In sweeping move, Pope creates office to oversee Vatican finances
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has taken his boldest step yet to overhaul the Vatican’s scandal-plagued finances, creating a new department with broad powers to oversee all of its economic and administrative affairs, the Vatican said on Monday.
Italy’s new PM Renzi faces first parliamentary test
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faces his first test before a fractious national parliament on Monday when he goes to the Senate to put flesh on ambitious reform plans and seeks to win a confidence vote in his newly installed gover…
Mali finds five more bodies in graves near ex-junta base
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian authorities have found five corpses in army uniforms in two graves near the headquarter of a former military junta during part of an investigation into officers who briefly seized power in a coup in 2012.
Correa government loses Ecuador capital in local election
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s opposition won control of the capital Quito and one other major city in the oil-producing Andean nation in elections on Sunday, preliminary results showed, in a blow to the socialist government of President Rafael Correa.
Brazil presses EU for undersea cable to skirt U.S. links
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pressed ahead on Monday with plans to lay an undersea communications cable directly to Europe to reduce Brazil’s reliance on the United States following reports that Washington spied on Brasilia.
Thai PM rules out resigning as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of anti-government protests in Bangkok, has been staying outside the city and on Monday ruled out resigning despite a series of deadly attacks heaping pressure on her administratio…
Victims of BBC sex offender Savile were laughed at: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Victims of Jimmy Savile, the former BBC TV presenter who after his death was unmasked as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders, said they were ignored or laughed at when they tried to report that he had abused them, a report s…
Sochi Games over, will Putin take the gloves off?
(Reuters) – For more than two weeks while Russia hosted the Winter Olympics, President Vladimir Putin did his best to show the world that he and his country have a soft side.
Egyptian PM says government resigning
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Monday the government is to resign.
China seeks jailed former tycoon who fled country
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities are looking for a former drinks tycoon who bribed his way out of jail and fled the country after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzling millions of dollars in public funds, state media said on Monda…
