Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former senior Chinese provincial official has been jailed for 15 years for corruption, state television said on Wednesday, the latest person to fall in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping campaign against deep-seated graft.
Critics of U.S. plutonium cleanup program seize on new report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Critics of a multibillion-dollar program to convert excess U.S. weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors under a 2000 treaty with Russia have seized on a newly disclosed report to renew calls for an end t…
U.S. sanctions North Korea’s rocket command for ties to weapons program
(Reuters) – The United States added North Korea’s Strategic Rocket Force to its sanctions list for ties to weapons development and illicit finance activities, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday.
Russia casts doubt on possible Dec. 18 Syria meeting in New York
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia’s U.N. envoy cast doubt on Tuesday on U.S. plans to hold a third meeting of world powers on Syria next week, saying the process to try to end the four-year civil war would be devalued if certain requirements were not m…
Canada’s Trudeau to get red carpet treatment during White House visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will roll out the red carpet for a planned visit next year by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, hosting a formal state dinner for the new leader, the White House said on Tuesday.
Iraq at U.N. plays down dispute with Turkey over troop deployment
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday appeared to play down a dispute between Baghdad and Ankara over the deployment of Turkish troops in northern Iraq, saying bilateral talks between the neighboring states to en…
Brazil’s Congress names impeachment panel stacked against Rousseff
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The lower house of Brazil’s Congress voted on Tuesday to appoint a committee stacked with opponents of President Dilma Rousseff to study whether to impeach her for breaking budget rules, a blow to the leftist leader battling for po…
Cuba returns U.S. fugitive in sign of renewed diplomacy
MIAMI (Reuters) – An American man wanted on firearms charges was brought back from Cuba on Tuesday, marking the first fugitive returned since the two nations restored diplomatic ties this year, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
U.S.-Japan funded Raytheon SM-3 missile aces second test: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Tuesday conducted a second successful test of Raytheon Co’s new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile that is being jointly developed by the two countries, according to two sources familiar wi…
Venezuelan socialists, opposition spar over legislature TV channel
CARACAS (Reuters) – After a tense run-up to Venezuela’s legislative election punctured by nasty swipes and gunshots, the opposition and the leftist government are again locking horns, this time over the National Assembly’s tiny television channel.
