Kuczynski keeps narrow lead as Peru tallies presidential votes
LIMA (Reuters) – Former investment banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski inched closer to winning Peru’s presidency three days after Sunday’s election, holding on to a slim but steady lead over rival Keiko Fujimori with just 1 percent of votes left to tally.
Papua New Guinea court bars university protests after violence
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Papua New Guinea court has granted an injunction barring university students from protesting on campus after dozens of people were wounded during clashes between student protesters and police in the capital, Port Moresby.
Philanthropist Bill Gates to donate 100,000 chicks to fight poverty
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, speaking in front of chickens pecking and clucking in a New York City skyscraper, announced plans on Wednesday to donate 100,000 chicks to poor nations in an effort to end e…
U.S. says it regrets Haiti vote delay at time of mounting challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Haiti’s decision to scrap the results of a disputed first-round presidential vote will prolong an already delayed process at a time the country needs a democratically elected leader, the State Department said on Wednesday.
Sarkozy says French identity being lost, stays mum on presidential bid
SAINT-ANDRE-LEZ-LILLE, France (Reuters) – Former President Nicolas Sarkozy courted supporters of France’s far right Front National party on Friday in a speech laced with references to French identity and values but in which he stopped short of launchin…
UK’s Osborne, campaigning against Brexit, says Turkey won’t join EU
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne said Turkey would not join the European Union, rebutting one of the arguments made by campaigners who want Britain to leave the EU and who are forecasting higher migration if Turkey joins the b…
Dozens wounded as Papua New Guinea police fire on protesters, riots spread
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Dozens of people were wounded in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday after police opened fire on a student demonstration in the capital and riots erupted across the country, but officials said earlier reports of up to four dead were incorr…
Modi wants deeper U.S.-India security relationship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a closer security relationship between his country and the United States on Wednesday, in an address to the U.S. Congress stressing the importance of warming ties between the two cou…
China uses SWAT teams to crack down on college exam cheats
BEIJING (Reuters) – From sending SWAT teams into exam centers to arresting rule-breakers, China’s public security authorities have been cracking down hard on college entrance examination cheaters who could face jail if caught.
Auschwitz museum recovers thousands of long-lost items after 50 years
OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – More than 16,000 personal items belonging to victims of wartime Nazi death camp Auschwitz have been recovered in Poland, decades after they were put away and then forgotten about.
