Have a cigar: Cuba and Europe to write a business plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Eleven months before Barack Obama’s historic handshake with Raul Castro, Europe staged its own show of friendliness with Cuba. While little noticed, this gesture may end up doing far more to end the communist island’s isolation.
New vote for Western Australia as court voids razor-sharp contest
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Voters in Western Australia are headed for a rerun of last year’s federal Senate race, after the High Court on Thursday voided the election over 1,370 ballots that disappeared during a recount of the tight contest.
Mexico looks to arrest former owner of failed airline Mexicana
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s attorney general’s office has issued an arrest warrant for the former owner of failed airline Mexicana in connection with suspected money laundering while he ran the company, a source at the Attorney General’s office sa…
‘Three Amigos’ look to reduce trade frictions, Keystone nags
TOLUCA, Mexico (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and his Canadian and Mexican counterparts on Wednesday discussed ways to reduce any trade frictions at a summit in central Mexico, but clear divisions remained over the Keystone XL oil pipeline pro…
Beauty queen the latest victim in Venezuela unrest
CARACAS (Reuters) – A local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound on Wednesday, the fifth fatality from Venezuela’s political unrest, as imprisoned protest leader Leopoldo Lopez urged supporters to keep fighting for the departure of the socialist govern…
China military to tighten building controls in anti-graft drive
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military said on Thursday it would tighten controls over the construction and sale of buildings to ensure proper accounting and transparency for all financial transactions as part of a wider government anti-corruption drive….
Once-defiant Venezuelan TV goes quiet amid opposition protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Twelve years after they played a key role in a coup, Venezuelan television networks have so heavily scaled back their coverage of anti-government protests that critics are decrying a “media blackout” that helps the government cling …
New fighting in Central African Republic blocks U.N. visit
BANGUI (Reuters) – Heavy fighting erupted near the airport in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday, as Christian militia tried to block the evacuation of Muslims and disrupted a visit by a top United Nations aid official, witnesses sa…
Less than a third of Scots plan to vote for independence: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Just under one-third (29 percent) of Scots plan to vote for independence in this year’s referendum, according to a poll on Thursday that also found 42 percent intended to vote against.
Ukraine President agrees truce with opponents as West prepares sanctions
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said late on Wednesday that he had agreed a “truce” with opposition leaders after 26 people were killed in street clashes, ahead of meetings with EU foreign ministers who are threatening to impose …
