Turkey’s new PM wins vote of confidence

China, U.S. talks ‘extremely productive’ ahead of G20 as trade issues loom

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday bilateral talks with China’s Xi Jinping had been “extremely productive”, as world leaders gathered for a G20 summit expected to address sluggish global economic growth and the looming specter of protectionism. Some G20 leaders have already begun drawing battle lines in disputes over issues like trade and investment, tax policy, and industrial overcapacity. Security is extremely tight in Hangzhou, with parts of the city of 9 million people turned into

04 Sep, 2016

Clinton tells FBI she could not recall all briefings on preserving documents

Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working part-time and could not recall every briefing she received. Clinton, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, raised the health scare during her 3-1/2-hour interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department prosecutors on July 2, according to

03 Sep, 2016

Brazil’s Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in

Brazil’s Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, ending an impeachment process that polarized Latin America’s biggest country amid a massive corruption scandal and brutal economic crisis. Senators voted 61-20 to convict the country’s first female president for illegally using money from state banks to bankroll public spending, marking the end of 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. Rousseff’s opponents hailed her removal as paving the way for a change of fortunes for Brazil. He

01 Sep, 2016