Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, due to have hip surgery
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, is due to have hip surgery on Wednesday at a private hospital in London.
Wife of detained Chinese lawyer begins 100-km march to press for answers
BEIJING (Reuters) – The wife of a detained Chinese lawyer set off on Wednesday on a march of more than 100 km from Beijing to Tianjin city, where she believes her husband is being held incommunicado, in a bid to force authorities to explain his arrest….
Cambodia invites foreign observers to election after dissolving opposition
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia on Wednesday invited foreign observers to monitor a July general election, as required by law, which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to win after the main opposition party was dissolved.
Malaysian PM Najib promises $378 million raise for civil servants ahead of polls
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming general election.
Brazil army commander ‘repudiates impunity’ on eve of Lula ruling
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The commander of Brazil’s army ratcheted up tension on the eve of a Supreme Court decision on whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be allowed to exhaust his appeals process before being sent to jail for a corr…
Mexico vets and disperses Central American migrant ‘caravan’
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Tuesday screened a dwindling group of hundreds of largely Central American migrants who are moving through Mexico toward the United States, seeking to break up the “caravan” that has drawn the ire …
Venezuela detains 17 over attack on opposition candidate’s campaign
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that 17 people had been detained for an attack on a rival presidential candidate’s campaign, but the leftist leader rejected accusations that pro-government thugs were to blame for…
Vatican deal a new trial for one Catholic village in north China
YOUTONG VILLAGE, China (Reuters) – Choosing a church can be complicated in China under the rule of the officially atheist Communist Party – especially in Youtong village, where roughly half the 5,000 residents are Catholics.
U.S. jury finds ex-Bolivia leader responsible for civilian deaths
LA PAZ (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Tuesday found former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and his defense minister responsible for civilian deaths during 2003 street protests in Bolivia, awarding $10 million in compensatory damages to victims…
In north Syria, British officials vow solidarity with Kurdish authorities
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – British Labour officials visited the Kurdish-led authority in northern Syria on Tuesday, pledging to stand with it in the face of threats of attacks.
