Beijing says Hong Kong top leader is above legislature, judiciary
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader enjoys a special legal position that puts him above the legislature and judiciary, China’s top official in the city said, raising some politicians’ concerns about Beijing’s expanding influence in the city.
Austria’s Faymann likens Orban’s refugee policies to Nazi deportations
BERLIN/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country’s policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in t…
Germany says ‘significant progress’ made at Ukraine meeting
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that “significant progress” had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and M…
Germany’s Merkel sees need to cooperate with Russia on Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and other western European powers need to work with Russia as well as the United States to solve the crisis in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday.
Austria’s Faymann likens Orban’s refugee policies to Nazi deportations
BERLIN/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country’s policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in t…
Armed men in central Mali kill two police officers in ambush attack
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unidentified attackers ambushed a police post in the central Mopti region of Mali on Saturday, killing two police officers standing guard, an army spokesman said.
Iran says finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday.
Greece’s Syriza, New Democracy still hard to separate, polls show
ATHENS (Reuters) – The leftist Syriza party of former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras maintained a wafer-thin pre-election lead over conservative New Democracy in three opinion polls on Saturday, with a fourth putting them level-pegging.
Tunisians protest economic amnesty bill
TUNIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of Tunisians marched in the capital Tunis on Saturday to protest a proposed law giving amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption during the rule of ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
Canada creates emergency relief fund to aid Middle East refugees
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada will create an emergency relief fund by matching the donations of Canadians to assist refugees in conflict zones in the Middle East, the minister of international development said on Saturday.
