China ‘democracy’ village chief arrested for graft, riot police deployed
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Authorities in southern China have detained the chief of a village that was once hailed as a model for grassroots democracy, accusing him of accepting bribes, while deploying hundreds of riot police to stave off potential trouble….
Police charge suspect in slaying of UK MP Jo Cox
(Reuters) – British police said on Saturday they had charged a 52-year-old man in the slaying of lawmaker Jo Cox, and said the suspect appeared to have acted alone.
Mexican Congress approves package of anti-corruption bills
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress passed a package of anti-corruption bills on Friday, including stiffer penalties for graft, but the legislation was stripped of a provision that would have required public officials to make public their asset d…
Saudi deputy crown prince due to meet on Yemen with U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince is due to meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, the kingdom’s ambassador said, after the United Nations infuriated Riyadh by briefly blacklisting a Saudi-led coaliti…
Seven decapitated bodies found on home turf of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The decapitated bodies of seven men were found in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state, near the heart of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s old home turf, a state law enforcement official said on Friday.
Remain leads by almost 7 points for Britain’s EU referendum: BMG phone poll
(Reuters) – Support for Britain to stay in the European Union was leading by almost 7 points over those advocating withdrawal from the 28-member bloc, not quite a week before the June 23 referendum, according to a telephone poll released on Friday.
UK police examine right-wing extremism link to murder of lawmaker
BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) – British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the kil…
Chile’s government, in major defeat, will cease work on key labor reform
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s government admitted defeat on a major bill on Friday, saying it will not try to revive any measures of President Michelle Bachelet’s landmark labor reform that were struck down by a court.
Obama, despite dissent on Syria, not shifting toward strikes on Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration sought on Friday to contain fallout from a leaked internal memo critical of its Syria policy, but showed no sign it was willing to consider military strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s force…
Morocco offers to let some U.N. Western Sahara mission staff back
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Morocco has proposed allowing around 25 civilian staff to immediately return to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara in a sign that tensions between Rabat and the U.N. may be easing, diplomatic s…
