Corruption revelations overshadow Lula’s planned return in Brazil
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to bolster her government amid a storm of corruption allegations by naming her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to her cabinet were overshadowed on Tuesday by a barrage of fresh acc…
Palestinians rethink routines to avoid Israeli suspicions
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Drive cautiously and if pulled over do not argue with the police. Dress lightly, even in cold weather. Never whip your cellphone out of your pocket. And think twice before blurting out in Arabic the phrase “God is Greater”.
Mumbai dance bars to reopen amid worries trafficking of women may rise
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra state with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in these venues but bar owners arguing this is legitimate, …
Better protection needed for older women at risk of violence: campaigners
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Violence and abuse of older women is often going unchecked, the lack of data and effective legislation leaving them at risk, campaigners said on Wednesday as they called on the United Nations for stronger action to…
UK’s Osborne aims to keep austerity on track as EU referendum nears
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne will try to get his austerity drive – and his own political ambitions – back on track on Wednesday, without upsetting voters before the nation’s EU membership referendum.
Morocco says to cut U.N. Western Sahara mission after Ban remarks
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s government said on Tuesday it would cut staff at the United Nations’ Western Sahara mission and threatened to pull out of United Nations peacekeeping missions after “unacceptable” comments by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-mo…
Modi’s new growth recipe: Just add water
KONDHANE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Like his father before him, Dattatatraya Kshirsagar, 80, has been looking forward for years to the day when a $65 million dam will be completed in his village, an hour-and-a-half drive southeast of Mumbai.
Macedonia returns migrants to Greece, Cyprus objects to EU-Turkey deal
IDOMENI, Greece/NICOSIA (Reuters) – Macedonia trucked about 1,500 migrants and refugees back to Greece after they forced their way across the border on Monday, as European nations continued to pass the buck in a migration crisis that risks tearing the …
Ecuador says military plane crashes in jungle, 22 dead
QUITO (Reuters) – A military plane crashed in Ecuador’s jungle on Tuesday, killing all 22 people on board, the South American country’s president, Rafael Correa, said.
Turkey arrests three academics on ‘terrorist propaganda’ charges
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish authorities arrested three academics on charges of “terrorist propaganda” on Tuesday after they publicly read out a declaration reiterating a call to end security operations in the mainly Kurdish southeast.
