Hong Kong protesters face backlash, threaten to abandon talks
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Pro-democracy protesters faced off against supporters of Chinese rule in Hong Kong’s teeming Mong Kok district early on Saturday, in a tense confrontation that has undermined hopes for talks aimed at ending a week of turmoil.
A year after tragedy, PM says Italy will not stop sea rescues
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Mediterranean Sea mission, which has rescued more than 90,000 migrants in the past year, will go on, the prime minister said on Friday, vowing to continue navy patrols a year after a shipwreck that killed hundreds sparked inter…
Brazil’s Silva slips, Neves may make runoff, Sensus poll shows
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff continues to broaden her advantage ahead of Sunday’s election, but it is not clear which of her rivals she will face in an expected second-round runoff, a new poll showed on Friday.
Iraqi PM calls on political forces to unite: state TV
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called on Iraq’s bickering political factions on Friday to unite.
Stampede at Hindu festival kills 32 in eastern India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 32 people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu festival in the eastern Indian state of Bihar on Friday, most of them women and a few children, the state police chief said.
Ex-bodyguard jailed for trying to kill Rwandan President Kagame
KIGALI (Reuters) – A former bodyguard of Rwanda’s Paul Kagame was sentenced to life on Friday for plotting to kill the president, but he complained that he had been kidnapped and said he would appeal.
Video campaign brings stories of domestic violence to U.S. public
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One night, Ebony was lying in bed in her New York apartment, exhausted after working all day and taking care of the children, when her partner walked into their bedroom, drunk and demanding sex.
Sri Lanka seeks help from the U.N. to resettle asylum seekers
COLOMBO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sri Lanka has asked the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, for help to resettle scores of mainly Pakistani asylum seekers in another country, saying many are economic migrants and a threat to the security and h…
In Brazil election turnaround, incumbent emerges as favorite
BRASILIA (Reuters) – When more than a million Brazilians took to the streets last year in anti-government protests, many believed it was a sign that the ruling Workers’ Party would be ousted at the next election after 12 years in power.
Romania president backs probe of ex-ministers in school software deal
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president said on Friday he had given his approval for prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against five former ministers suspected of money laundering, abuse of office and bribery tied to software licenses for s…
