Argentine ruling party extends presidential vote lead: poll
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Daniel Scioli, the ruling party’s candidate for Argentina’s presidential election, has extended his lead but cannot yet be sure of an outright win in this month’s first round, a poll showed on Sunday.
Myanmar nationalist monks stage large rally as religious tensions grow
YANGON (Reuters) – Thousands of Myanmar’s nationalist monks and their supporters prayed, clapped and held speeches at a large rally in the country’s biggest city on Sunday, in a show of growing clout of radical Buddhists ahead of a Nov. 8 election.
Spain bets on German-style apprentices to fix youth unemployment
MADRID (Reuters) – Kelvin Heredia dropped out of school aged 16 during the heady days of Spain’s real estate boom to take up well-paid work as a window fitter.
EU’s Schulz, Luxembourg want looser deficit rules to cope with refugees: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union should loosen its deficit rules due to extra spending caused by a record influx of refugees, the head of the European parliament and Luxembourg’s finance minister both said in newspaper interviews on Sunday.
Boko Haram suicide attacks in Niger kill at least four
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group killed at least four people on Sunday in suicide attacks across the border in Niger, security sources said.
Thousands protest in Moldova against $1 billion bank fraud
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Around 20,000 Moldovans rallied in the heart of the capital Chisinau on Sunday, demanding the resignation of senior government officials and early elections over a $1 billion bank fraud that has hit living standards.
Iranian parliamentary panel gives conditional nod to nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – – An committee of Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament gave its support on Sunday to Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers on condition there would be no foreign inspections of military sites and no curbs on developing its mi…
Germany faces logistical nightmare as refugee inflows hit record
BERLIN (Reuters) – When Hesham fled Syria in early August with his pregnant wife and baby, he was sure all would be well once he got to Germany. Instead the hope has turned to despair after weeks of waiting to be registered at an overcrowded reception …
Six experts vie for top U.N. climate science job
OSLO (Reuters) – Six candidates are vying to become head of the U.N.’s top authority on climate change science this week, seeking to narrow down uncertainties about future warming to guide a trillion-dollar shift to greener energies.
Myanmar radical monk endorses ruling party in election, raps opposition
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s firebrand Buddhist monk Wirathu has openly endorsed President Thein Sein’s ruling party in the Nov. 8 general election, saying Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party was “full of themselves” and unlikely to win the vote.
