Protests and strike stoke jitters over Catalan economy World The tenors fell silent at Barcelona's opera house on Friday where a performance of Turandot was cancelled as a general strike and mass protests... Protests and strike stoke jitters over Catalan economy
Business IMF members put off voting change; agree to boost lending capacity Global finance ministers agreed Friday to double a key pool of money that the International Monetary Fund can use to aid distressed countries... 2 hours ago
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World US court finds Honduran president’s brother guilty of drug charges A New York court found the brother of the president of Honduras guilty of drug trafficking Friday, in a blow to the leader of the Central American... 3 hours ago
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World Trump says Erdogan told him he wants ceasefire to work President Donald Trump said Friday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had assured him that he wants the "ceasefire" with Kurdish militants... 7 hours ago
World Morales under pressure as Bolivia heads to polls Bolivia's Evo Morales will seek a controversial fourth term as president on Sunday when voters head to the polls in what is expected to be a... 7 hours ago
World Erdogan threatens to restart Syria operation Tuesday if deal not respected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday warned that Ankara would restart its operation against Kurdish forces in Syria on Tuesday evening... 7 hours ago
Politics Ukraine’s chief rabbi sounds alarm over Jewish tycoon’s effigy Ukraine's chief rabbi urged authorities Friday to quickly find and punish men who left a red-paint splattered effigy of Jewish tycoon Igor Kolomoisky... 7 hours ago
Politics Bolivia : Latin America’s indigenous heartland Landlocked Bolivia, which holds presidential elections Sunday, is home to Latin America's largest indigenous population and is among its poorest... 8 hours ago
World Anger over EU’s ‘historic mistake’ on Skopje, Tirana The EU has made a "historic mistake" that risks destabilising the Balkans, senior officials warned Friday, after a handful of countries led by... 8 hours ago
World After Turkey attacks Syria, detained IS women await ‘deliverance’ In a dusty camp in northeastern Syria, Umm Osama says she hopes a deadly Turkish offensive against her Kurdish jailers will allow Islamic State... 8 hours ago
World Mexico deports 311 Indian nationals in ‘unprecedented’ move More than 300 Indian nationals who paid tens of thousands of dollars each trying to get into the United States arrived in New Delhi Friday after... 9 hours ago
World Murderer who triggered Hong Kong protests will go to Taiwan : pastor A man who inadvertently triggered Hong Kong's huge protests after he murdered his girlfriend in Taiwan has agreed to return to the island to... 9 hours ago
Politics Stony silence from Eritrea as Ethiopia basks in Nobel glow While Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was praised for efforts to end years of bitter tension with Eritrea in his Nobel Peace Prize award... 10 hours ago
Tech G20 expected to back OECD’s digital tax proposal G20 finance ministers Friday are expected to give the green light to an OECD proposal that aims to find an agreement on taxing global tech giants... 10 hours ago
