Ukraine energy minister says ‘no threat’ from accident at nuclear plant
KIEV (Reuters) – An accident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine poses no danger to health or the environment, energy authorities said on Wednesday, an assessment later corroborated by the French nuclear institute IRSN.
U.S. couple leaves Qatar after convictions overturned in child death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A U.S. couple whose convictions were overturned in the death of their adopted daughter in Qatar left the Gulf Arab state on Wednesday after a travel ban that had kept them in the country was lifted, their supporters and the U.S….
Ukraine tells IAEA reactor safely shut down, no release
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday it had been told by Ukraine that a reactor at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remained safely shut down following a short circuit in the plant’s transformer yard last week.
UAE police seek suspect in killing of U.S. teacher
DUBAI (Reuters) – A female American teacher has been stabbed to death in the toilet of an Abu Dhabi shopping mall but police are uncertain if the suspected killer, who was dressed in a black robe, is a woman or a man, police said.
Support for Chilean president Bachelet sliding fast -polls
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Support for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her administration has fallen significantly in recent months, as voters worry about the economy and lose faith in her reform drive, two opinion polls showed on Wednesday.
Portugal top court rejects motion to free ex-PM in graft case
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s supreme court rejected on Wednesday a request for former prime minister Jose Socrates to be freed from prison after his arrest for suspected tax fraud and corruption, offences he has denied committing.
U.S. presses for destruction of Syrian chemical weapons facilities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday called for closer monitoring of the long-delayed destruction of a dozen chemical weapons production facilities in Syria, which is several months behind schedule.
Suspected Palestinian attacker stabs two in settlement supermarket, then shot by guard
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian teenager stabbed two people in a supermarket near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and was shot by a security guard, police and an ambulance service said.
Special Report: How Exxon helped make Iraqi Kurdistan
LONDON/ARBIL (Reuters) – In January 2011, Exxon hired one of the best connected men in Iraq: Ali Khedery, an American of Iraqi descent who had served in Baghdad as a special assistant to five U.S. ambassadors and a senior adviser to three U.S. generals.
Adviser to France’s Hollande resigns after fraud accusations
PARIS (Reuters) – An adviser to French President Francois Hollande resigned on Wednesday after being summoned to answer charges of fraud by a Paris criminal court, the second Hollande ally to step down in the last month.
