Bachelet set for big win in Chile’s two-woman poll showdown
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Former President Michelle Bachelet is virtually guaranteed to win Chile’s election runoff on Sunday and the center-left leader is gunning for a landslide triumph to bolster her reform mandate.
China detains 1,300 people suspected of making, selling fake drugs: media
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have rounded up more than 1,300 suspects nationwide for producing and selling fake medicine as part of an intensified government crackdown, state media reported.
China condemns Abe for criticizing air defense zone
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has condemned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for “maliciously slandering” its air defense zone in an escalating war of words between the neighbors.
Venezuela suspends Air France flight after bomb warning
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities took passengers off an Air France flight that was due to depart to Paris on Saturday after French officials warned of a possible bomb threat, Venezuela’s interior minister said.
Analysis: Japan PM to push security agenda next year with fresh urgency
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely push with fresh urgency next year a bid to ease legal limits on the Japanese military’s ability to fight shoulder to shoulder with allies overseas, a goal that eluded him in his first troubled ter…
U.S., Britain have not helped Syrian rebels enough, Saudi prince says
MONACO (Reuters) – Opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad have been at an impossible disadvantage since the start of the Syrian conflict because the United States and Britain refused to help them, an influential Saudi Arabian prince said on Satu…
Senator McCain meets Ukrainian protest leaders amid rival rallies
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
Suspected grenade attack on Kenyan bus kills four: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A suspected grenade attack on a minibus in Kenya’s capital on Saturday killed at least four people near a Somali-dominated area of the city, police said, an incident that mirrors explosions last year that were blamed on Somali milit…
Tunisian parties agree on new premier to lead until elections
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s ruling Islamists and opposition parties agreed on Saturday to name the country’s current industry minister as prime minister of a caretaker technocrat cabinet to govern until elections next year.
France says “pessimistic” on Syria, has doubts about peace talks
MONACO (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Saturday he was “pessimistic” about the situation in Syria and had great doubts about the success of a proposed peace conference to be held in Switzerland next month.
