Greek budget sees end to six-year recession next year
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will emerge from six years of recession next year, a draft budget forecast on Monday, signaling the country is past the worst of a crippling debt crisis that nearly broke Europe’s single currency.
China’s Xi sees ‘long and tortuous’ world economic recovery
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday he expected a “long and tortuous process” of world economic recovery, while China’s economic growth rate of about 7 percent was “within a reasonable and expected range”.
Canadians freed in Egypt still face travel ban
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two Canadians freed at the weekend after being held in Egypt for more than six weeks without charge are still barred from flying home, their lawyer said on Monday.
Suspected Islamist fighters attack northern Mali city
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants hit the northern Malian city of Gao with artillery fire on Monday, in the first attack on the insurgents’ former stronghold in months, city residents, military and local government officials said.
French far-right pulls ahead in local election
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front knocked out left-wing rivals and won twice as many votes as the center-right UMP party in the first round of a local election in southern France, a sign of growing popularity for the anti-immigrant gr…
Analysis: Chaotic oil power Libya far from partition
TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) – Deep in Libya’s southern Sahara, tribal sheikhs crowded into a Bedouin tent last month to declare their remote province bordering Algeria would break away from the government in far-off Tripoli.
Viktor, Yulia feud holds key to EU deal with Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – It’s a vicious feud that has poisoned Ukrainian politics for a decade.
U.N. sees 4 million more Syrians fleeing homes or country in 2014
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations expects another 2 million Syrians to become refugees in 2014 and 2.25 million more to be displaced within the country, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday.
Gunmen kill five Egyptian soldiers near Suez Canal, two people die in blast
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five Egyptian soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on Monday, security sources said, in a series of attacks that highlight growing insecurity since the army ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Putin says he agrees with Obama’s decision to cancel Asia trip
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he understood U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to cancel his trip to Asia and would have done the same if faced with the same domestic challenges.
