

-- 2018-03-31 11:50:31

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for US visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the Unit...

US to collect social media history from visa applicants

US to collect social media history from visa applicants

-- 2018-03-30 22:05:47

The United States plans to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the country. The proposal of US State Department was published in the Federal Registrar on Friday,...

Jury finds Florida nightclub shooters wife not guilty

Jury finds Florida nightclub shooters wife not guilty

-- 2018-03-30 20:55:12

The widow of the gunman who killed dozens at a Florida nightclub two years ago has been found not guilty of helping him. Noor Salman, 31, was charged with obstruction of justice and aiding Omar Matee...

Campaigning begins for Mexico presidential vote

Campaigning begins for Mexico presidential vote

-- 2018-03-30 14:34:32

Two of Mexico’s four presidential hopefuls began their campaigns on Friday, as the country looks set to reject the party that has governed for most of the past century over corruption scandals a...

Trump picks his doctor for veterans post

Trump picks his doctor for veterans post

-- 2018-03-29 11:01:05

US President Donald Trump has announced the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and picked the presidential doctor to replace him. Thanking Mr Shulkin in a tweet, he said he inten...

Venezuelan police station riot kills 68

Venezuelan police station riot kills 68

-- 2018-03-29 10:19:37

Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia have killed 68 people, according to the government and witnesses. Families hoping for news outside the...

Preparations on for Trump-Kim meet: White House

Preparations on for Trump-Kim meet: White House

-- 2018-03-28 18:13:02

The United States continues to move forward on the proposed summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the White House has said. White House Press Secretary Sa...

Trump ending Liberians’ deportation protection in US

Trump ending Liberians’ deportation protection in US

-- 2018-03-28 11:55:19

The Trump administration is ending a program that allows citizens of Liberia living in the US to avoid deportation. But it’s allowing a one-year ‘wind-down’ period to ease their retu...

White house declines Stormy Daniels’ claims

White house declines Stormy Daniels’ claims

-- 2018-03-27 12:04:00

The White House has denied allegations that Donald Trump had an affair with an adult-film actress. Stormy Daniels gave details about the alleged 2006 affair during an interview on CBS News’ 60...

US-Mexico wall to begin immediately: Trump

US-Mexico wall to begin immediately: Trump

-- 2018-03-26 22:49:04

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that construction of his much-touted wall along the US-Mexico border will begin “immediately” given that Congress last week approved $1.6 billion t...

US expels 60 Russian diplomats, closes consulate in Seattle

US expels 60 Russian diplomats, closes consulate in Seattle

FE Online Desk 2018-03-26 19:48:18

US President Donald Trump has ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats from the United States. The White House also announced on Monday that Trump ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in...

Zuckerburg apologises to Britons via full-page newspaper ads

Zuckerburg apologises to Britons via full-page newspaper ads

-- 2018-03-25 18:14:29

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a "breach of trust", taking out full page advertisements in British newspapers after a political consultancy got its hands...

Seven die in Rio shootout as army takeover continues

Seven die in Rio shootout as army takeover continues

-- 2018-03-25 12:28:05

At least seven people were killed in a confrontation with police in Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela on Saturday and several others were injured, as an army takeover of Rio’s security servi...

Trump bans some transgender from military service

Trump bans some transgender from military service

-- 2018-03-24 18:04:10

US President Donald Trump Saturday has signed a memorandum that bans some transgender people from US military service but rolls back the blanket ban he ordered last year. The new directive adopts rec...

Mexico police find Iowa family dead in Tulum resort

Mexico police find Iowa family dead in Tulum resort

-- 2018-03-24 14:37:18

A family of four from Iowa have been found dead inside their rented holiday home in Mexico, authorities say. The Sharp family had been expected to attend a basketball game in Illinois on Wednesday. A...

Trump threatens to reject $1.3t omnibus bill

Trump threatens to reject $1.3t omnibus bill

FE Online Desk 2018-03-23 20:46:49

US President Donald Trump is threatening to veto the omnibus spending bill the Senate passed overnight,  despite indicating support for it in the last two days. Trump on Friday threatened to v...

Zuckerberg’s apology hardly convinces US lawmakers

Zuckerberg’s apology hardly convinces US lawmakers

-- 2018-03-23 19:44:32

Facebook Inc came under further pressure from lawmakers, investors, advertisers and users on Thursday, the day after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media network made mistakes in...

US accuses China of stealing patents

US accuses China of stealing patents

-- 2018-03-23 18:06:15

The United States launched a complaint against China at the World Trade Organisation on Friday over China’s alleged theft of US intellectual property. This is a part of a package of trade measu...

Trump replaces McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser

Trump replaces McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser

-- 2018-03-23 09:49:45

US President Donald Trump shook up his foreign policy team again on Thursday, replacing H R McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton, a hawk who has advocated using military force agains...