(Bloomberg) — Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold Corp., escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project. The authorities started executing the … Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he intends to resign from his post but will stay until a new leader of the country’s Liberal Party is in place, effectively ending nine years of power. Trudeau’s departure comes amid mounting pressure … Read More
CETINJE, Montenegro, Jan 1 (Reuters) – A gunman killed at least 10 people in a rampage on a small town in Montenegro on Wednesday, police said, one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. A 45-year-old man, identified by … Read More
Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to “slavery”. More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, according to a … Read More
Core of the Liberals have abandoned Canada’s prime minister after last week’s resignation of his deputy Dozens of MPs in Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party have now agreed that Canada’s embattled prime minister must abandon his post after last week’s catastrophic … Read More
LA PAZ, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia’s highland city of El Alto, where she and many others are struggling with rising prices, stagnant wages and a … Read More
Rishi Sunak has announced a collaboration between the UK, Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter jet that uses artificial intelligence. The prime minister says the joint venture aims to create thousands of UK jobs and strengthen security ties. … Read More
A judge was shot dead Wednesday in Mexico’s once-thriving beach city of Acapulco, local media and the state prosecutor’s office said. Local press identified the slain judge as Edmundo Roman Pinzon, president of the Superior Court of Justice in Guerrero … Read More
Dec. 10 (UPI) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was listed in stable condition while in intensive care on Tuesday after undergoing emergency brain surgery to address bleeding, physicians said. Lula, 79, was first taken to a hospital … Read More
Over 5,000 deaths have been recorded this year as violence spirals in the Caribbean country Close to 200 people were killed in the Haitian capital over the weekend after a gang leader ordered the butchering of elderly people he suspected … Read More