|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | top stories on reuters.com | | Last April, a Maltese journalist published stories saying a private bank on her island was serving high-ranking customers in Azerbaijan, and alleging it was processing corrupt payments. Six months later the journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, was murdered. While many of her claims remain unproven, one has held up: The bank, called Pilatus Bank, did depend for much of its business on the Azeri elite. | | | | The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand Trump a huge legal victory, signaling yesterday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries. | | | | U.S. oil major Chevron has evacuated executives from Venezuela after two of its workers were imprisoned over a contract dispute with state-owned oil company PDVSA, according to four sources familiar with the matter. | | | | | | Detained in Myanmar: Follow updates on two @Reuters reporters held in government custody https://reut.rs/2HodXX5 9:06 PM - Apr 26, 2018 | | | world | | Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey. | | | | | | | | | | | | | commentary | | British parliamentarians will vote today on whether Brexit negotiators should aim for a customs union with the EU. And although Theresa May's government wants a "Canada plus plus plus" version of Ottawa's free-trade arrangement, it would do better to follow Turkey's agreement, writes Paul Wallace. 8 Min Read | | | | Donald Trump's revisionist history on the Iran nuclear deal may come back to haunt him in talks with North Korea, writes David E. Wade, former chief of staff at the U.S. State Department. The president is "wrong about the effectiveness of the nuclear agreement, and wrong about the reasons why the deal between Iran and the world’s major powers was confined to the nuclear issue." 6 min read | | | | | | | | | | | reuters tv | | | | Funding falls well short at the Syria donor conference with the U.S. failing to pledge. It comes as aid agencies warn of a cruel end-game in rebel controlled Idlib home to over 2 million people. https://reut.rs/2FjrFVd 11:02 AM - Apr 26, 2018 | | | | | | | |
