Opposition rejects exit poll showing Honduras president winning vote
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – An exit poll from a private TV network forecast victory for Honduras’ U.S.-friendly president in his bid on Sunday for a second term, but an opposition alliance rejected the projection, saying its own candidate won a resounding …
Castro ally and intellectual Armando Hart dead at 87
HAVANA (Reuters) – Armando Hart, who headed the Cuban revolution’s literacy campaign and served for decades as education and then culture minister under Fidel Castro, died on Sunday from respiratory failure at age 87, Cuban state media reported.
Russia’s Chechnya leader says he is ready to resign, Kremlin to pick successor
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ramzan Kadyrov, the outspoken leader of Russia’s Chechnya republic, said he was ready to step down, leaving it for the Kremlin to choose his successor.
Beijing kindergartens get permanent inspectors after abuse scandal: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Beijing will hire permanent inspectors to provide oversight at every one of its kindergartens following child abuse allegations at a facility run by the New York-listed RYB Education, state news agency Xinhua said late on Sunday.
Speaker’s arrest puts Indonesia parliament in graft spotlight, again
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Implicated in five corruption scandals since the 1990s but never convicted, the speaker of Indonesia’s parliament Setya Novanto is a political survivor.
Merkel’s CDU agrees to pursue grand coalition in Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party agreed on Sunday to pursue a “grand coalition” with the Social Democrats (SPD) to break the political deadlock in Europe’s biggest economy.
President favored as Hondurans vote, but critics fear power grab
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ U.S.-friendly leader looked poised to win a second term as voters cast their ballots in the Central American country on Sunday, eight years after he supported a coup to remove a previous president who flirted with re-e…
Egypt court frees 17 accused of inciting debauchery: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Cairo court on Sunday released 17 people arrested last month during a crackdown by the authorities on homosexuality, judicial sources said.
Thousands of Romanians rally against ruling party’s judicial overhaul
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Romanians rallied in the capital Bucharest and dozens of other cities on Sunday, protesting against a widely criticized plan by the ruling Social Democrats to overhaul the judiciary.
Pakistani Islamists clash with police, paralyse cities
FAIZABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – A hard-line Islamist party’s activists clashed with security forces in Pakistan’s capital and other cities on Sunday, officials said, paralysing Islamabad a day after a failed clearing operation killed several people and …
