International

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Africa's richest woman accused of siphoning millions from Angola's oil company

  

  An award-winning investigative team published a trove of files on Sunday allegedly showing how the daughter of Angola's former president - dubbed Africa's richest woman - siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of public money into offshore accounts.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Prince Harry sad to leave his royal duties; final outcome was not what he wanted

  

  Britain's Prince Harry said on Sunday it brought him great sadness that he had to leave his royal duties after agreeing with Queen Elizabeth that he and his wife Meghan would step down from official roles to seek an independent future.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 23:13 UTC

  Details of status change for Harry and Meghan disclosed by Buckingham Palace

  

  Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are relinquishing their “royal highness” titles as the Duke and Duchess of, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. The new arrangements will take effect in the “spring of 2020,” it was reported.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  UK government preparing great Brexit night celebration, including special coins for January 31st

  

  Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street - but not bong Big Ben - on Brexit night, the government said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Support words from IMF chief for Argentina's efforts to recover the economy

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday the lender has had “very constructive” exchanges with Argentina's new Peronist government and would do whatever possible to assist the indebted country.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  “Overwhelming similarity” in Hong Kong and Venezuelan protests

  

  Protests in Hong Kong bear an “overwhelming” similarity to political unrest that has wracked Venezuela in recent years, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  UK lists both Hezbollah's military and political wings as a terrorist group

  

  Britain's finance ministry on Friday said it had added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups subject to asset freezing. The ministry previously only targeted the Shiite organization's military wing but has now listed the whole group after the government designated it a terrorist organization last March.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  IMF warns that the US/China accord is a “trade truce, and not the same as trade peace”

  

  The United States and China still have a long way to go to resolve their trade disputes although the partial deal signed this week is a step forward, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. “Trade truce is not the same as trade peace,” she said.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  China's economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades

  China's economy weakened to its slowest pace in three decades last year as weaker domestic demand and trade tensions with the United States took their toll, official data showed on Friday.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  US will screen travelers from Chinese city of Wuhan for symptoms of new respiratory virus

  

  The United States will begin screening efforts at three U.S. airports to detect travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan who may have symptoms of a new respiratory virus that so far has killed two people and infected 45 more, public health officials said on Friday (Jan 17).