BEIJING (AP) — China will allow visa-free entry for nationals of five Latin American countries for one year to boost closer connections with the region. Starting June 1, citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay will be allowed to enter China for up to 30 days without a visa, ...
By GERALD IMRAY and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are scheduled to meet at the White House next week following allegations by Trump — and denied by South Africa — that "genocide" is ...
By AHMED MOHAMED Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — An appeals court in Mauritania handed down a 15-year prison sentence and a $3 million fine to former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Wednesday after he appealed a five-year sentence. Aziz helped lead two coups before ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Wednesday denied covering up decades of alleged abuse at a Catholic school where several of his children studied, telling a parliamentary commission he had "hidden nothing" and saying opponents are ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Boxing great Manny Pacquiao is coming out of retirement to fight Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight crown in July. Pacquiao's team made the announcement on Thursday, just hours after he conceded defeat in a bid for another seat in the Philippines Senate. "His ...
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — European Council President António Costa on Thursday called on North Macedonia to change its constitution to include the Bulgarian minority as a way for the country to continue its path toward full European Union ...