Maker of faulty French breast implants given four years in jail
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – The founder of a French breast implant company was sentenced to four years in prison by a Marseille criminal court on Tuesday for hiding the true nature of the sub-standard silicone used in implants sold to 300,000 women around th…
Dutch couple held hostage released in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – A Dutch couple held hostage in Yemen since June have been released in good health, the Yemeni and Dutch governments said on Tuesday.
Mexican lawmakers send energy reform bill to Senate floor
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday moved a step closer to passing reforms to open up the country’s oil industry to private investment, sending a draft bill to the floor of the upper chamber to speed up the approval process.
Insight: Sweden rethinks pioneering school reforms, private equity under fire
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – When one of the biggest private education firms in Sweden went bankrupt earlier this year, it left 11,000 students in the lurch and made Stockholm rethink its pioneering market reform of the state schools system.
North Korea’s “reign of terror” worries South’s leader
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is engaged in a purge amounting to a “reign of terror” that has claimed the scalp of the country’s second most powerful man and risks further damaging relations with the South, President Park Geun-hye said on Tuesday.
Rare Singapore riot forces soul searching over foreign workers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s first major riot in four decades is forcing the wealthy island to confront a stubborn but vexing question: how to treat low-paid foreign workers whose muscle underpins much of the economy but whose presence increasingl…
China says U.S. has no right to comment on fate of activists
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday rebuffed an expression of concern by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the fate of two prominent Chinese dissidents, saying only the Chinese people had the right to talk about the country’s human rights.
Chinese hackers spied on Europeans before G20 meeting: researcher
BOSTON (Reuters) – Chinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September’s G20 Summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye Inc
Pakistan, Iran agree to speed up gas pipeline project
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan announced on Tuesday it had agreed with Iran to speed implementation of a much-delayed gas pipeline project designed to link Iran’s giant South Pars gas field with consumers in South Asia.
U.S. Korean War veteran released by North says made ‘confession’ under duress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An elderly U.S. Korean War veteran released from detention in North Korea said on Monday a videotaped “confession” he made was given under duress and that he believed he may have been held in a misunderstanding over his interest…
