Stories for April 2nd 2017

Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 08:34 UTC
Electoral Court decides this week on continuity of Temer's presidency

Brazilian President Michel Temer is facing a terrible week, with a court theoretically annulling his presidency and forcing him to step down from office. Temer is widely expected to find a way to escape this. But the mere fact that a court is considering such a thing shows the depths of uncertainty in Latin America’s biggest country as it tries to survive in a huge corruption scandal, a two-year recession and record unemployment.
Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 06:02 UTC
Trump will host Xi at his Florida resort April 6/7; anticipates “difficult meeting”

United States President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign Ministry announced, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Electoral Court decides this week on continuity of Temer's presidency