MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Nicaragua has ended visa‑free entry for Cuban citizens effective Sunday, halting a policy that in recent years enabled thousands of Cubans to use the Central American country as a transit point on their journey to the United States.
The move confirmed in an official government statement appears to respond to pressure from Washington on President Daniel Ortega’s administration, according to people familiar with... (continue reading...)
By Frank Pingue
SANTA CLARA, California, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Fans began streaming into Levi's Stadium under sunny skies hours before kickoff on Sunday for Super Bowl LX, where the New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks in an NFL championship showdown few could have predicted.
By midday, the streets surrounding the outdoor stadium were packed with cars while the sidewalks were a colorful mix of Seahawks and Patriots jerseys as... (continue reading...)
LISBON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Moderate Socialist Antonio Jose Seguro appeared to be headed for a landslide victory in Portugal's presidential runoff on Sunday, with two exit polls putting him in the 67%-73% range, well ahead of his far-right, anti-establishment rival Andre Ventura.
The exit polls conducted for television channels RTP, SIC and TVI/CNN placed Ventura at 27%-33%, still a better result than the 22.8% his anti-immigration Chega party... (continue reading...)
By Nora Buli
OSLO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Norway's foreign ministry on Sunday said a prominent ambassador, Mona Juul, would step down due to a "serious failure of judgement" over ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, part of a growing scandal in the Nordic country and across Europe.
The ministry earlier this week suspended Juul from her position as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq pending an internal inquiry of links to Epstein found in a... (continue reading...)
DUBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Iranian activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned repeatedly in her three-decade campaign for women's rights, was sentenced to a new prison term of 7-1/2 years, a group supporting her said on Sunday.
Mohammadi, 53, was on a week-long hunger strike that ended on Sunday, the Narges Foundation said in a statement. It said Mohammadi told her lawyer, Mostafa Nili, in a phone call on Sunday... (continue reading...)
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