Thai police fire teargas at protesters bent on toppling ‘Thaksin regime’
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police fired teargas on Friday at royalist protesters bent on bringing down a caretaker government after a court threw Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of office and an anti-graft agency indicted her for negligence.
China audits State Grid as corruption crackdown seen widening
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is auditing the State Grid Corp of China, the utility said in the wake of a magazine report that one of the most senior executives in the world’s largest utility was under investigation.
China to extend over $12 bln in aid to Africa
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled extra aid for Africa totalling at least $12 billion on Monday, and offered to share advance technology with the continent to help with development of high-speed rail, state media reported.
Nigeria’s president at WEF pledges to free kidnapped girls
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised on Thursday to find more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist rebels, as the hostage crisis overshadowed his opening address to a conference designed to showcase investment …
Clashes flare after Venezuela student camps raided, one dead
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan troops on Thursday rounded up hundreds of youth activists and dismantled camps set up to protest against President Nicolas Maduro, and a policeman was shot dead in the demonstrations and clashes that ensued around Caracas…
Britain must prevent its nationals fighting abroad: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain needs to take urgent action to stop citizens travelling to fight in Syria and other conflicts, a parliamentary committee said on Friday, amid fears they could be radicalized there and return to carry out attacks on their home…
Swedish PM warns of nationalist surge as EU elections loom
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Europe’s failure to deliver economic growth and jobs has frayed public trust in democracy and fostered a nationalist climate that could reward anti-immigration, Eurosceptical parties in May’s EU elections, Sweden’s prime minister …
SAS plane in close encounter with Russian spy plane in March
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Russian spy plane flew dangerously close to an SAS passenger plane en route from Copenhagen to Rome earlier this year, a SAS spokeswoman said, confirming a report by Swedish television on Thursday.
Families of South Korea ferry dead march on presidential palace
SEOUL/INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – Parents of children killed when a passenger ferry sank last month led a somber march on South Korea’s presidential palace in the early hours of Friday morning, where they demanded to meet with President Park Geun-…
Ukraine rebels ignore Putin call to delay self-rule vote
DONETSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine ignored a public call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to postpone a referendum on self-rule, declaring they would go ahead on Sunday with a vote that could lead to war.
