Police fire stun grenades to break up South African student fees protest
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Police fired stun grenades to disperse students protesting at a Johannesburg university on Tuesday, as nationwide demonstrations over high tuition fees entered their third week.
British PM May says Brexit timetable important for businesses
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday it was important to set out the timing of Britain’s exit from the European Union to reassure businesses after sterling plunged in the wake of her announcement of the deadline.
Duterte’s enforcer says ‘we are at war’, has no regrets about killings
LA UNION, Philippines (Reuters) – When Philippines police chief Ronald Dela Rosa gave a rousing speech to his men at a regional headquarters in Luzon, they rewarded him with a gift: a replica of the sword used by actor Mel Gibson in the movie Bravehear…
Establishment Thai MPs plan military-backed party to keep junta chief as PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pro-establishment lawmakers in Thailand said they plan to ensure junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha stays on as prime minister by fielding a proxy political party backed by the military in a general election planned for next year.
More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead
ROME (Reuters) – About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
Impoverished Haiti braces for ‘catastrophic’ floods as hurricane approaches
LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew bore down on Haiti on Monday, where towns and villages braced for “catastrophic” floods and mudslides forecasters fear will be triggered by 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and up to three feet of rain o…
Brazil’s Temer says high abstentions show voters disenchanted
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Monday the high abstention rate as well as the number of blank and spoiled ballots in local elections on the weekend signaled the disillusionment of Brazilians with their political system.
Egypt says it killed senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in shootout
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Interior Ministry said early on Tuesday that it killed a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader it said was responsible for the group’s “armed wing” and another member of the group in a shootout on Monday.
‘Unfair’ refugee distribution stokes global crisis: Amnesty
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The burden of the global refugee crisis is being unfairly shared, with just 10 countries hosting the majority of refugees, humanitarian groups said, urging wealthy nations to step up their response.
South Korea’s new wedding crashers are graft-busters
SEOUL (Reuters) – A pair of aspiring paparazzi staked out two weddings in Seoul’s high-end Gangnam district recently, but they weren’t looking for celebrities. Their target: officials receiving gifts that might violate South Korea’s tough new anti-corr…
