Peru’s Kuczynski urges people to accept Fujimori pardon and ‘turn the page’
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defended his pardon for Alberto Fujimori on Monday as justified clemency for an ailing man whose authoritarian government in the 1990s helped the country progress, after Peruvians protested for a …
China hands down harshest sentence in multi-year rights crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years in jail for subversion on Tuesday, his lawyer said, the harshest sentence passed in a government crackdown on activism that began more than two years ago.
Building owner, manager arrested in South Korean fire that killed 29
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police have arrested the owner and the manager of a building where 29 people died in a fire last week, accusing the pair of multiple safety lapses, including blocked exits and malfunctioning sprinkler systems.
China hands down harshest sentence yet in multi-year rights crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China sentenced a prominent rights activist to eight years in jail for subversion on Tuesday, his lawyer said, the harshest sentence to be passed so far in a government crackdown on activism that began more than two years ago.
Peruvians march against Fujimori pardon in second day of protests
LIMA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Peruvians filled the streets of downtown Lima on Monday to protest a pardon granted to former leader Alberto Fujimori, calling on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to step down in a second day of unrest.
Mexican police arrest suspect in crime journalist’s murder
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A man alleged to be behind the murder this year of a crime reporter in northern Mexico has been arrested by federal police, Chihuahua state Governor Javier Corral said in a statement on Monday.
39 injured in fireworks explosion at Cuban festival on Christmas Eve
HAVANA (Reuters) – A fireworks explosion injured 39 people, including six children between the ages of 11 and 15, during a popular Cuban carnival on Christmas Eve, state-run media reported on Monday.
Britain escorts Russian ship near national waters amid strained relations
LONDON (Reuters) – A British ship escorted a Russian vessel as it passed near UK territorial waters over Christmas, Britain’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Russian naval activity near Britain had increased in the holiday period.
Fujimori family pulls Peru back into political turmoil
Nearly two decades since Alberto Fujimori and his family occupied Peru’s presidential palace and gripped the Andean nation’s attention during one of its most turbulent chapters, they are once more at the center of political upheaval.
Syrian rebel groups reject Russian-sponsored Sochi conference
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel groups on Monday rejected Russia’s planned Sochi conference on Syria, saying Moscow was seeking to bypass a U.N.-based Geneva peace process and blaming Russia for committing war crimes in the war-torn country.
