China police detain 24 after anti-incinerator protest: newspaper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police detained 24 people for disturbing social order during a protest on Saturday against a proposed trash incinerator in southern China, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported.
Sweden votes for minority left government, far right surges
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven emerged as victor in Sunday’s general election after a voter backlash against tax cuts and trimmed welfare by a centre-right government, but faced challenges forming a stro…
Bulldoze or preserve? Croatia ponders fate of notorious prison
GOLI OTOK Croatia (Reuters) – The clear blue waters of the Adriatic and the happy cries of tourists visiting Goli Otok (Barren Island) off Croatia’s coast help obscure its dark past as a hard-labour detention camp for political prisoners in formerly co…
Governments hold key to unlocking billions for social good: G8 report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments can unleash billions of dollars to tackle social problems more effectively if they take bold steps to reduce barriers to investing for both profit and social good, a task force set up by the world’s ric…
Libyan PM accuses Qatar of sending planes with weapons to Tripoli
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Sunday Qatar had sent three military planes loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group, accusing a second country of interfering in the la…
Sweden heads for minority left government, far right surges
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven emerged as victor in Sunday’s general election after a voter backlash against tax cuts and trimmed welfare by a centre-right government, but he fell short of a parliamentar…
NATO countries have begun arms deliveries to Ukraine: defense minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and “stop” Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ex-president Gbagbo’s party withdraws from Ivory Coast poll body
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The party of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo withdrew from the country’s election commission on Sunday, setting back efforts to draw it into the political mainstream before a scheduled presidential election next year.
Many deaths as boat with African emigrants sinks off Libyan coast: Libya navy
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A boat packed with up to 250 African emigrants trying to reach European shores sank on Sunday off the Libyan coast and most are feared dead, a spokesman for the Libyan navy said.
Scots independence battle reaches fever pitch on streets and screens
GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) – Thousands of independence supporters took to the streets of Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow, on Sunday as polls showed the rival camps running desperately close just five days before a referendum which could bring the brea…
