Italy can breach EU deficit limits if it reforms, Renzi says
ROME (Reuters) – Italy can negotiate a relaxation of European Union deficit limits if it shows it is serious about effective reforms to its economy and political system, Matteo Renzi, the new head of the center-left Democratic Party said in an intervie…
Chinese balloonist lands in midst of isle dispute with Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Chinese man landed himself, literally, in the midst of a territorial dispute between Asia’s two great powers, crash-landing a hot air balloon near contested islands held by Japan.
Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian navy has rescued 233 mostly African migrants from a 10 meter (yard) boat in Mediterranean waters south of Sicily as the immigration crisis that killed hundreds in shipwrecks in 2013 showed no signs of letting up in the new …
Exiled Rwandan ex-spy boss murdered in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – An exiled former Rwandan intelligence chief and critic of President Paul Kagame has been found murdered in a Johannesburg hotel, South African police said on Thursday.
Cambodian troops in riot gear break up factory strike
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian troops armed with batons and rifles broke up a protest on Thursday by textile workers demanding a doubling of wages as part of a nation-wide strike by unions allied with the main opposition party.
Quake hits south Iran, killing one injuring 30: state TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake jolted southern Iran on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring 30 others, Iranian state television reported.
China denounces U.S. for sending Uighur ‘terrorists’ to Slovakia
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States on Thursday for sending the last three Uighur Chinese inmates at the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Slovakia, saying they were “terrorists” who posed a real security danger.
Taiwan’s Ma says ending China standoff a must for the economy
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Ending Taiwan’s political standoff with mainland China is necessary to boost Taiwan’s sagging economy and to help it integrate more effectively with the region, the island’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, said.
Thai stocks, currency plunge over election uncertainty
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai stocks and the baht currency tumbled on Thursday as uncertainty deepened about a February election that anti-government forces are determined to block in their bid to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Palestinian, 85, dies after clashes with Israelis: eyewitnesses
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – An 85-year old Palestinian died on Thursday after inhaling tear gas fired by the Israeli army to disperse local protesters landed in his home in the occupied West Bank, local eyewitnesses told Reuters.
