Russia, China agree on $25 billion prepayment under supply deal – Gazprom
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia and China have agreed on a $25 billion prepayment under a supply deal signed earlier this week, Alexander Medvedev, chief executive of Gazprom Export, said on Friday.
Despite Obama’s new rules, no end in sight for drone war
WASHINGTON/SANAA (Reuters) – When a barrage of drone-fired missiles hit al Qaeda cells in Yemen in mid-April and killed dozens of militants, the results were strikingly different from a mistaken U.S. attack on a Yemeni wedding convoy just four months e…
Special report: The power struggle behind China’s corruption crackdown
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Liu Han seemed to thrive in the company of officials.
Russia, China veto UN bid to refer Syria to international court
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia and China vetoed on Thursday a resolution to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court for possible prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country’s three-year…
Indonesian election presents U.S. with Modi-style visa headache
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The emergence of Prabowo Subianto as a serious contender in Indonesia’s election this week means the United States faces the awkward possibility of having to welcome another Asian leader it had denied entry to because of alleged …
Businessman linked to China’s ex-security tsar sentenced to death
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former mining magnate with suspected ties to the family of China’s retired security tsar Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to death on Friday on charges of leading a gang on a crime spree spanning two decades.
Germany’s Merkel calls on Russia to accept OSCE verdict on Ukraine vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a newspaper interview published on Friday, called on Russia to accept the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) verdict on Sunday’s presidential election in Ukraine.
Anti-World Cup protest puts Sao Paulo business district on edge
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Several thousand demonstrators marched through an expensive business district of Brazil’s largest city on Thursday to protest against urban developments for the soccer World Cup that they say have left many homeless.
U.N. chief demands urgent action on inadequate Syria aid access
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday demanded that the Security Council take urgent action to ensure that millions of Syrians who have been denied emergency relief due to the country’s bloody civil war get access to much-needed…
U.S. criticizes Cuba over blocking of dissident website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States criticized Cuban censorship on Thursday after Cubans were blocked from an independent website that is challenging the state monopoly on news on the island.
