Bolivia’s Morales on course for re-election in first round: poll
LA PAZ (Reuters) – President Evo Morales is cruising to an outright first-round victory in Bolivia’s Oct. 12 presidential election, with his nearest rival trailing by 46 percentage points, a new opinion poll showed on Wednesday.
European Commission extends probe into Gibraltar’s corporate tax regime
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has extended the scope of its investigation into whether Gibraltar’s corporate tax regime favors certain companies, in breach of EU state aid rules.
New NATO leader says alliance would defend Turkey if it was attacked
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO must be very clear that it would come to Turkey’s aid if Turkey was attacked, the alliance’s new Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.
Turkey’s Erdogan says new constitution priority after 2015 election
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday forging a new constitution after a parliamentary election next year would be a priority for Turkey, signaling no let-up in his drive to create an executive presidency.
Nobel Laureates condemn South Africa visa denial to Dalai Lama
DHARAMSALA India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi on Wednesday slammed South Africa’s refusal to give fellow laureate and Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a visa to attend a peace conference a…
German defense crisis puts potential Merkel successor in hot seat
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ursula von der Leyen, whose ambitions of succeeding Angela Merkel are too transparent for German taste, is finding out the hard way why her job as defense minister is considered the most dangerous in the cabinet, nicknamed the ‘eject…
Kenya sentences two Iranians for using fake Israeli passports
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered two Iranians held under anti-terrorism laws to serve two years in jail or pay a hefty fine after they pleaded guilty to using fake Israeli passports to enter the East African country last month.
Heavyweight South African state union demands 15 percent pay rise
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s top public health worker union said on Wednesday it wanted a 15 percent across-the-board wage increase and would begin a series of protest marches over poor government services this week.
An environmentalist’s calculated push toward Brazil’s presidency
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – In March 2003, three months into her tenure as Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva gathered a half-dozen aides at the modernist ministry building in Brasilia, the capital.
Coalition jets strike Islamic State near Turkish border: Kurdish sources
MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces launched air strikes on Islamic State fighters who are besieging a Kurdish town near the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday, Kurdish sources in the town and a monitoring group said, a rare daylight coa…
