French ‘millionaire’s tax’ gets constitutional go-ahead
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Constitutional Council gave the green light on Sunday to a ‘millionaire’s tax’, to be levied on companies that pay salaries of more than 1 million euros ($1.38 million) a year.
Protests against Bangladesh election turn violent
DHAKA (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in Bangladesh on Sunday as opposition supporters took to the streets to protest against a January 5 general election which they are boycotting.
Cracking ice bodes well for Antarctica ship rescue
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – Ice that has trapped a Russian ship with 74 people on board in Antarctica appeared to be cracking up on Sunday, raising hopes for a rescue as a powerful Australian icebreaker approached the stranded vessel.
British police arrest two men over North Sea ferry fire
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Sunday they had arrested two men after a suspected arson attack on a ferry in the North Sea carrying more than 1,000 people from Newcastle in England to Amsterdam.
Lightning kills eight worshippers in Malawi church
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A lightning bolt struck a church in Malawi, killing eight worshippers and injuring several others, local media reported.
Croatia charges doctors, pharmacists in huge drugs bribery case
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Some 300 doctors and pharmacists are among 364 suspects who have been charged in Croatia with offering and taking bribes in exchange for prescribing certain drugs.
Thousands of Cambodians rally to demand PM steps down
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters, backed by striking garment-factory workers, rallied on Sunday to demand long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen step down and call an election.
Iraq troops arrest leading Sunni MP in violent raid
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces arrested a prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker and supporter of anti-government protests in a raid on his home in the western province of Anbar, sparking clashes in which at least five people were killed, poli…
Insight: Small-town squabbles blamed for stalling Philippine storm aid
PALO, Philippines (Reuters) – Nena Obrero and her family survived without government aid for three weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan churned across the central Philippines and reduced much of her hometown to rubble.
U.S. intelligence estimate sees big rollbacks in Afghanistan: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies have made in the Afghanistan war in the past three years will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain, the Washington…
