Argentine forensics flag flaws in Mexico probe into abducted students
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Argentine forensic experts have voiced serious doubts about a Mexican government probe into the abduction and suspected massacre last year of 43 trainee teachers, who officials have declared dead.
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vlad…
Twenty-two people killed outside Cairo soccer stadium
CAIRO (Reuters) – Twenty-two people were killed outside an Egyptian soccer stadium on Sunday when security forces barred fans from entering, the public prosecutor’s office said.
Defiant Greek PM sets up EU clash with bailout rejection, austerity rollback
ATHENS (Reuters) – Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras laid out plans on Sunday to dismantle Greece’s “cruel” austerity program, ruling out any extension of its international bailout and setting himself on a collision course with his European partner…
Bruised Australian PM Abbott survives leadership challenge
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a challenge to his leadership on Monday after his ruling Liberal Party voted down an attempt to unseat him after weeks of infighting that had threatened to derail his govern…
Leaders scramble to avert ‘dramatic spiral’ in Ukraine
MUNICH (Reuters) – The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vlad…
Three Sudanese aid workers killed: government official
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Three Sudanese aid workers with the Sudanese Red Crescent were killed in the war-torn Blue Nile state on Sunday, an official at a government humanitarian body said.
Australian PM survives leadership challenge
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a challenge to his leadership after his ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted down an attempt to unseat him after weeks of infighting.
Egypt sets retrial date for jailed Al Jazeera journalists: lawyer
CAIRO (Reuters) – The retrial of two Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt will start on Feb. 12, the lawyer for one of the defendants said on Sunday.
In Macau, casino titans join China reform wagon
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Leading China’s anti-corruption campaign, President Xi Jinping warned Macau last December that the world’s biggest gambling hub needs to be about more than baccarat. Now, the reform drive has new champions – the casino operators.
