Sweden’s famed private welfare provision faces clamp-down after election
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – One of Sweden’s biggest reforms of recent decades is under threat as a probable new center-left government promises to “do away with the gold rush” for companies providing taxpayer-funded public services such as schooling, healthc…
ICC opens investigation into Central African Republic violence
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – International Criminal Court prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of murder, rape and recruiting of child soldiers in the Central African Republic over the past two years.
Nigeria ex-VP declares opposition presidential bid as contest heats up
ABUJA (Reuters) – Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar declared a bid to run for president as the main opposition coalition’s candidate on Wednesday, ramping up a contest for the only ticket that stands a chance of unseating President Goodluck…
Poland’s Sikorski elected new speaker of parliament
WARSAW (Reuters) – Former Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski was on Wednesday elected as speaker of the lower house of parliament.
Drone delivery: DHL ‘parcelcopter’ flies to German isle
BERLIN (Reuters) – Logistics firm DHL is using a drone to fly parcels to the German island of Juist, in what it says is the first time an unmanned aircraft has been authorized to deliver goods in Europe.
Libyan budget deficit to double as strife hits oil output: lawmaker
TOBRUK Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s budget deficit could more than double to 19 billion Libyan dinars ($15 billion) this year, as political and civil chaos ravage the OPEC member’s oil revenues, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.
India’s Modi pilots live radio show to reach the masses
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Twitter-savvy Prime Minister Narendra Modi is turning to the country’s oldest radio station to make his voice heard even in the farthest Himalayan hamlets and most distant deserts.
U.S. conducts five more airstrikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States military on Wednesday confirmed it had launched five more airstrikes targeting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in the latest round of attacks on the militant group.
NATO sees significant pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Syrian minister says U.S.-led strikes going in ‘right direction’
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A Syrian government minister said U.S.-led air strikes against militants are going in the “right direction” because the government had been informed before they started and they were not hitting civilians or Syrian military targets…
