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SEOUL, April 10 (Reuters) – A wolf that escaped from its enclosure in a South Korean zoo has spent three days on the loose, captivating the public, spawning a cryptocurrency meme coin and even prompting a message of concern from the country’s president. Neukgu, a roughly two-year-old male wolf weighing about 35 kilograms (77 lbs), …
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 (Reuters) – A court in Eswatini has ruled that the first five migrants the Trump administration sent to the African kingdom have a right to a lawyer, after they were denied legal representation on their transfer from the U.S. to a Swazi jail in July. The court rejected a government argument that …
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports of passenger cars accelerated in March, an industry association said Friday, as Chinese automakers stepped up their push to grow overseas markets. Passenger car exports jumped 82.4% year-on-year last month to around 748,000 vehicles, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, up from the 586,000 vehicles exported in …
April 9 (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told NBC News that the country has asked U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to engage in dialogue without demanding changes from Cuba’s political system or imposing other conditions, the network said on Thursday. In the interview with NBC News’ Kristen Welker, he also said that his leadership …
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country’s mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government. The lengthy bill will now undergo a review by the country’s high court to …
By Mike Scarcella and Jack Queen WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of U.S. military power. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said the Defense Department …
April 9 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s National Assembly on Thursday confirmed Larry Devoe, a close ally of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, as the country’s new attorney general, following the February resignation of long-standing attorney general Tarek Saab. Devoe, 46, had been serving as the South American nation’s interim attorney general since Saab’s resignation, and was previously …
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – Melania Trump, an enigmatic former model from Slovenia, has occupied the role of U.S. first lady on her own terms. She has often stayed silent on political issues or signaled tacit support for her husband, President Donald Trump. Thursday’s press conference decrying the idea that she had any relationship with …
CALGARY, April 9 (Reuters) – Separatists in Alberta say recent developments that have put Prime Minister Mark Carney on the verge of a parliamentary majority are boosting their cause as they seek to gather public support to force a vote on independence from Canada. Volunteer canvassers gathering signatures in the western province for a petition …
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) – Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even as Beijing presses a message of peace and cooperation in meetings with Taiwan’s opposition leader. China’s tactics are all the more unnerving …