Race for top EU jobs turns murkier before elections
PARIS (Reuters) – The race for the European Union’s top leadership jobs has turned murkier with news that Finland’s prime minister is stepping down to seek a European role while France is touting its former finance minister as its nominee for a Europea…
Costa Rica leftist takes huge lead in presidential run-off
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Center-left academic Luis Guillermo Solis took an overwhelming lead in Costa Rica’s presidential election run-off on Sunday, official results showed, storming ahead as widely expected after his opponent slid in polls and stopped ca…
Cuba says U.S. created other ‘Cuban Twitter’ projects
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Sunday the United States continues to use social media to “subvert” the island’s government and that the revelation this week of a U.S.-created, Twitter-like service for Cuba was just one of several examples.
Search planes, ships divert to Indian Ocean area where ‘pings’ detected
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Some planes and ships searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner in the Indian Ocean moved on Monday toward waters where a Chinese vessel had picked up “ping” signals at the weekend, raising hopes of finding …
Smooth Afghan poll raises questions about Taliban strength
KABUL (Reuters) – A bigger-than-expected turnout in Afghanistan’s presidential election and the Taliban’s failure to derail the vote have raised questions about the capacity of the insurgents to tip the country back into chaos as foreign troops head ho…
Hungary re-elects maverick PM, far-right opposition gains
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarians handed their maverick Prime Minister Viktor Orban another four years in power, election results showed on Monday, while one in every five voters backed a far-right opposition party accused of anti-Semitism.
Libyan rebels, government agree to gradually reopen occupied oil ports
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan rebels occupying four eastern oil ports agreed with the government on Sunday to gradually end their eight-month petroleum blockade, which has cost the North African state billions in lost revenues.
Pro-Russia protesters seize Ukraine buildings, Kiev blames Putin
DONETSK/KIEV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian protesters seized state buildings in three east Ukrainian cities on Sunday, triggering accusations from the pro-European government in Kiev that President Vladimir Putin was orchestrating “separatist disord…
El Salvador president-elect plans ‘routine’ health check-up abroad
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s president-elect, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, said on Sunday he will travel abroad for a “routine” medical check-up ahead of assuming the presidency in June, and said he did not have any serious illness.
Blast kills at least 29 Syrian rebels in Homs: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 29 Syrian rebels including two field commanders were killed when a vehicle exploded in the central city of Homs on Sunday, a monitoring group said.
