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December 10, 2018

A shot in the arm for Indian PM as UK court orders Mallya extradition

LONDON — Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya should be extradited from Britain to India to face fraud charges resulting from the collapse of his defunct Kingfisher Airlines, a London court ruled on Monday.India wants to bring criminal action against Mallya, 62, whose business interests have ranged from aviation to liquor, over $1.4 billion in loans Kingfisher took out from Indian banks which the authorities argue he had no intention of repaying.Mallya, ...

December 10, 2018

Campaigning for Bangladesh election begins amid crackdown on opposition

DHAKA — There is no opposition candidate for prime minister, hundreds have been arrested and incumbent premier Sheikh Hasina stands accused of ignoring democratic checks on her power, but Bangladesh began campaigning on Monday for a year-end election.More than 100 million people are registered to vote on Dec. 30 for either Hasina’s Awami League and its allies, or a beleaguered opposition that says it is being hobbled by police.On the ...

December 10, 2018

Venezuela ruling party wins local elections marred by low turnout

CARACAS — Venezuelans stayed away in droves on Sunday from municipal elections, handing a victory to the ruling party — but with just 27 percent turnout.National Electoral Council chair Tibisay Lucena put the rate of abstention at 72.6 percent. As such, the ruling party won 142 of 156 jurisdictions in play, she said.Some 20.7 million Venezuelans were eligible to vote.Lucena called it “a calm day of civic and democratic action.”The ...

December 10, 2018

Russian serial killer policeman convicted of 56 more murders

IRKUTSK, Russia — A Siberian policeman who raped and killed women after offering them late-night rides was found guilty of dozens more murders on Monday, making him Russia’s most prolific serial killer of recent times.A court in the city of Irkutsk found Mikhail Popkov guilty of 56 murders between 1992 and 2007, sentencing him to a second life term. He was already in prison after being convicted of killing 22 ...

December 10, 2018

Shaken by corruption, Peruvians back major government overhaul

LIMA — Shaken by a string of high-profile corruption scandals, Peruvians overwhelmingly approved a government overhaul that among other things sends all members of Congress packing by 2021.Three of the four constitutional reforms proposed by President Martin Vizcarra were approved by nearly 80 percent of voters in a Sunday referendum.Sick of a do-nothing Congress with leading legislators tainted by corruption and scandal, 78 percent of voters approved a measure banning ...

December 10, 2018

Pence aide, Trump’s choice for chief of staff, rejects offer

WASHINGTON — Nick Ayers, Donald Trump’s top choice to be his next chief of staff, is no longer in the running and the US president is now considering at least two other candidates, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, the latest sign of a chaotic White House staff shake-up.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Republican Representative Mark Meadows, chairman of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, are among the possible ...

December 10, 2018

End of the road for Nissan ex-boss

TOKYO — Tokyo prosecutors officially charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday for under-reporting his income and extended his detention on suspicion of additional financial misconduct.The prosecutors also indicted Nissan for filing false financial statements, making the Japanese automaker culpable for the scandal that has shocked the auto industry.Ghosn was arrested on Nov. 19 on suspicion of conspiring to understate his compensation by about half of the actual ...

December 10, 2018

Armenian premier wins snap polls by landslide

YEREVAN — Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has won a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections, results showed on Monday, cementing his authority months after sweeping to power in a peaceful revolution.Pashinyan, a 43-year-old former journalist, has pledged to root out endemic corruption and address widespread poverty in the impoverished, landlocked ex-Soviet republic of three million people.With all votes counted, the bloc led by Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party had ...

December 10, 2018

UK PM pushes Brexit deal as EU court offers way out

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday began a final push to persuade parliament to back her Brexit deal as the European Court of Justice ruled Britain was free to halt withdrawal from the bloc unilaterally.The court ruling will fuel calls for a second referendum to stop Brexit and comes on the eve of a once-in-a-lifetime vote by MPs that will determine the fate of Brexit and could ...

December 10, 2018

‘Moment of truth’ for Macron as protests rock French economy

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to offer fresh concessions on Monday to try to end the “yellow vest” protests that have rocked the country and taken a heavy toll on the economy.Macron was scheduled to address the nation at 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) after three weeks of anti-government demonstrations which again turned violent on Saturday in Paris and other cities.The stakes are high for the 40-year-old centrist, ...

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