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Sixth person suspected in murder of Paraguayan prosecutor -Colombia police
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A sixth person is suspected in the murder last month of a Paraguayan prosecutor vacationing in Colombia, the head of Colombia's national police said on Tuesday, adding a Brazilian g...
Jun 07, 2022
World Bank board approves $1.49 billion in new funds for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Tuesday its board of executive directors approved $1.49 billion of additional financing for Ukraine to help pay wages for government and social workers, e...
Jun 07, 2022
Brazil election frontrunner Lula eyes Eletrobras privatization rollback, aides say
By Bernardo Caram and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the leftist frontrunner ahead of an October election, is looking at ways to reverse...
Jun 07, 2022
Rural reforms least implemented part of Colombia peace deal – observers
By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA (Reuters) - Rural reforms to correct deep inequalities in the Colombian countryside are the least implemented part of the country's 2016 peace deal with the FARC rebels, th...
Jun 07, 2022
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says electoral judge abused democracy meeting with diplomats
(Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin, the country's top electoral authority, committed "rape against Brazilian democracy" by meeting w...
Jun 07, 2022
Prince Charles, France’s Macron discussed jubilee, Ukraine in phone call
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday congratulated Prince Charles on the ceremonies held for Queen Elizabeth's jubilee, in a phone call in which the heir to the British throne...
Jun 07, 2022
Mexico foreign minister accuses U.S. of inconsistency in Americas Summit invitations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday accused the United States of double standards by refusing to invite Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to the U.S.-hosted Summit o...
Jun 07, 2022
Alleged victims of Mexico-based church leader ask for maximum sentence
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several of the alleged victims of the leader of a Mexico-based church are speaking out ahead of his sentencing, asking for him to receive maximum prison time. N...
Jun 07, 2022
Merkel says she doesn’t blame herself for not trying hard enough for Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - German former Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that she tried hard when she was in office to prevent the situation in Ukraine from developing to the current state, adding th...
Jun 07, 2022
Boris Johnson’s COVID response ‘a joke,’ irked airline chief says
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -A leading airline industry official on Tuesday blasted British politicians for criticizing long airport lines and canceled flights once COVID-19 cases eased and in turn a...
Jun 07, 2022
