China rebukes U.S. for demanding release of Tiananmen activists
BEIJING (Reuters) – China rebuked the United States on Friday for urging the release of activists detained after attending a meeting about the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, saying Washington had no right to demand that criminals be freed.
Sobbing families of Korea ferry victims sit in road outside presidential palace
SEOUL (Reuters) – Family members of hundreds of children who drowned when a ferry sank last month sat in the road in a somber vigil steps from the presidential palace on Friday, demanding those responsible be punished.
Modi’s manufacturing push cheers Indian steel makers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – When Indian prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi asked at an election rally if anyone knew of a country that exported wheat but imported bread, steelmakers joined his followers to cheer.
Thai police fire teargas at protesters bent on toppling ‘Thaksin regime’
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police fired teargas on Friday at royalist protesters bent on bringing down a caretaker government after a court threw Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of office and an anti-graft agency indicted her for negligence.
China audits State Grid as corruption crackdown seen widening
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is auditing the State Grid Corp of China, the utility said in the wake of a magazine report that one of the most senior executives in the world’s largest utility was under investigation.
China to extend over $12 bln in aid to Africa
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled extra aid for Africa totalling at least $12 billion on Monday, and offered to share advance technology with the continent to help with development of high-speed rail, state media reported.
Nigeria’s president at WEF pledges to free kidnapped girls
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed his opening address to a conference designed to showcase investment …
Clashes flare after Venezuela student camps raided, one dead
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops on Thursday rounded up hundreds of youth activists and dismantled camps set up to protest against President Nicolas Maduro, and a policeman was shot dead in the demonstrations and clashes that ensued around Caracas…
Britain must prevent its nationals fighting abroad: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to take urgent action to stop citizens travelling to fight in Syria and other conflicts, a parliamentary committee said on Friday, amid fears they could be radicalized there and return to carry out attacks on their home…
Swedish PM warns of nationalist surge as EU elections loom
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Europe’s failure to deliver economic growth and jobs has frayed public trust in democracy and fostered a nationalist climate that could reward anti-immigration, Eurosceptical parties in May’s EU elections, Sweden’s prime minister …
