Four funerals and a wedding: China’s Xi mends political bridges
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s attendance at the funeral earlier this year of a one-time propaganda minister was a surprise; Deng Liqun, who died aged 99, was never a top-ranked official and had been a political enemy of Xi’s father…
FBI launches investigation into Malaysian state fund 1MDB: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched an investigation into allegations of money-laundering at troubled Malaysian state fund 1MDB, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing an unidentified source.
After years of delay, Mega founder Kim Dotcom facing extradition
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Nearly four years after dozens of black-clad police rappelled into his New Zealand mansion and cut him from a safe room, flamboyant German tech entrepreneur and would-be hip-hop star Kim Dotcom may finally be about to face…
Burkina to return to civilian rule after coup, mediator says
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso will reinstate an interim government led by President Michel Kafando, Benin’s leader Thomas Boni Yayi said on Saturday, in what would be a victory for the street over army coup leaders.
Pope tells U.S. and Cuba to push detente further
HAVANA (Reuters) – Pope Francis exhorted Cuba and the United States on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening the recent rapprochement that he helped secretly broker between the former Cold War foes.
East European leaders in war of words as migrants pour across borders
BELI MANASTIR/HARMICA, Croatia (Reuters) – Hungary and Croatia traded threats on Saturday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity.
Burkina to return to civilian rule after coup, mediator says
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso will reinstate an interim government led by President Michel Kafando, Benin’s leader Thomas Boni Yayi said on Saturday, in what would be a victory for the street over army coup leaders.
U.S. reports 17 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition carried out 17 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Friday, a U.S. military statement said.
Greeks vote on whether to give leftists another chance
ATHENS (Reuters) – Alexis Tsipras, the firebrand Greek leftist who lost his bitter fight with Europe’s establishment to end its harsh economic austerity against his country, seeks re-election on Sunday a month after he resigned as prime minister.
Venezuela’s opposition protests ‘wicked’ Lopez sentence
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition staged small protests in the country’s main cities on Saturday to decry the near 14-year jail sentence handed to politician Leopoldo Lopez and galvanize support for the December parliamentary elections they ar…
