Swiss protesters to stop lobbying annual Davos Economic Forum
GENEVA (Reuters) – Anti-corporate activists declared moral victory over the annual Davos World Economic Forum of global business and political leaders on Wednesday and said they would no longer lobby there after the next meeting in January.
Weary Italy vents its rage in spate of strikes and protest
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s social fabric is fraying. People worn down by years of economic stagnation and austerity are suddenly giving vent to their frustrations with a spate of strikes and spontaneous protests which have taken politicians by surprise.
Britain says not optimistic about Iran nuclear deal by deadline
RIGA (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday he was not optimistic that world powers and Iran would clinch a full nuclear deal by Nov. 24 but that there may be a way of extending the self-imposed deadline.
Serb’s release by U.N. court frees nationalist genie, Croat leader warns
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s president urged neighboring Serbia on Wednesday to “stop the escalation of nationalism and hatred” following the release of a hardline Serbian nationalist leader from a United Nations war crimes court.
Scuffles break out as students protest in central London
LONDON (Reuters) – Scuffles broke out and missiles were thrown at police as thousands of students marched through the center of London on Wednesday to protest against a rise in higher education fees.
Putin greets new U.S. envoy with demand not to interfere
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin greeted the new U.S. ambassador to Russia on Wednesday with a demand for Washington to treat Moscow as an equal partner and stay out of its internal affairs.
Strife racks Germany’s Eurosceptic AfD despite popularity
BERLIN (Reuters) – A deputy to the leader of Germany’s upstart Eurosceptic party Alternative for Germany criticized him on Wednesday as a “control freak” bent on rooting out AfD members who disagree with him.
Germany’s left parties agree coalition deal in eastern state
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s three left-leaning parties have agreed a deal to rule in the eastern state of Thuringia, setting the stage for the country’s first state premier from the radical Left party to take power some 25 years after the fall of the …
Israelis, Palestinians look to personal safety in holy city on edge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – On edge but faithful to their religious routine, worshippers returned on Wednesday to the Jerusalem synagogue where four rabbis and a policeman were killed in a Palestinian attack a day earlier.
Suicide car bomb kills five in Iraqi Kurdish capital
ARBIL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives blew himself up in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Wednesday, killing at least five people in the first big attack there in more than a year.
