Renzi loyalist in pole position for EU foreign policy job
ROME (Reuters) – Federica Mogherini is the front runner to be nominated on Wednesday as the European Union’s new foreign policy chief for five years, even though the 41-year-old has only been Italy’s foreign minister since February.
UK prosecutor reviews alleged link between UK aid and jailed Ibori
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s leading fraud prosecutor is evaluating material alleging UK aid might have been channeled to companies linked to James Ibori, a jailed Nigerian former oil state governor, a top government lawyer said on Wednesday.
Britain arrests 660 suspected paedophiles during six-month operation
LONDON (Reuters) – Police forces across Britain have arrested 660 suspected paedophiles during a six-month covert operation to find people accessing indecent images of children online, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Wednesday.
Holidaying Turkish voters urged to take stand against Erdogan
BODRUM Turkey (Reuters) – As families splash in the sea and lounge in the sun, thoughts of politics and civic duty are a world away for most Turks holidaying on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.
Indonesia’s Jokowi leads with 80 percent of votes counted: private group
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jakarta’s populist governor looks set to become Indonesia’s next president, according to a private tally of eighty percent of the votes cast, as his rival lashed out at critics, including the capital’s biggest English-language newsp…
Pakistan jets, U.S. drones attack militants, at least 50 said killed
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani military said its jets killed 35 suspected militants on Wednesday as part of an anti-Taliban offensive hours after U.S. drones attacked another area nearby and killed up to 20 people.
Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, key step toward restarts
TOKYO (Reuters) – A nuclear plant in southern Japan cleared an initial safety hurdle on Wednesday which could make it the first nuclear facility to restart under tough new safety regulations after the industry was idled by the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Russia detains two over fatal Moscow metro accident
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian state investigators said on Wednesday they had detained two Moscow metro workers suspected of safety breaches that may have caused an accident that killed at least 21 people.
Iraq names moderate Sunni parliament speaker in move to break political deadlock
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi politicians named a moderate Sunni Islamist as speaker of parliament on Tuesday, a long-delayed first step towards a power-sharing government urgently needed to save the state from disintegration in the face of a Sunni uprisin…
Chinese town trades lead poison test results for milk
DAPU China (Reuters) – After a test showed farmer Zhao Heping’s toddler grandson had high levels of lead in his blood two years ago, local officials in China’s Hunan province offered the child medicine, he says – and milk. In return, Zhao says, officials asked that he hand over his grandson’s blood test results.
