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Army chief shot dead in Ethiopia ‘coup bid’ attacks

Bloomberg The Ethiopian army’s chief of staff was shot dead by a bodyguard in what the government of Africa’s second-most populous country said was an assassination related to an attempted coup. General Seare Mekonnen and retired Major General Gezai Abera were killed at the army chief’s residence in the capital, Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said in an ...

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Trump delays raids on immigrants

Bloomberg President Donald Trump put off for two weeks the start of a planned nationwide roundup of undocumented immigrants, tempering a vow made to have them “removed from the country” starting next week. Trump said he was acting “at the request of Democrats,” although immigration officials suggested that reports on the timing of the actions played a role. The delay ...

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Kim receives ‘excellent’ letter from US president

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a personal letter from US President Donald Trump, state media KCNA reported. The letter has “excellent content” and Kim, along with his military, read it with “satisfaction,” KCNA reported. Correspondence between Trump and Kim “has been ongoing,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement, confirming the letter was sent ...

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