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Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List after nation shows significant progress in countering terrorism
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Sri Lanka removed from FATF’s Grey List after nation shows significant progress in countering terrorism
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'To be on grey list is a setback': Army chief Bipin Rawat says pressure on Pakistan to deliver on FATF action plan
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UK Parliament's House of Commons to vote on Brexit decision at first Saturday sitting since 1982 Falklands War
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Double counting of emissions could undermine Paris agreement goals; damage can be undone by robust accounting, common rules
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Oct 19, 2019
Trump says he will nominate energy deputy secretary to be its new chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to be the next head of the department -
Oct 19, 2019
Brexit reversed: How could Britain end up with a second referendum?
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's battle to win support for his new Brexit divorce deal raises the possibility that the United Kingdom could hold a fresh vote on membership of the European Union. Lawmakers in the main opposition Labour Party are considering attaching an amendment to Johnson's deal which would give Members of Parliament (MPs) another chance to try to force the government to hold another referendum -
Oct 19, 2019
Spain closes Catalan protest group website and probes riots
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - A Spanish judge ordered the closure of a secretive Catalan protest group's website on Friday as authorities scrambled to find who is behind street demonstrations that have turned unusually violent. The sentencing on Monday of Catalan separatist leaders to lengthy jail terms set off the worst street violence Spain has seen in decades, with protesters burning cars and throwing petrol bombs at police in the Catalan capital Barcelona. -
Oct 19, 2019
'Failure:' Mexico admits bungled arrest of kingpin's son after mayhem
By Dave Graham and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of jailed kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, who they let go amidst shootouts with drug gangs in the streets of a major city, but the president insisted his security strategy was working. Cartel gunmen surrounded security forces in the northwestern city of Culiacan on Thursday and made them free Ovidio Guzman, one of the drug lord's dozen children, after his brief capture set off widespread gun battles and a jailbreak that stunned the country. -
Oct 19, 2019
Ebola concentrated in Congo mining area, still an emergency - WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the "complex and dangerous" outbreak still constitutes an international emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The virus has infected 3,227 people and killed 2,154 of them since the outbreak was declared in August 2018 and went on to became the world's second worst outbreak, it said. The WHO's Emergency Committee on Ebola reviewed the situation since declaring the outbreak an international emergency on July 17. -
Oct 19, 2019
Paris art market reaps benefits of Brexit uncertainty
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris art scene believes it is winning from Brexit uncertainty, as more galleries are being opened in the French capital, currently hosting the giant FIAC art fair. Art galleries fear that moving artworks between Britain and mainland Europe is likely to become more difficult and expensive as a result of Brexit, which could favour Paris. FIAC, which follows this week's Frieze fair in London, is one of Europe’s biggest contemporary art marketplaces, showcasing a vast display of works in picturesque locations around the Tuileries Gardens and the Grand Palais. -
Oct 19, 2019
U.S. lawmakers urge Apple to restore HKMap app used in Hong Kong - letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of seven U.S. lawmakers including Senators Ted Cruz, Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday urged Apple Inc chief executive Tim Cook to restore the HKMap app used in Hong Kong -
Oct 19, 2019
Thunberg faces counter-rally by workers in Canada's oil heartland
By Alexandra Zabjek EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's planned march in Canada's energy heartland of Alberta will face a counter-rally by a convoy of oil and gas workers on Friday. The truck convoy organised by pro-oil group United We Roll left the city of Red Deer on Friday morning, bound for Edmonton where the organisers plan to protest against outside interference. -
Oct 19, 2019
Spain calls in civil guard to outskirts of Barcelona
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Interior Ministry said on Friday it had given the go ahead for civil guard police reinforcements to be sent to the outskirts of Barcelona following five days of sometimes violent protests over the jailing of pro-separatist leaders. -
Oct 19, 2019
U.S. ground troops will not enforce Syria so-called safe zone: defense secretary
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Oct 19, 2019
Erdogan says there are no ongoing clashes in northeast Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that there were no ongoing clashes in northeastern Syria, where Turkey has been carrying out an offensive, after Ankara agreed with Washington to pause its offensive while Kurdish forces withdraw. On Friday morning, shelling could be heard at the Syrian-Turkish border despite the five-day ceasefire to clear a planned "safe zone" of Kurdish militia, while the United States said the deal covered only part of the territory Ankara aims to seize. However, Erdogan said the "safe zone" would stretch 440 km (273 miles) along Turkey's border with Syria, with its eastern edge on its border with Iraq, and added that a depth of 20 miles (32 km) was agreed on with the United States -
Oct 19, 2019
Lebanon's Hariri gives government 72-hour deadline to act amid protests
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gave a 72-hour deadline on Friday to his "partners in government" to stop obstructing reforms and threatened to take a different approach otherwise, but stopped short of resigning. -
Oct 19, 2019
Trump hopes U.S.-China trade deal will be signed by middle of November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a trade deal between the United States and China will be signed by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings take place in Chile on Nov. 16 and 17. "I think it will get signed quite easily, hopefully by the summit in Chile, where president Xi and I will both be," Trump told reporters at the White House -
Oct 19, 2019
U.S. astronauts embark on the first all-female spacewalk
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) - U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history on Friday when they stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on the first all-female spacewalk -
Oct 19, 2019
Brother of Honduran president found guilty in U.S. drug trial
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honduran politician Juan Antonio "Tony" Hernandez was found guilty of U.S. -
Oct 19, 2019
UK parliament demands new Brexit analysis before key vote
LONDON (Reuters) - The British parliament's Treasury Committee demanded that the finance ministry produce fresh economic forecasts of the cost of leaving the European Union under Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new deal before politicians have to vote on Saturday. "It is unacceptable that the Committee has not received this information from HM Treasury -
Oct 19, 2019
Bye Bye, Bei Bei: National Zoo panda leaves for China next month
By Isabella Jibilian (Reuters) - Washington's National Zoo will soon have an empty-nester exhibit on display when Bei Bei, the 4-year-old male offspring of the zoo's giant panda couple, sets out for China next month to help breed more of his species in his parents' homeland. -
Oct 19, 2019
WHO hails 'triumph' as Merck's Ebola vaccine gets European green light
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - The world's first Ebola vaccine was recommended for approval by European drugs regulators on Friday in a move hailed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a "triumph for public health" that would save many lives. The vaccine, developed by U.S. -
Oct 19, 2019
Trump says Turkey's Erdogan wants Syria agreement to work
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Oct 19, 2019
Protests sweep Lebanon as fury at ruling elite grows
By Ellen Francis and Alaa Kanaan BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of angry protesters blocked roads, burned tyres and marched across Lebanon for a second day on Friday, demanding the removal of a political elite they accuse of looting the economy to the point of breakdown.
