A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal. The Washington Post reported Mr Trump called the conversation “the worst by far” of his calls with world leaders that day, and cut it short. Mr Trump later tweeted that he would “study this dumb deal”. Struck with the… Read more »
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has broken his promise to change the country’s voting system. The commitment to get rid of Canada’s federal first-past-the-post electoral system was one of his primary election promises. Opposition parties called the move “cynical and jaded”. Trudeau’s Liberal government said the move was made because Canadians were undecided about what kind of voting system they… Read more »
Colombia’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), says it is holding a missing soldier. In a statement, the ELN said it had kidnapped the soldier, Freddy Moreno, on 24 January in the eastern province of Arauca.
El Salvador, one of the world’s deadliest countries, has recorded a rare day without a single homicide. National Civil Police commissioner Howard Cotto said at a news conference on Thursday that no murders were reported the previous day in the gang-plagued Central American nation. The last time the country went a full day without any killings was January 22, 2015, according… Read more »
Former Brazilian oil and mining tycoon Eike Batista has been transferred to a high security prison in Rio de Janeiro after being arrested on arrival from New York. Once Brazil’s richest man, he has been accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure contracts with Rio’s state government.