Brazil unveils emergency power measures
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government on Monday unveiled emergency hydroelectric measures...
Biden vows to Israel: No nuclear weapon for Iran on my watch
By Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, in a meeting on Monday with Israeli President...
Peru’s Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who has been battling to overturn the initial...
Tanzania to spend $470 million on vaccines, coronavirus-damaged economy
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania will spend $470 million buying vaccines and supporting economic sectors hit hard by the...
Blinken: ‘Untenable’ for 10,000 IS fighters still to be held in Syria
By Humeyra Pamuk ROME (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that 10,000 Islamic State fighters continue...
Biden says he hopes to meet with Israel’s new prime minister soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, in a meeting on Monday with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, said his commitment...
Chile raises COVID-19 spending, urges citizen caution with Delta variant circulating
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Sebastian Pinera on Monday announced a $2 billion boost to health spending...
Ukraine, U.S. to start Black Sea military drills despite Russian protest
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine and the United States will start a military exercise involving more than 30 countries in the...
Brazil senator files criminal complaint against Bolsonaro over vaccine deal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An opposition senator filed a formal criminal complaint at the Supreme Court on Monday against...
Biden voices support for Colombia’s Duque after attack on helicopter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden, in a call with Colombian President Ivan Duque on Monday, expressed U.S. support...
U.S.- UK travel corridor talks increasingly unlikely to conclude at end of July- FT
(Refiles to remove UK government's no comment line) (Reuters) - Talks between U.S. and Britain regarding a travel corridor are...
U.S. warplanes strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against...
Russian court upholds nine-year sentence for U.S. ex-Marine Reed
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian appeals court on Monday upheld a nine-year prison sentence for Trevor Reed, a former U.S. Marine...
Desperate expatriate workers storm Islamabad vaccination centre
By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani expatriate workers, desperate to obtain a Pfizer/BioNTech or AstraZeneca COVID shot so they...
Belarus tells EU envoy to go, withdraws migration help in sanctions row
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus on Monday told the European Union's representative in Minsk to return to Brussels for consultations and said...
IMF says Africa urgently needs vaccines to halt repeated COVID waves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - COVID-19 infections in Africa will likely exceed previous peaks within days, underscoring an urgent need to accelerate...
‘Stop denying racism, start dismantling it,’ U.N. rights chief says
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) -Nations should "start dismantling racism", set up reparations programmes and prosecute law enforcement officials for...
Separated from her daughters in U.S., Honduran mom parents from her smartphone
By Laura Gottesdiener, Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (Reuters) - Maria's day begins at 7 a.m.,...
Nigeria adds South Africa to its COVID-19 ‘red list’ for arriving travellers
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria is adding South Africa to its "red list" of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for...
Argentina’s Fernandez cancels France trip over COVID-19, Delta fears
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez has canceled a visit to France scheduled for this week amid fears...