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Brazil communist says she and Haddad can win race if Lula barred
Brazilian lawmaker Manuela D'Avila said on Tuesday she and former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party were ready to win October's presidential election if former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running.
Ex-Manafort aide Gates testifies on Cyprus accounts, shell companies
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's right-hand man testified at trial on Tuesday that Manafort instructed him not to tell their firm's bookkeeper about payments from accounts in Cyprus that held millions of dollars in earnings fr...
Trump says firms doing business in Iran to be barred from U.S. as sanctions hit
Firms doing business with Iran will be barred from the United States, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, as new U.S. sanctions took effect in spite of pleas from Washington's allies.
Manafort ex-aide Gates testifies at trial on Cyprus accounts
The top aide to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified at trial on Tuesday that Manafort told him not to tell their firm's bookkeeper about payments from accounts in Cyprus.
Reasonable to expect couple more rate hikes - BoE's McCafferty
Bank of England interest rate-setter Ian McCafferty said on Tuesday it was reasonable for financial markets to expect a couple more small rate hikes over the next two years.
Indian Tamil leader Karunanidhi dies: outspoken atheist crusader for social justice
M Karunanidhi, five-time chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state and one of the dominant figures in the politics of southern India for half a century, died on Tuesday at the age of 94.
Heathrow Airport opponents launch legal challenge to expansion
A group of local authorities opposed to the expansion of Heathrow have formally started the process to try to launch a legal challenge to the government's plan to build a new runway at Europe's busiest airport.
Greece to tear down illegal buildings after killer blaze
Greece will demolish thousands of illegal buildings in response to the death of dozens of people who were unable to escape a maze of poorly planned streets in the country's worst wildfire disaster.
Trump faces political test in Ohio as five states cast votes
President Donald Trump faces a test of his political influence on Tuesday in a special congressional election in Ohio that has become a referendum on his leadership and a last chance to gauge Democratic strength ahead of November's midterm elect...
UK government review backs subsidies for mini nuclear plants
Britain should offer developers of mini nuclear plants subsidies similar to those made available to the offshore wind industry, an independent review commissioned by the government said on Tuesday.
White House adviser Bolton urges North Korea to act on denuclearization
White House national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday said North Korea has not taken the necessary steps to denuclearize despite an agreement between Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in June.
Chemical weapons inspectors to collect new samples in UK nerve agent poisoning
Inspectors of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to take new samples of the nerve agent which killed one person and injured another in Amesbury, England, in June.
In a Syrian village, Turkish forces seen as shield from attack
The red Turkish flag fluttering on the outskirts of the Syrian village of al-Surman has been seen by residents as a shield against government attack since Turkish troops arrived in February. But their fears of an offensive are growing.
Futures lifted by higher oil prices, earnings
U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as strong corporate earnings lifted sentiment and higher oil prices helped energy shares.
As death toll on Indonesia's Lombok tops 100, thousands wait for aid
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok topped 100 on Tuesday as rescuers found victims under wrecked buildings, while thousands left homeless in the worst-affected areas waited for aid to arrive.
Trump faces a political test in Ohio as five states cast votes
President Donald Trump faces a test of his political influence on Tuesday in a special congressional election in Ohio that has become a referendum on his leadership and a last chance to gauge Democratic strength ahead of November's midterm elect...
European companies can be protected from U.S. sanctions on Iran - UK minister
European companies can be protected from new U.S. sanctions on Iran, a junior British foreign minister said on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump withdrew from an international agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons...
Star witness to take stand for second day in Manafort trial
Rick Gates, a former business associate to U.S. President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, will continue to testify against his former boss and is expected to face a tough cross examination on Tuesday.
'Makes me shake with rage': Japan probe shows university cut women's test scores
A Japanese medical school deliberately cut women's entrance test scores for at least a decade, an investigation panel said on Tuesday, calling it a "very serious" instance of discrimination, but school officials denied having known of the manipu...
In England's forgotten 'rust belt', voters show little sign of Brexit regret
To Paul Green, a club steward in northern England's 'rust belt', Britain is so broken that he would vote for Brexit again were he to get another chance.