China urges stronger safety measures after Shanghai stampede: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s vice premier has urged authorities to strengthen safety measures after a New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai in which 36 people were killed, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Venezuela releases protesters amid discontent over shortages
CARACAS/ SAN CRISTOBAL (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday released a dozen demonstrators who had been arrested over the weekend while protesting swelling lines at supermarkets, following several days of scattered unrest that included a group …
Maradona says got letter from Fidel Castro, halting death rumors
CARACAS (Reuters) – Fidel Castro sent a letter to Diego Maradona, Venezuelan-based TV reported in an interview with the Argentine soccer great on Monday, quashing rumors that the former Cuban leader had died.
Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in U.S. deal: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has completed the release of all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, the Obama administration said on Monday, a major step toward détente with Washington.
Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran talks, Palestinian ICC move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about ongoing nuclear talks with Iran and about the Palestinian move to become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the…
Mexico to try wife of mayor linked to student disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The wife of a Mexican politician suspected of helping to plot the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in September will be tried for engaging in organized crime, the federal courts authority said on Monday.
Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in U.S. deal: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has completed the release of all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, the Obama administration said on Monday, a major step toward détente with Washington.
Venezuelan shortages, long lines spark violence, arrests
CARACAS/ SAN CRISTOBAL (Reuters) – At least a dozen protesters arrested in Venezuela remained in jail on Monday and masked assailants burned a bus amid scattered unrest over swelling lines for basic goods, activists said.
German anti-Islamist rally swells after attacks in France
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – A record 25,000 anti-Islamist protesters marched through the east German city of Dresden on Monday, many holding banners with anti-immigrant slogans, and held a minute’s silence for the victims of last week’s attacks in Fra…
France mobilizes 10,000 troops at home after Paris shootings
PARIS (Reuters) – France will deploy 10,000 soldiers on home soil by Tuesday and post almost 5,000 extra police officers to protect Jewish sites after the killing of 17 people by Islamist militants in Paris last week, officials said.
