Rousseff’s election strategy digs deeper hole for Brazil economy
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s strategy of slamming bankers and playing up class divisions may give her the edge in this month’s election but it further strains relations with business leaders just as Brazil’s stagnant econom…
Hong Kong protests at crossroads, talks to start on Friday
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong agreed with the city’s government late on Tuesday to start formal talks later this week to address concerns that have brought tens of thousands of people onto the city’s streets.
Cambodian land grabs are ‘crime against humanity’, lawyers tell ICC
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Violent, systematic seizures of small farmers’ land in Cambodia by members of the political elite constitute a crime against humanity, rights lawyers said on Tuesday in a claim before the International Criminal Court…
Rouhani urges Iran universities to open up, dismisses spy fears
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani called on Tuesday for Iran’s universities to admit more foreign students and lecturers, dismissing conservatives’ fears that more interaction with the outside world would encourage espionage.
Strong quake strikes in China’s Yunnan, few casualties so far
BEIJING (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, though initial reports from state media said there were only limited casualties in the sparsely populated, mountainous region.
EU mission to help Italy with migrant crisis to start in November
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union plans to launch a mission to help Italy cope with swarms of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa, the EU said on Tuesday.
Danish leaders wary of holding vote on closer EU ties
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s prime minister called on Tuesday for a referendum on whether to adopt EU justice rules but only after an election next year which the government is likely to lose, potentially transferring the thorny issue to the next g…
Hezbollah bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers, Israel shells south Lebanon
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Hezbollah fighters detonated a bomb on Lebanon’s border with Israel on Tuesday, wounding two Israeli soldiers and drawing artillery fire in response.
Iranian woman faces death on Wednesday for killing alleged rapist: report
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian woman convicted of murdering an alleged rapist as a teenager is set to be hanged on Wednesday unless she wins forgiveness from the victim’s relatives, an Iranian news agency reported on Tuesday.
Sweden’s Palestine statement signals start of weightier global role
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s decision to recognize the Palestine state – without formally consulting its allies – may herald a wider foreign policy shift that has at its heart the aim of asserting a new diplomatic weight around the world.
