Uruguay’s Vazquez set to extend leftist coalition’s run in power
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Former leader Tabare Vazquez is on track to win Uruguay’s presidential election runoff on Sunday, paving the way for the roll-out of a groundbreaking law that legalizes the production and sale of marijuana.
Two civilians killed in shelling in east Ukraine rebel city
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy and a 55-year-old woman were killed by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian separatist stronghold of Donetsk on Thursday, the city administration reported, despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire deal.
Myanmar constitution summit ‘impractical’: presidential spokesman
YANGON, November 27 (Reuters) – A summit of political leaders proposed by Myanmar’s parliament to debate constitutional change is “impractical” and unlikely to happen, the president’s spokesman said in a further setback to hopes for full democracy afte…
Tanzania PM sidesteps calls to quit over graft claims
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s prime minister on Thursday sidestepped calls from a parliamentary committee to resign over accusations that he had approved illegal payments to a private power company.
11 corpses dumped in same Mexico state as apparent student massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eleven mutilated corpses, many of them decapitated, were found dumped by the roadside in southwest Mexico on Thursday in the same state where 43 trainee teachers were abducted and apparently massacred two months ago, local autho…
NATO wrestles with new fast-reaction force prompted by Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s planned new fast-reaction force, centerpiece of its response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, is proving harder to set up than expected because of shortages of vital equipment and arguments over funding, diplomats say.
Ukraine puts on parliamentary show of unity in message to Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister on Thursday in a ceremony that countered reports of high-level disunity in a message to Russia over its backing of separatists in the country’s east.
London financier Hohn ordered to pay wife $530 million in divorce case
LONDON (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn has been ordered to pay his estranged wife Jamie Cooper-Hohn 337 million pounds ($530 million) in one of the largest divorce settlements in British legal history, the BBC reported on Thursday…
Stranded Kenyan workers demand evacuation after Islamist attack
MANDERA, Kenya (Reuters) – Scores of teachers and civil servants were stranded at a remote Kenyan airstrip on Thursday, demanding evacuation and protection five days after Islamist gunmen killed 28 non-Muslim bus passengers in the surrounding border re…
Explosion, gunfire heard in diplomatic quarter of Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion shook houses in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital on Thursday evening and was followed by heavy gunfire that could still be heard an hour later, according to Reuters witnesses and security officials.
