HANOI (Reuters) – Police in Vietnam have arrested a former senior executive of BIDV, a bank that has come under scrutiny from an anti-graft campaign in the communist-ruled country, state media reported on Thursday. Doan Anh Sang, former deputy chief executive officer of the bank, formally known as Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, was accused […]

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Vote tallies compiled by Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic Church contradict official presidential results released by the election commission on Thursday, two diplomats said.     The commission declared opposition leader, Felix Tshisekedi, the official winner early on Thursday in what could lead to Congo’s first democratic transfer of power. But an observer mission from the Church’s bishops […]

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Wednesday there were two bomb attacks overnight on the Cano Limon pipeline in western Antioquia province, four days after a similar attack halted pumping. The latest bomb attacks occurred in the rural areas of La Pesquera and Las Bancas. Last year, there were 89 attacks on the 485-mile (780-km) pipeline. […]

A man allegedly walked up to police officers in bustling Washington, D.C., and confessed to killing someone in North Carolina, according to police. Jaron Kubler, 29, of Kernersville, North Carolina, approached officers Sunday at the Capital One Arena, home of the Washington Capitals, and “stated that he had committed a murder in North Carolina,” according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police […]

Sales of cars in China have dropped for the first time in almost 30 years, a sign of the importance of ending the country’s trade dispute with the US as the world economy begins to falter. As the US and China appeared to be edging closer to ending the trade dispute between them on Wednesday, the figures illustrate how the […]

A Georgia family says they got an unwelcome surprise when they returned from a trip and allegedly discovered a stranger had changed the locks of their home. Janice Henson said she was shocked to be greeted at the door of her Cobb County home Jan. 2 by a disabled man who told her to leave, news station WSB-TV reported. The […]

They regard it as more of a home than Harry’s Nottingham Cottage bachelor pad in Kensington Palace. And they have hosted a number of A-list pals including George and Amal Clooney, Serena Williams and husband Alexis Ohanian plus Priyanka Chopra and her hubby Nick Jonas. Meghan’s mum Doria Ragland has also visited the Grade II-listed country retreat, set in four […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday proposed restricting utility PG&E Corp (PCG.N) from using power lines deemed to be unsafe during high winds in the 2019 California fire season, adding another complication for the California utility as it faces billions of dollars in wildfire liabilities. In an order, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco also […]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s family portrait appeared to have a glaring Photoshop error. (Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Office) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has two left feet — and it has nothing to do with his dancing. A photo previously posted on the prime minister’s official website showed the Morrison family sitting on the grass and striking a pose […]