Hong Kong’s first Zika case tests negative
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s first Zika patient tested negative for the virus on Friday and was discharged from hospital, the government said in a statement.
Tunisia’s new government wins parliamentary approval, eyes austerity
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s new government won a confidence vote late on Friday after the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed warned in Parliament an austerity program will be inevitable with thousands of public sector job cuts and new taxes if Tunisia does …
French court suspends burkini ban, controversy goes on
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Friday suspended a ban on women wearing full-body “burkini” swimsuits on a Mediterranean town’s beach but the prime minister said the debate was not over, calling the outfit a symbol of a “backwards, deadly Islamism”…
Italy quake death toll hits 281, state funeral planned
PESCARA DEL TRONTO, Italy (Reuters) – Hopes of finding more survivors from Italy’s powerful earthquake faded on Friday, with the death toll rising to 281 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off.
Convicted bank robber charged in Toronto crossbow deaths
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Toronto bank robber known as the “fake beard bandit” was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three people were killed in a crossbow attack in the city’s east end, police in Canada’s largest city said on Friday.
No ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe, Mugabe warns protesters
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe warned protesters on Friday there would be no “Arab Spring” in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended it to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades.
Bolivian miners lift roadblock after deputy minister beaten to death
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Protesting Bolivian miners on Friday abandoned a roadblock where a day earlier they kidnapped a government deputy minister, who was later found beaten to death.
U.S. seeks to soothe Turkey ties, press fight against Islamic State
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The last time U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he had a stern message for President Tayyip Erdogan: his model of Islamic democracy was setting a bad example by intimidating media and threatening academics.
Brazil police seek graft charges against ex-President Lula
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Federal police in Brazil urged prosecutors on Friday to bring corruption charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa, according to police documents seen by Reuters.
U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian vessel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy ship fired warning shots toward an Iranian fast-attack craft that approached two U.S. ships, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday, in the most serious of a number of incidents in the Gulf area this week.
