Barred from remote island, Myanmar’s opposition sees dirty tricks in campaign
YANGON (Reuters) – A sparsely populated cluster of Indian Ocean islands has become the unlikely focus of allegations that Myanmar’s government is spiking the chances of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party in next month’s landmark general…
Exclusive: Brazil’s Levy says he has president’s backing, isn’t quitting
LIMA (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told Reuters on Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff backed his policies, and he intends to stay on the job as long as needed to put the books in order and pull the economy out of its slump.
Israeli strike on Hamas in Gaza kills Palestinian woman, child
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday brought down a nearby house killing a Palestinian woman and her daughter, hospital officials said, as a wave of violence in the region triggered fears of wider escalat…
HK’s leaders doomed to fail without reforms, says pro-China lawmaker
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A leading pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong said future leaders of the global financial hub face a grim prospect unless lawmakers and Beijing end their impasse over political reform.
China-backed trade pact playing catch-up after U.S.-led TPP deal
SEOUL (Reuters) – Left outside the U.S.-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact struck last week, China and India approach this week’s talks for a huge Asia-wide equivalent with fresh urgency, lest competitor nations steal a march on export a…
Belarus poised to re-elect the ‘last dictator in Europe’
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussians head to the polls on Sunday to cast their vote in presidential elections all but certain to re-elect authoritarian incumbent Alexander Lukashenko for a fifth term.
Bombs kill 95 at pro-Kurdish rally in Turkish capital
ANKARA (Reuters) – At least 95 people were killed when two suspected suicide bombers struck a rally of pro-Kurdish and labor activists outside Ankara’s main train station just weeks before elections, in the worst attack of its kind on Turkish soil.
Hundreds of thousands protest in Berlin against EU-U.S. trade deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – At least 150,000 people marched in Berlin on Saturday in protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe and the United States that they say is anti-democratic and will lower food safety, labor and environmental standards.
Germany, EU deny report on European solidarity tax
BERLIN/BRUSSELS/LIMA (Reuters) – German and EU officials on Saturday denied a media report that Berlin and Brussels were in informal talks about a type of European solidarity tax to help cover the costs of stemming a record-breaking influx of asylum se…
U.S. to make payments to families of Kunduz air strike victims: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense will seek to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of a U.S. air strike that mistakenly hit a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 people, the Pentagon sa…
