More than 40 bodies pulled from Nile
KHARTOUM, Sudan — More than 40 bodies of people slain by Sudanese security forces were pulled from the Nile River in the capital of Khartoum, organizers of pro-democracy demonstrations said Wednesday, and new clashes brought the death toll in three days of the ruling military’s crackdown to 108.
The Sudan Doctors Committee, one of the protest groups, reported eight more deaths by late Wednesday and said at least 509 people had been wounded.
Word about the retrieval of the bodies came as Sudan’s ruling general called for a resumption of negotiations with the protest leaders, which they promptly rejected. They said the generals cannot be serious about talks while troops keep killing protesters.
A spokesman for the protesters said that instead they would continue their demonstrations and strikes seeking to pressure the military into handing over power to a civilian authority.
Trump visits Ireland
LIMERICK, Ireland — Shortly after arriving in Ireland on Wednesday, President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that the tortured Brexit process is “going to be just fine,” predicting that the Irish would not suffer even under a no-deal exit from the European Union.
“Ireland’s going to be in good shape,” he said during a meeting with Mr. Varadkar at the airport in Shannon, Ireland, a location that allowed him access to his golf resort nearby. “I don’t think the border’s going to be a problem at all.”
Answering questions from reporters, Mr. Trump appeared to downplay one of the most contentious issues in the Brexit negotiations, where the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland has been a constant sticking point. Mr. Trump compared the Irish border, where politicians have been resisting a so-called hard border, to the U.S. southern border, where the president has pledged to build a wall of steel.
“It will all work out very well, also for you, with your wall, your border,” he said. “We have a border situation in the United States and you have one over here.”
New Cuba restrictions
MIAMI — The Trump administration’s new restrictions on travel to Cuba will sting the cruise industry, taking away a new and increasingly popular destination at the start of the critical summer vacation season.
Major cruise lines on Wednesday immediately began dropping stops in Cuba from their itineraries and hastily rerouting ships to other destinations including Mexico.
The changes affect thousands of passengers already on cruises or booked for future trips, according to the Cruise Lines International Association, an industry trade group.
The U.S. Commerce Department announced the new regulations Tuesday to take effect a day later. Cruise lines that carried passengers under a government policy that permitted “people-to-people” travel to Cuba were told they could not continue. The restrictions effectively made it illegal to cruise from the U.S. to Cuba, according to the industry group.
GOP tariff opposition
Republican senators said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should delay implementing the Mexico tariffs until he has made the case directly to them.
Senators want him to appear before them next week so they can appeal directly to him about the tariffs and urge him to back down from his threat, which is set to take effect on Monday.