As Canada prepares for legal pot, ex-cops get into the business
TORONTO (Reuters) – A former Canadian police chief and several colleagues who fought against making marijuana use legal have switched sides and embraced the looming legalization of cannabis with a leap into business.
Greeks march to mark 1973 student revolt against junta, clashes break out
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police clashed with hooded youths in Athens on Friday after thousands marched to mark a bloody 1973 student uprising that helped topple the military junta which then ruled the country.
Brazil speaker says pension overhaul in danger if left until 2018
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian government’s plan to overhaul the costly pension system will be in trouble if it does not clear the lower house of Congress this year, and it still lacks the votes needed for approval, the Speaker Rodrigo Maia said on…
Greeks march to mark 1973 student revolt against junta
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greeks marched through the streets of Athens on Friday to mark a bloody 1973 student uprising against the military junta that ruled the country at the time.
The boss is dead but the mafia lives, magistrate and mobster say
ROME/PALERMO (Reuters) – The death of Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore “Toto'” Riina on Friday does not mark the end of Cosa Nostra, but the crime group is unlikely to allow one man such power ever again, a top magistrate and former mobster said.
At least five killed in Kenya as violence greets opposition leader’s return
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least five people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters accompanying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central Nairobi, police said.
Russia opposed to short U.N. extension of Syria inquiry: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia is opposed to a Japanese-drafted United Nations Security council resolution to renew for one month an international inquiry into chemical weapons attacks in Syria, several council diplomats said on Friday.
Turkey pulls troops out of NATO exercise over ‘enemy’ list
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is pulling 40 soldiers out of a NATO exercise in Norway, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, after his name appeared in a list of enemies on a poster at the drill, an incident that drew an apology from both the military a…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe digs in heels as ruling party moves to depose him
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party called on Friday for President Robert Mugabe to resign, the main state newspaper The Herald reported, the latest sign that the aging leader’s authority has collapsed after an army takeover.
Belgian judge defers ruling on warrant for ex-Catalan leader: lawyer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian judge made no ruling on Friday on a European arrest warrant issued by Spain for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, his lawyer said after a court hearing in Brussels.
