Panama presidential candidates tied ahead of May vote
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s ruling party presidential candidate and an opposition challenger are in a dead heat ahead of the Central American country’s May 4 vote, a poll showed on Monday.
China set to elevate environment over development in new law
BEIJING (Reuters) – Smog-hit China is set to pass a new law that would give Beijing more powers to shut polluting factories and punish officials, and even place protected regions off-limits to industrial development, scholars with knowledge of the situ…
China’s President Xi urges greater military use of space
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the air force to adopt an integrated air and space defence capability, in what state media on Tuesday called a response to the increasing military use of space by the United States and others.
Iran asks for U.N. committee meeting on U.S. ban on envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran requested on Monday a special meeting of a U.N. committee on the United States’ refusal to grant a visa to Tehran’s new U.N. ambassador appointee, describing the decision as a dangerous precedent that could harm internat…
Brazil’s Campos to run for president with environmentalist
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Eduardo Campos, a business-friendly socialist from Brazil’s poor northeastern region, announced on Monday he will seek the presidency, vowing to restore confidence in the country’s fiscal accounts and once booming economy.
Syrian army seizes ancient Christian town near Lebanon border
MAALOULA, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian soldiers backed by Hezbollah fighters recaptured the town of Maaloula, north of Damascus, on Monday, military sources and state television said, further squeezing rebels’ supply routes through the Qalamoun mountains i…
Sierra Leone charges 14 soldiers with mutiny
FREETOWN (Reuters) – A Sierra Leone military court has charged 13 soldiers and a captain with mutiny and denied them bail, a judge said on Monday, eight months after they were arrested for planning a protest against the president.
Nigeria bus station bombing kills 71 on edge of capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – A morning rush hour bomb killed at least 71 people at a Nigerian bus station on the outskirts of the capital on Monday, raising concerns about the spread of an Islamist insurgency after the deadliest ever attack on Abuja.
Separatists tighten grip on east Ukraine, EU agrees more sanctions on Moscow
SLAVIANSK/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Armed pro-Russian separatists seized more buildings in eastern Ukraine on Monday, expanding their control after the government failed to follow through on threatened military crackdown leaving Moscow’s partisans e…
Two NY broker-dealer executives charged in Venezuelan bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two former executives of a defunct New York broker-dealer were indicted Monday as part of a widening U.S. investigation into foreign bribery involving their employer and Venezuelan state economic development banks.
