Mudslides, flash floods kill at least 53 in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Flash floods and mudslides have killed at least 53 people in the central and southern Philippines, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday, after days of heavy rains that have also hit neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Parents of wrongfully executed teen in China to get $330,000
BEIJING (Reuters) – The parents of a Chinese teenager executed 18 years ago for the rape and murder of a woman he did not commit will get 2.05 million yuan ($330,491) in compensation, a court and his father said on Wednesday.
China’s homemade regional jet gets license to fly: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s homemade ARJ-21 airplane has received permission to fly from the country’s civil aviation regulator, the official China Daily reported Wednesday, after years of delays due to technical shortcomings.
Chinese man jailed for 13 years for eating tigers
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported.
Mexico questions 37 over shootout in troubled western state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A chief suspect in a gunfight in western Mexico that killed 11 people turned himself in for questioning on Wednesday as the government struggles to impose order in a violent state it claims to have pacified.
Palestinian draft resolution fails in U.N. council, U.S. votes against
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017.
Journalists’ killings rise to 118 in 2014, press group says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The number of journalists who died in targeted killings, bomb attacks or shootings around the world rose to 118 in 2014 from 105 the year before, the International Federation of Journalists said on Tuesday.
Gambia president says flying home after gunfire rocks Banjul
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night.
Opinion poll lead for Greece’s anti-bailout party narrows
ATHENS (Reuters) – The lead that Greece’s anti-bailout party Syriza has over the ruling conservatives has narrowed, according to two polls published after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was forced to call a parliamentary election on Jan. 25.
Italy warns ferry fire death toll could rise, two killed in salvage
TIRANA/ROME (Reuters) – Two Albanian seamen were killed on Tuesday during the salvage operation of a car ferry that caught fire off Greece’s Adriatic Coast two days ago on a voyage to Italy.
