Ecuador denies it will imminently expel Assange from embassy

Ecuador's government said late on Friday that it rejected reports that it would imminently expel Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy, where he has lived in asylum for nearly seven years.Assange was "prepared" for expulsion from the building, a British friend of his said on Tuesday, after Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he had "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum.Moreno accused Assange of harming Ecuador's relations with other countries by intervening in their