By Divya Rajagopal and Ismail Shakil TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) -A major network outage at one of Canada’s biggest telecom operators shut banking, transport and government access for millions all day on Friday, drawing outrage from customers and adding t…
Soccer-Blatter, Platini cleared of fraud in Swiss trial
By John Revill BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) -Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Friday after a seven-year investigation during which they were…
At Colombia-Venezuela border, a trade revival is eagerly awaited
By Nelson Bocanegra and Anggy Polanco CUCUTA, Colombia/SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist president-elect, Gustavo Petro, pledged on the campaign trail to end neighboring Venezuela’s isolation, normalize relations with the socialist …
Taiwan slams ‘provocative’ China for sending fighters across Taiwan Strait
By Yimou Lee and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese fighter jets crossed the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday in what the island’s government slammed as a provocation, as a senior U.S. senator visited Taipei for …
Shinzo Abe sought to reinvigorate Japan with bold economic policies, strong armed forces
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, who sought to lift the economy out of chronic deflation with his bold “Abenomics” policies, beef up the military and counter China’s growing clout, has died at 67. Abe, who left offi…
Japan’s Shinzo Abe sought to revive economy, fulfil conservative agenda
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, launched his “Abenomics” policies to lift the economy out of deflation, beefed up Japan’s military and sought to counter China’s growing clout in a historic two-term tenure. Abe, 67,…
Gunman assassinates Japan ex-PM Abe on campaign trail
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Chang-Ran Kim NARA, Japan (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country where guns are tight…
War looms large over G20 event as some countries snub dinner over Ukraine
By Stanley Widianto and David Brunnstrom NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -G20 foreign ministers attended a joint summit on Friday that has put some of the staunchest critics of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the same room as Moscow’s top diplomat, the f…
U.S. opens special probe into fatal Tesla pedestrian crash in California
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. auto safety regulators have opened a special investigation into a fatal pedestrian crash in California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3 where an advanced driver assistance system is suspected of use. The Na…
Minneapolis ex-cop Chauvin gets 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s rights
(Reuters) -Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted last year of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights during the deadly May 2020 arrest, …