Mexican court backs reporter fired after Pena Nieto property scoop
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A court ruling issued on Tuesday may force a broadcaster to negotiate the reinstatement of a high-profile journalist fired last month after helping uncover a scandal involving President Enrique Pena Nieto’s family.
India builds first ‘smart’ city as urban population swells
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of “smart” cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in western India.
Poland’s President Komorowski leads as election nears
WARSAW (Reuters) – With less than one month to go before Poland’s presidential election, an IBRiS poll on Wednesday showed incumbent Bronislaw Komorowski ahead with a 42-percent backing, with his conservative challenger Andrzej Duda supported by 29 per…
China calls on Dalai Lama to ‘put aside illusions’ about talks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday urged the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to “put aside his illusions” about talks on Tibet’s future, and accused him of insincerity and covertly pushing for independence, rather than autonomy.
Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two Islamic parties have proposed legislation to ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and hand jail terms of up to two years to offenders in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population.
Brazil’s president names progressive lawyer to Supreme Court
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff nominated a law professor close to leftist social groups on Tuesday to sit on Brazil’s Supreme Court as it begins to investigate dozens of ruling coalition politicians for corruption.
‘We will never forget you,’ Malala writes to kidnapped Nigerian girls
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pakistani teenager and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday told Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants they will never be forgotten and to never lose hope.
Russia confirms Iran oil-for-goods swap, no signs seen
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian traders, analysts and industry players on Tuesday questioned Moscow’s announcement that a long-heralded oil-for-assets barter deal with Iran was already being implemented, saying they saw no signs of extra trade.
Eyeing kingmaker role, UK Liberal Democrats pitch manifesto at center
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Liberal Democrats will on Wednesday make their bid for a seat at the top table after May’s national election, launching a centrist manifesto designed to win over swing voters and lay the ground for coalition talks.
India builds first ‘smart’ city as urban population swells
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of “smart” cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in western India.
