Russia-annexed Crimea faces long road to power security
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin is trying to reassure residents of Crimea, left in the dark after electricity supplies from Ukraine were cut off, that it is coming to their rescue by installing a power link with Russia.
With landmark climate accord, world marks turn from fossil fuels
PARIS (Reuters) – The global climate summit in Paris forged a landmark agreement on Saturday, setting the course for a historic transformation of the world’s fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming.
Kuwait court upholds one death sentence in mosque bombing
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti appeals court upheld one death sentence and overturned another in the case of an Islamist suicide bombing at a mosque in June, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas reported on Sunday.
Xi absent as China marks low key Nanjing Massacre anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) – China marked in low-key fashion its second national memorial day for the Nanjing Massacre on Sunday, with President Xi Jinping skipping the main event and a relatively junior official leading the somber ceremony instead.
China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills.
China says senior Uighur official killed during raid in unruly Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior ethnic Uighur security official was killed in a police raid on a “nest of terrorists”, Chinese state media reported, giving details on a previously unannounced operation in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang….
Puerto Rico governor’s campaign announcement likely to come Monday
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s governor will address the island on Monday, his press secretary tweeted on Saturday, and local media reported that he will not seek reelection as the island battles economic crisis and $72 billion in debt.
Thousands march against Polish government as constitutional spat drags on
WARSAW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protest against what they called the “democratorship” of the month-old conservative government, as Poland remained locked in a constitutional crisis.
Venezuelan negotiator thanks Hugo Chavez for Paris climate deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s chief climate negotiator aims to visit the tomb of late socialist President Hugo Chavez to honor him as the unacknowledged architect of the Paris agreement on Saturday to slow global warming.
A la carte action on climate change
PARIS (Reuters) – At the end of bargaining, when the last bracketed differences in diplomatic language were [resolved] [dropped] [glossed over], the global climate accord that emerged from two weeks of talks in Paris proved to be a very a la carte deal…
