Venezuela holds 16 in latest offensive on price gougers
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that 16 people had been arrested in a new round of inspections to find alleged price gougers whom the socialist government blames for the worst inflation rate in the Americas.
Japan, U.S. tiptoe into new phase of Pacific trade talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Japan are edging into a new phase of trade negotiations after U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s summit, people with knowledge of talks to create one of the world’s biggest …
Senegal’s ex-president Wade returns ahead of son’s graft trial
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade returned to the West African country late on Friday amid tight security at the airport, two days later than planned due to flight problems that his party blamed on the government of successor …
Senior official in China’s Qinghai faces corruption probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is investigating a senior official in western Qinghai province for graft, the ruling Communist Party’s corruption watchdog said late on Friday, making him the latest target in a crackdown on corruption.
Western intelligence suggests Syria can still produce chemical arms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, diplomats say, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States that could strengthen allegations Syria’s military recently used chlorine gas in its bloody …
Kerry to visit Ethiopia, Congo and Angola next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola from April 29 to May 5 to promote democracy and human rights, the State Department said on Friday.
Slovenian PM Bratusek loses party leadership, government likely to fall
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia (Reuters) – Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek lost the leadership of her center-left Positive Slovenia (PS) party to a challenger unwanted by her coalition partners on Saturday, a move that is likely to bring down her g…
Mediators held in Ukraine as U.S. readies new Russia sanctions
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union are expected on Monday to impose new sanctions on Russian individuals, sources said on Friday, as the Ukraine crisis escalated with armed pro-Russia separatists seizing …
28 killed in attack on Shi’ite political rally in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of explosions killed 28 people and wounded more than 40 at a Shi’ite political organization’s rally in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said.
Western intel suggests Syria can still produce chemical arms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria maintains an ability to deploy chemical weapons, diplomats say, citing intelligence from Britain, France and the United States that could strengthen allegations Syria’s military recently used chlorine gas in its bloody …
