China aims for target of 6 million public homes in 2014
BEIJING (Reuters) – China aims to start building at least 6 million units of public housing next year, state media said on Saturday, reinforcing a government effort to supply more low-cost homes to counter record property prices.
Wife of U.S. teacher killed in Libya says she forgives gunmen
(Reuters) – The widow of an American teacher shot dead by gunmen in Libya two weeks ago said on Friday that she forgave the men who attacked her husband, whom she described as a devout Christian.
South Korea unlikely to finalize Lockheed F-35 order until summer ’14
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea is unlikely to finalize any orders for the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter jet until the summer or fall of 2014, after it redoes a complicated acquisition process, according to three sources familiar with th…
Nineteen students sick in China from poisoned yoghurt
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nineteen primary school children in China have been hospitalized after drinking yoghurt said to be laced with rat poison and herbicide, the Xinhua state news said.
Video raises worries of Britons fighting with Syria militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Internet video surfaced this week depicting a masked man in Syria with a working-class British accent, urging British Muslims to travel there and join one of the most radical Islamist rebel militias fighting to oust President …
Putin critic Khodorkovsky in Germany after pardon
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon jailed for a decade after posing a challenge to Vladimir Putin, was freed by a presidential pardon on Friday and immediately flew to Berlin where he hoped to be reunited with his fa…
Indians attack Domino’s as U.S. diplomatic dispute simmers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian protesters ransacked a Domino’s Pizza outlet in a Mumbai suburb on Friday, demanding a ban on U.S. goods, as officials from the two countries tried to defuse a dispute over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.
Mexico’s president signs law to reform energy market, attract investment
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday signed into law a radical reform of the country’s energy market, ending a 75-year oil and gas monopoly in the hope of attracting major investments to increase production.
Czech center-left pushes for deal on cabinet posts
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka made what he called a final offer on Friday to the smallest party in a potential center-left coalition in a push to form a new government by the end of the year.
With cash, Ukraine’s political foes bring fight to Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rival political factions facing each other on the streets of Ukraine have also enlisted heavyweight lobbyists in Washington, some with connections at the highest levels of U.S. government, to promote their causes to American poli…
