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…
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.
UK’s Cameron prepared to drop key EU welfare demand: reports
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is prepared to drop a demand to curb welfare benefits for migrant workers as he attempts to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s membership of the European Union, two British newspapers reported on …
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.
Death toll from day of clashes in Burundi capital rises to nearly 90
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Nearly 90 people were killed during Friday’s clashes in the Burundian capital, the army said on Saturday, the worst outbreak of violence in Burundi since a failed coup in May.
Chileans shocked by radio confession of Pinochet-era executions
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A caller into a radio show shocked Chile this week with a chilling confession of executions he had taken part in as a conscript during Chile’s military dictatorship, and the socialist party said a judge had ordered his arrest.
Eye on Islamic State, Western powers coax Libyans to accord
ALGIERS (Reuters) – After a year of U.N. talks to end Libya’s conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
Thousands of Iraqis in Baghdad, Basra protest Turkish deployment in north
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Iraqis protested on Saturday against Ankara’s deployment of troops to a base near the northern city of Mosul, with some burning Turkish flags and threatening violence against the soldiers for what they see as a violatio…
