SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) – Costa Rica ‘s outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves will remain a top official in his successor’s government, the country’s president-elect announced on Tuesday, granting the outgoing populist and Trump ally ongoing immunity in the face of corruption allegations.
NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% Monday to its prior all-time high. The Dow Jones rose 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.4%. The price for a barrel of Brent crude rose more than 4%.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) – The United States has revoked the visas of several board executives at La Nación, one of Costa Rica’s leading media outlets, triggering fresh accusations that the U.S. – in conjunction with the allied Costa Rican government – is stripping visas to punish critics and political opponents.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) – Cambodia’s government has filed notice under a U.N. agreement on maritime law for compulsory conciliation of a sea border dispute with neighboring Thailand, Prime Minister Hun Manet said Tuesday. At issue is territory claimed by both that is believed to contain large, exploitable amounts of natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
PANAMA CITY (AP) – The U.S. State Department accused China of violating Panama’s sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is optimistic about the potential for a resumption in nuclear talks with Iran despite a shaky ceasefire in the war looking increasingly in doubt. Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday in his first public testimony since the Iran war began that the Iranians have agreed to negotiate on nuclear points.
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 from El Salvador.
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
PANAMA CITY (AP) – Businesses have doled out up as much as $4 million to move boats through the Panama Canal with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, according to the Panama Canal Authority, in a move that has created a seismic shift in global trade flows.
°C
