Japan prosecutors set to rule on possible Fukushima indictments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors must decide this month whether to charge Tokyo Electric Power Co former executives for their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, in a process that could drag the wrecked nuclear plant’s operator into criminal…
China’s Guangdong to ban officials with overseas kin from top jobs
BEIJING (Reuters) – The wealthy southern Chinese province of Guangdong plans to ban officials from senior or sensitive government positions if they have spouses or children living overseas as part of a corruption crackdown, a state-run newspaper said o…
Mexican security forces capture wife of top drug lord
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces have arrested the wife of one of the country’s most wanted drug cartel bosses, Servando Gomez, authorities in the violent western state of Michoacan said on Wednesday.
Scion of Pakistan’s Bhutto dynasty throws down gauntlet to PM
NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) – The scion of Pakistan’s leading political dynasty, emerging from the shadow of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seven years after she was assassinated, has vowed to resurrect her party’s flagging fortunes…
Costa Rica intervenes to stop strike at port, arrests 68
SAN JOSE Costa Rica (Reuters) – Costa Rican police arrested 68 people in the country’s main Atlantic port on Wednesday after a strike over plans to expand the hub threatened to paralyze shipping.
Palestinian driver rams Jerusalem station killing baby
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A baby died and eight other people were hurt when a Palestinian man slammed his car into pedestrians at a Jerusalem light railway stop, then police shot the driver as he fled, police and a hospital official said.
Scion of Pakistan’s Bhutto dynasty throws down gauntlet to PM
NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) – The scion of Pakistan’s leading political dynasty, emerging from the shadow of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seven years after she was assassinated, has vowed to resurrect her party’s flagging fortunes…
Canada’s parliament attacked, soldier fatally shot nearby
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A gunman attacked Canada’s parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking, and a soldier was fatally shot at a nearby war memorial, stunning the Canadian capital.
Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers approved a plan on Wednesday to send fighters to the Syrian town of Kobani to relieve fellow Kurds under attack by Islamic State militants, marking the semi-autonomous region’s first mil…
Mexico says mayor, wife were behind student-teacher disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican mayor and his wife were “probable masterminds” behind the disappearance of 43 student teachers last month in the restive southwest, the country’s attorney general said on Wednesday.
