Brazil bribery scheme may have extended to pension funds: paper
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has found evidence that a bribery scheme involving local engineering firms and the state oil company extended to pension funds and a workers’ fund, benefiting the ruling Workers’ Party and allies, newspaper…
Obama, Australia’s Turnbull to meet at White House on January 19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Jan. 19 in Washington, the White House said in a statement.
Israeli police kill Arab citizen wanted for Tel Aviv shootings
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Arab Israeli citizen wanted for a Jan. 1 gun rampage in Tel Aviv was killed in a shootout with police on Friday, ending a week-long manhunt.
Aid agencies call for funds to save lives in El Nino-hit countries
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An inadequate response to El Nino would put tens of millions of people at risk of hunger, water shortages and disease, a group of leading aid agencies said, calling on donors for funding to save lives in countries …
Former Yemen president say no dialogue with government
CAIRO (Reuters) – Yemen’s former president said on Friday he would not negotiate with the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, throwing into doubt the fate of peace talks on ending the conflict in Yemen which are due to restart later this mo…
Exclusive: U.S. considers ending program that lures Cuban doctors to defect
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering putting an end to a program that encourages Cuban doctors and nurses on overseas assignments to defect, a senior aide to President Barack Obama said, in a gesture emblematic of improving …
Islamic State claims Libyan police center bombing
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing on a Libyan police training center on Thursday that killed at least 47 people, in the worst such attack since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Pressure grows on China to rein in North Korea; South launches propaganda barrage
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – South Korea unleashed an ear-splitting propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test, while the United States called on China to end “business as usual” with its ally.
Denmark, under fire, ups limit of valuables that refugees can keep
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is amending a proposal to confiscate refugees’ possessions to pay for their stay by raising the amount they will be allowed to keep after coming under fire from the United Nations refugee agency over its immigration polic…
Syria rebels warns U.N. ‘pressure’ will prolong war
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said they were under international pressure to make concessions that would prolong the war, adding to their doubts about a U.N.-led drive for peace talks due to begin this month.
