G20 growth pledge easier in the making than the execution
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Group of 20’s proposal to lift economic activity by 2 percent over the next five years has so many holes in it, there’s no wonder it was the first official target that all members felt happy to agree on.
Meeting between Venezuela government, opposition may help ease protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – A meeting between a top Venezuelan opposition leader and President Nicolas Maduro on Monday may help ease nearly two weeks of violent anti-government protests that have killed at least eight people.
Attackers fire at convoy of Colombia presidential candidate
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Gunmen shot at the convoy of a left-wing Colombian presidential candidate on Sunday but no one was injured, police said, raising tensions ahead of May elections that will center on how to end a five-decade war with guerrillas.
Seized phone key to Mexico kingpin ‘Shorty’ Guzman’s capture
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The seizure of a phone belonging to the son of Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman’s deputy at the U.S.-Mexico border was an important break in the operation that led to the drug lord’s capture, a senior U.S. law enforcement offi…
Indonesian copper smelters at risk as mining policy misfires
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian policies to force miners to process raw materials at home are misfiring, as disputes over the new rules disrupt plans to invest nearly $4 billion in copper smelters to cater for miners such as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.
Indonesian copper smelters at risk as mining policy misfires
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian policies to force miners to process raw materials at home are misfiring, as disputes over the new rules disrupt plans to invest nearly $4 billion in copper smelters to cater for miners such as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold.
World’s oldest Holocaust survivor, Alice Herz-Sommer, dies in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A 110-year-old woman believed to be the oldest survivor of the Holocaust and who endured the ordeal partly through her passion for music, has died in London, her family said on Sunday.
Meeting between Venezuela government, opposition may help ease protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – A meeting between a top Venezuelan opposition leader and President Nicolas Maduro on Monday may help ease nearly two weeks of violent anti-government protests that have killed at least eight people.
Blood, sandals on street as bomb kills two, wounds 22 in Thai capital
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb killed two people and wounded at least 22 in a busy shopping district of the Thai capital on Sunday, hours after supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised to get tough with demonstrators paralyzing parts …
Ukraine sets European course after ouster of Yanukovich
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s interim leadership pledged to put the country back on course for European integration now Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovich had been ousted from the presidency, while the United States warned Russia against sending in its force…
