In a reversal, Cuba tries price controls to tame food inflation
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is backtracking on some key agricultural reforms and experimenting with restoring price controls in the face of public demands that the government tame rising food costs.
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts central China
LONDON (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck central China on Wednesday, the U.S Geological Survey said.
Egypt: who’s afraid of January 25?
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian activists Ali al-Khouly and Mohamed Ali had just sat down at a Cairo coffeeshop when plainclothes officers grabbed them and hauled them off to a police station. What they most wanted to know was: what are your plans next Mond…
Ten wounded, including opposition politicians, in southeast Turkey shooting
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten people were wounded in Turkey’s mostly Kurdish southeast on Wednesday when their group, which included two opposition politicians, came under fire while rescuing people hurt in earlier clashes, officials said.
Marijuana Inc. eyes Mexico as drug liberalization looms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Many top companies cashing in on legal cannabis are considering a bet on Mexico after a Supreme Court decision raised hopes for a legalization of medical and recreational marijuana in a country reeling from years of gruesome dru…
Unlikely outsider Juppé is threat to Sarkozy, Hollande’s 2017 election bids
PARIS (Reuters) – He tops French opinion polls and features on the front page of hipster magazines.
Austria says will slash asylum claims, strengthen border checks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria declared on Wednesday it would cap the number of people allowed to claim asylum this year at less than half last year’s total, and its chancellor said border controls would have to be stepped up “massively”; but how that woul…
Pope tells Davos elite: Consider your role in creating poverty
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Pope Francis told members of the world’s wealthy political and economic elite on Wednesday that they should not be deaf to the cry of the poor and must consider their own role in creating inequality.
Iran’s Khamenei suggests wants only conservative election candidates, hinting at rift with Rouhani
DUBAI (Reuters) – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday those opposed to the values of Iran’s Shi’ite theocracy should not be allowed to run for parliament, signaling a rift between him and its moderate president over the February ele…
Al Qaeda attack dents Burkina Faso’s hopes of recovery
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – When Burkina Faso swore in its first new president in decades last month, many people hoped the democratic transition would pave the way to an era of progress. Now a deadly raid by al Qaeda militants has shaken that optimism.
