Correa government loses Ecuador capital in local election
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s opposition won control of the capital Quito and one other major city in the oil-producing Andean nation in elections on Sunday, preliminary results showed, in a blow to the socialist government of President Rafael Correa.
Brazil presses EU for undersea cable to skirt U.S. links
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pressed ahead on Monday with plans to lay an undersea communications cable directly to Europe to reduce Brazil’s reliance on the United States following reports that Washington spied on Brasilia.
Thai PM rules out resigning as bombs, gunfire punctuate unrest
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the target of anti-government protests in Bangkok, has been staying outside the city and on Monday ruled out resigning despite a series of deadly attacks heaping pressure on her administratio…
Victims of BBC sex offender Savile were laughed at: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Victims of Jimmy Savile, the former BBC TV presenter who after his death was unmasked as one of Britain’s most prolific sex offenders, said they were ignored or laughed at when they tried to report that he had abused them, a report s…
Sochi Games over, will Putin take the gloves off?
(Reuters) – For more than two weeks while Russia hosted the Winter Olympics, President Vladimir Putin did his best to show the world that he and his country have a soft side.
Egyptian PM says government resigning
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Monday the government is to resign.
China seeks jailed former tycoon who fled country
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities are looking for a former drinks tycoon who bribed his way out of jail and fled the country after being sentenced to 15 years in prison for embezzling millions of dollars in public funds, state media said on Monda…
Firms urged to pay into fund for Bangladesh factory victims
BERLIN (Reuters) – Campaigners are urging all 27 clothing brands linked to a collapsed Bangladeshi factory that killed more than 1,100 people to pay into a compensation fund by the anniversary of the disaster in April.
India says drops anti-piracy charges against Italian marines
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has dropped a plan to prosecute two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen under a tough anti-piracy law, a government lawyer said on Monday, offering a chance to end a diplomatic row between the two countri…
China plays down Indian opposition leader’s border remarks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry sought to play down on Monday remarks by Narendra Modi, after the frontrunner to become India’s next prime minister asserted at the weekend that the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh was an integral pa…
