China says three of most wanted graft suspects let off
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three people on China’s list of 100 most wanted graft suspects overseas were not prosecuted when they finally returned to China, the government has said in an update on the cases of 40 people on the list it has had returned.
Spontaneous protests wrongfoot police, loosening India’s grip on Kashmir
PULWAMA, India (Reuters) – Images of students confronting police on campuses have come to symbolize Kashmiri protests against Indian rule as much as gun-toting militants in fatigues, in what security officials and separatist leaders say is a dangerous …
Commentator who amplified Macron hacks given White House press access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. far-right online activist credited with initially sharing on Twitter hacked emails from the French presidential campaign of centrist Emmanuel Macron is the latest conservative media figure to receive White House access fro…
Brazil says meat importers toughened controls after scandal
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Fifty-seven meat importers in Brazil toughened controls on shipments in the wake of a food safety scandal in March but no problems with production have been found, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi told a congressional hearing on …
Argentines protest Supreme Court ruling on Dirty War sentences
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Argentines protested on Wednesday against a Supreme Court ruling that could decrease jail time for those convicted of human rights abuses during the country’s 1976 – 1983 military dictatorship that killed a…
Venezuela protesters fling feces at soldiers; unrest takes 2 more lives
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UK PM May pledges annual defense spending rises until 2023
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May promised to increase the country’s defense budget by at least 0.5 percent in real terms every year until 2023 if she wins a June 8 election, adding an extra two years to her party’s existing spendin…
Moving left, UK’s Labour manifesto promises renationalization
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will promise to renationalize rail and mail services and take some of the energy sector into public hands, betting that a shift to the left will win over voters before next month’s election.
Senior British official to be named U.N. aid chief: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to name senior British foreign aid official Mark Lowcock as the new U.N. aid chief, U.N. officials and diplomats said on Wednesday.
Jordanian air force brings down drone near border with Syria: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jordan’s air force brought down a drone that approached the country’s air space near its northern border with Syria on Wednesday night, the Jordanian military said in a statement.
