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Back in Brasilia, Lula lays foundations of anti-Bolsonaro coalition
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in the political mix, laying the groundwork in Brasilia this week to challenge far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in next year's election.
Peru election race tightens as Fujimori gains, poll shows
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has shrunk the gap on socialist rival Pedro Castillo in the country's presidential election race, according to a poll released on Friday, signally a closer contest in the June 6 vote.
Crucial Scottish elections on 'knife edge' as pro-independence SNP win early seats
GLASGOW (Reuters) -Scotland's main pro-independence party captured dozens of seats on Friday in a Scottish parliament election that could determine the future of the United Kingdom, but early results left uncertainty over whether it would win a crucial majority.
US' 'small clique' multilateralism to be exposed at upcoming UN session
BEIJING (Global Times): Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host a virtual session of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday (May 7) with the attendance of US counterpart Antony Blinken and other foreign ministers, the second meeting between the two since the top diplomats’ meeting in Alaska.
Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters): An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has garnered almost 200,000 signatures in the past few days, as public concerns mount over holding the Games in a pandemic.
Japanese anti-Olympics campaign gains traction as pandemic simmers
TOKYO (Reuters) -More than 230,000 people have signed a Japanese petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled in the two days since it was launched online, as public concerns mount over holding the showpiece event during a pandemic.
Canada promises two Arctic icebreakers in pre-election job boost
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Thursday promised to build two Arctic ice breakers and create hundreds of jobs in two politically influential provinces that will help decide an election considered likely this year.
Scotland votes to decide the fate of independence movement
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland votes on Thursday in an election that could trigger a showdown with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over a new independence referendum just five years since the Brexit vote strained the United Kingdom to breaking point.
In northern England's Hartlepool, UK PM Johnson faces test
LONDON (Reuters) - The northern English town of Hartlepool will vote for a new member of parliament on Thursday, a test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of the opposition Labour Party's new leader.
Exclusive: U.S. targets Central America officials for possible sanctions over corruption - envoy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to release by the end of June a list of corrupt Central American officials who may be subject to sanctions, a U.S. special envoy told Reuters, as Washington seeks to cut back on a root cause of increased migration to the U.S.-Mexican border.
