Italy rescues more than 1700 boat migrants in three days
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s search and rescue mission saved more than 1,700 migrants in the Mediterranean in the past three days and found one person dead on a half-submerged raft, the navy said on Tuesday.
Italy ready to seek vote over EU foreign policy job: official
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is ready to demand an open vote on whether its foreign minister should be the European Union’s next foreign policy chief if any member states oppose her selection by the usual consensus method, a senior Italian official said on T…
Brazil risks a recession as presidential campaign heats up
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s sluggish economy faces substantial risk of falling into a light recession in 2014, and may already have done so, providing opposition candidates with extra ammunition in the run-up to October’s presidential election….
French soldier killed in Mali suicide bombing
PARIS (Reuters) – A French soldier was killed in a suicide bombing in northern Mali, where local and foreign troops have struggled to restore order after quelling an Islamist insurgency last year, officials said.
China Communist Party expels military firm executive in war on graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former senior executive at a Chinese state-owned military giant has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for taking bribes and other “massive” corruption, the top anti-corruption watchdog said on Tuesday.
India says hopes to sign WTO ‘accession protocol’
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India hopes to sign an “accession protocol” key to the implementation of a global trade pact by a July 31 deadline, a top government official said on Tuesday, clarifying New Delhi’s stand after the government earlier threatened to…
In disputed sea, Vietnam and China play high-stakes cat and mouse
NEAR RIG HD-981 South China Sea (Reuters) – – Crewmen in blue camouflage uniforms pour out onto the deck of a Vietnamese coastguard ship as an imposing Chinese vessel guarding a giant oil rig gives chase, gathering steam by the second.
Hong Kong’s leader says Chinese rules to prevail in 2017 vote
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader told Beijing on Tuesday that the city’s residents wanted a full election in 2017, but said the financial hub would have to abide by the restrictive framework set down by China’s Communist authorities.
EU’s Juncker wins approval with ‘grand coalition’ program
STRASBOURG France (Reuters) – Jean-Claude Juncker won broad endorsement from the European Parliament on Tuesday to be the next head of the executive European Commission after setting out a “grand coalition” investment programme to help revive Europe’s …
Kerry says Libya violence is dangerous, U.S. working to end it
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned that the escalating violence by Libyan militias was alarming and said Washington was working through its envoys to restore peace to the North African nation.
