Venezuela shuffles economic team, keeps forex rate
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro named an army general as the new finance minister in a reshuffle of his economic team on Wednesday and said there would be no currency devaluation this year despite a soaring black market for dol…
U.S. to airlift Rwandan forces into Central African Republic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will soon begin flying Rwandan troops into the Central African Republic, possibly starting on Thursday, in its second such operation in support the African Union’s efforts to stem bloodshed there, a U.S. officia…
Reform or lose us as member, Britain’s finance minister tells EU
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain told its European Union partners on Wednesday the EU’s treaties were “not fit for purpose” and there must be reform or it would quit the bloc.
China confirms hypersonic missile carrier test
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has flight-tested a hypersonic missile delivery vehicle in a move that was scientific in nature and not targeted at any country, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
Saudi-Qatar rivalry divides Syrian opposition
AMMAN (Reuters) – Rivalry between Qatar and Saudi Arabia has fuelled wrangling within the Syrian opposition that threatens to prevent a united rebel delegation attending international peace talks next week.
Western, Arab states pledge $2.4 billion in Syria aid
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Western and Gulf Arab nations pledged more than $2.4 billion on Wednesday for U.N. aid efforts in Syria, where a near three-year civil war has left millions of people hungry, ailing or displaced.
Central Africa Republic religious hatred was underestimated: France
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The level of hatred in Central African Republic between Muslims and Christians has been underestimated and is creating a “nearly impossible” situation for African Union and French forces to combat, France’s U.N. envoy said on…
Spanish protesters riot in Madrid, 11 people hurt
MADRID (Reuters) – A Madrid demonstration in sympathy with protests in the northern Spanish city of Burgos against a local government plan to convert a street into a tree-lined boulevard turned violent on Wednesday, leading to 11 arrests and 11 injurie…
New video surfaces of U.S. prisoner from Afghan war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new video has surfaced showing Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured by militants while stationed in Afghanistan more than four years ago, the soldier’s family said on Wednesday.
French companies, unions question Hollande’s new vision
PARIS (Reuters) – French business raised doubts on Wednesday over Socialist President Francois Hollande’s plan for public spending cuts and structural reform to revive the euro zone’s second largest economy.
