U.S. public-relations firm helps Putin make his case to America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In April 2011, then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was asked an unusually flattering question by an American journalist: “Are you the coolest man in politics?”
Venezuela’s president creates council to fight economic ‘sabotage’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro launched a state council on Thursday he said would counter economic “sabotage” by opposition-linked business leaders he accuses of artificially creating product shortages.
Exclusive: U.S. total of Syrian gas deaths could include bomb casualties – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the most precise and dramatic details cited by the Obama administration as proof that Syrian forces used chemical weapons in an August 21 attack was the death toll, which an official U.S. government assessment put at 1,429…
Brazil’s Rousseff targets internet companies after NSA spying
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Angered by reports that the U.S. government spied on her and other Brazilians, President Dilma Rousseff is pushing new legislation that would seek to force Google, Facebook and other internet companies to store locally gathered da…
Brazil’s Rousseff targets internet companies after NSA spying
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Angered by reports that the U.S. government spied on her and other Brazilians, President Dilma Rousseff is pushing new legislation that would seek to force Google, Facebook and other internet companies to store locally gathered da…
Exclusive: U.S. total of Syrian gas deaths could include bomb casualties – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the most precise and dramatic details cited by the Obama administration as proof that Syrian forces used chemical weapons in an August 21 attack was the death toll, which an official U.S. government assessment put at 1,429…
High-stakes U.S.-Russian talks open, Syria to join chemical arms ban
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and Russia began high-stakes talks on Thursday on Moscow’s plan for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons as Damascus formally applied to join a global poison gas ban, but Secretary of State John Ke…
Cairo accuses Gaza’s Hamas of training Egyptian militants
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian state television accused Palestinian Hamas on Thursday of training Egyptian Islamists in how to carry out bombings, putting more pressure on the Muslim Brotherhood, ally of Hamas.
U.N. report may hint at source of Syria chemical weapons attack
UNITED NATIONS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons investigators will not explicitly blame anyone in their forthcoming report on the August 21 poison gas attack in Syria, but diplomats say their factual reporting alone could suggest which side …
U.S. scolds North Korea on Yongbyon nuclear reactor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States scolded North Korea on Thursday over reports indicating the reclusive nation has restarted a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor, emphasizing that such a move would violate U.N. Security Council resolutions.
