In Brazil’s ‘Wild West’ a young prosecutor takes on corrupt land deals
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a poor corner of remote northeastern Brazil often viewed as the country’s ‘Wild West’, a young state prosecutor is chalking up wins in the fight to stop corrupt land deals.
Biden offers condolences for Serbs killed in 1999 NATO air strikes
BELGRADE (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, visiting Belgrade on Tuesday to encourage Serbia and Kosovo to normalize relations, offered condolences to Serbs who lost loved ones in U.S.-led NATO air strikes during the 1999 Kosovo conflict.
Putin hints at war in Ukraine but may be seeking diplomatic edge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine says it thinks Vladimir Putin is planning a new invasion, and it’s not hard to see why: the Russian leader has built up troops on its border and resumed the hostile rhetoric that preceded his annexation of Crimea two years ag…
Trump ignored facts with dig at Merkel’s refugee policy: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ignored the facts with his assertion that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy had resulted in a huge increase in crime, a German minister told Reuters on Tuesday.
Kiev struggles in broadcast war against separatists as tensions rise
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine/KIEV (Reuters) – For Ukrainian pensioner Olga Shazhkova, channel-surfing in the front line town of Avdiyivka is a monotonous business.
Radical UK Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting support for Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most high-profile Islamist preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support for Islamic State.
U.S. targets Mexican companies, individuals for aiding Sinaloa drug cartel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday targeted two Mexican companies, along with two Mexican men, for what it said was their role in assisting the infamous Sinaloa Cartel associated with drug lords Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and Ismael “El…
Turkish police raid retail chain’s offices in post-coup crackdown
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police searched the offices of a nationwide retail chain and a healthcare and technology company on Tuesday, arresting dozens of people in some of the biggest raids on private businesses since last month’s failed coup.
Swiss-Italian frontier becomes flashpoint in Europe’s migrant crisis
SWISS-ITALIAN BORDER (Reuters) – Nine months pregnant and desperate to cross from Italy into Switzerland after fleeing Ethiopia, a young woman along with her husband are among hundreds stranded by a Swiss border clampdown that is drawing international …
South Africa enters awkward coalition era after ANC domination
ATTERIDGEVILLE, South Africa (Reuters) – Gladys Sithole had voted for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ever since its long-jailed former leader Nelson Mandela swept to power in South Africa at the end of apartheid 22 years ago. She did not ex…
