French riot police evacuate Calais immigrant camps
CALAIS France (Reuters) – French riot police started evacuating three campsites housing hundreds of immigrants in the northern port town of Calais on Wednesday, days after the anti-immigrant National Front party hammered the ruling Socialists in a Euro…
Latest South African mine strike talks break down – minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – New South African mining minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Wednesday he understood that talks, mediated by a labor court judge, between platinum mining companies and the striking AMUCK union had broken down.
China sentences 55 in Xinjiang mass trial
BEIJING (Reuters) – Local officials in China’s western Xinjiang region held a public rally for the mass sentencing of criminals on Tuesday, handing out judgments for 55 people and at least three death sentences for crimes such as “violent terrorism”, s…
South Europe’s families offer short-term fix to pensions crisis
MADRID/MILAN (Reuters) – When Angel Gomez and Maria Luisa Fernandez retired a decade ago, they imagined spending their pensions largely on restaurant meals, holidays and toys for the grandkids. Today, their retirement money helps to support five famili…
More than 50 rebels killed as new Ukraine leader unleashes assault
DONETSK, Ukraine, May 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian aircraft and paratroopers killed more than 50 pro-Russian rebels in an assault that raged into a second day on Tuesday after a newly elected president vowed to crush the revolt in the east once and for all…
Mali’s defense minister resigns following army defeats: sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali Defence Minister Soumeylou Boybeye Maiga resigned on Tuesday, less than a week after an embarrassing defeat of army forces by Tuareg separatist rebels who seized several northern towns, sources close to the minister said.
More than 50 rebels killed as new Ukraine leader unleashes assault
DONETSK, Ukraine, May 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian aircraft and paratroopers killed more than 50 pro-Russian rebels in an assault that raged into a second day on Tuesday after a newly elected president vowed to crush the revolt in the east once and for all…
After seismic elections, EU leaders assess damage
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders, stunned by a big Eurosceptic protest vote in European Parliament elections, agreed on Tuesday to seek a package deal of appointments to top EU jobs with an economic agenda to win back public confidence.
Egypt extends presidential election to help Sisi
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s presidential election was extended by a day on Tuesday in an effort to boost lower than expected turnout that threatened to undermine the credibility of the frontrunner, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Fire at hospital for elderly kills 21 in latest major South Korea accident
SEOUL (Reuters) – A fire at a rural South Korean hospital for chronically ill elderly patients on Wednesday killed 21 people and injured eight in the second major fire this week as the country still mourns victims of a ferry disaster last month.
