Quake jolts southern Japan, felt in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted southern Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said, with the tremor shaking buildings in the capital, Tokyo.
Mexico tax overhaul to shield poor from food, medicine hikes: lawmakers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government is poised to break a taboo and tax some foods and medicine under an tax overhaul proposal but will take measures that shield the country’s poorest, ruling party lawmakers said on Tuesday.
Pro-Israel groups publicly back U.S. action in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three influential pro-Israel groups urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to authorize President Barack Obama to launch an attack on Syria, signaling a stepped-up lobbying effort for American military action.
U.S. public opposes Syria intervention as Obama presses Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has failed so far to convince most Americans that the United States should launch a limited military strike against Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government, a Reute…
Kerry opens door to ‘boots on ground’ in Syria, then slams it shut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry briefly opened the door on Tuesday to authorizing U.S. ground troops in Syria, but quickly slammed it shut and told Congress that any resolution approving military force would prohibit “boots on the …
Egypt’s president says road map on track as Islamists protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, said on Tuesday that a plan for a return to civilian government after the army’s removal of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi was on track despite “challenges” and that emergency law should be l…
Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspected use of chemical weapons…
Romanians continue protest against gold mine
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Roughly 1,000 people gathered in Romania’s capital late on Tuesday for a third day of protests against plans to start an open-cast gold mine in the small Carpathian town of Rosia Montana.
Suriname leader says son’s arrest timed to shame him
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – Suriname’s president said on Tuesday the arrest of his son in Panama on charges of smuggling cocaine into the United States was timed to embarrass him as he hosted a regional summit.
Car bombs across Iraqi capital kill nearly 60 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people in predominantly Shi’ite districts, police and medics said.
