Suspicious powder sent to Hungarian consulate in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hungary’s consulate in Istanbul received packets of an unidentified yellow powder on Monday, the city governor’s office said, after similar envelopes sent to five Western consulates in Turkey’s largest city last week prompted secur…
Japan trade minister got funds from foreign-owned firm, returned
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s new trade and industry minister received contributions from a firm in which foreign investors held a majority stake, but was not aware of the possible violation of the political funds law at the time and has returned the money…
Explosions heard in Donetsk after Ukraine election: mayor
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor’s office and officials in Kiev said.
Reinventing Socialism: a risky business for French left
PARIS (Reuters) – As a young aide to then-French prime minister Lionel Jospin in the late 1990s, Manuel Valls sat in on meetings as Britain’s Tony Blair and Germany’s Gerhard Schroeder tried to persuade his boss to help them reinvent Europe’s Left.
Pro-West parties secure big win in Ukraine election: partial vote count
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Europe parties secured a big win in an election in Ukraine, a partial vote count showed on Monday, with President Petro Poroshenko hailing people’s support for his plan to end a separatist war and pursue democratic reforms sought b…
Rousseff will struggle to restore Brazil’s economic good times
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election by spending heavily and promising to extend the fight against poverty but she will need to restore order to public finances in her second term to get Brazil’s stalled economy back i…
China to streamline counter-terrorism intelligence gathering
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will set up a national anti-terrorism intelligence system, state media said on Monday, reporting changes to an anti-terror law expected to be passed this week in the wake of an upsurge in violence in the far western region of …
No direct combat for Iraqi Kurds in Kobani, ISIS loses ground in Iraq
ARBIL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish forces will not engage in ground fighting in the Syrian town of Kobani but provide artillery support for fellow Kurds fending off Islamic State militants there, a Kurdish spokesman said on Sunday.
Uruguay’s presidential election heads to a runoff
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Leftist ruling coalition candidate Tabare Vazquez led Uruguay’s presidential election on Sunday but he fell short of a first-round victory and will go to a runoff vote next month with the country’s pioneering marijuana bill hangi…
China considers abolishing death penalty for nine crimes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering trimming nine crimes from the list of offences punishable by death, state media said on Monday, as the ruling Communist Party considers broader reforms to the country’s legal system.
