French parliament backs reform of law on prostitution
PARIS (Reuters) – The French parliament early on Saturday backed a reform of the country’s prostitution law that will impose a 1,500-euro fine on anyone paying for sex.
Four dead, 6 injured in plane crash in southwest Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A Cessna 208 with at least 10 people on board crashed in southwest Alaska on Friday evening, killing four people including the pilot and injuring six others, officials said.
U.S. airlines advised to give China flight plans over new defense zone
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States advised its commercial airlines to notify Chinese authorities of flight plans when travelling through an air defense zone that Beijing established a week ago over the East China Sea, ratcheting up regional…
Police shoot dead Palestinian in Israeli town
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli policeman shot dead a Palestinian in the town of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv on Saturday after he tried to attack the arresting force, a police spokesman said.
Honduras’s defiant left asks for presidential election recount
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) – The party of Honduras’ defeated leftist presidential candidate Xiomara Castro demanded a full vote recount on Friday, offering examples of poll fraud that supporters say robbed her of victory this week when conservativ…
U.S. commercial airlines advised to notify China of flight plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday advised U.S. commercial airlines to notify Chinese authorities of flight plans over the East China Sea although a U.S. administration official said that did not mean Washington accepted China’s new rul…
China to question movie director’s agent on family planning allegations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Authorities will question the agent of acclaimed film director Zhang Yimou after the director went missing following allegations he had fathered seven children, a breach of China’s one-child policy, the official Xinhua news agency …
Senior Chinese official sacked in corruption probe
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has fired a senior provincial official for “suspected serious disciplinary violations”, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, making him the latest target in acrackdown on corruption.
China scrambles jets to new defense zone, eyes U.S., Japan flights
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China scrambled jets on Friday in response to two U.S. spy planes and 10 Japanese aircraft, including F-15 fighters, entering its new air defense zone over the East China Sea, state news agency Xinhua said, raising the st…
Ukrainian opposition accuses Yanukovich of stealing EU dream
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s political opposition said on Friday that President Viktor Yanukovich had ‘stolen the dream’ of closer integration with Europe as his supporters hailed his decision to spurn a European Union free trade deal.
