Brazil demands explanation from Canada over spying report
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff demanded on Monday that Canada explain a media report that said it spied on Brazil’s Mines and Energy Ministry, and she called on the United States and its allies to stop spying over the Internet….
Venezuelan sports official detained in Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian customs officials said on Monday they had detained a Venezuelan, whose embassy said he worked for the sports ministry, carrying 407,000 euros in undeclared cash through a Sofia airport.
Explosions across Baghdad kill at least 38 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 38 people, police said, as suspected Sunni Islamist militants pursued a campaign to provoke intercommunal conflict.
Former Greek minister found guilty of money laundering
ATHENS (Reuters) – A former Greek minister already in jail for tax fraud was given another 20 years in prison for money laundering on Monday, court officials said, in a case that has come to symbolize the graft that has plagued the crisis-hit country.
Argentina’s Fernandez to undergo surgery for brain hematoma
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will undergo surgery on Tuesday relating to a subdural hematoma, or blood on the brain, her doctors said on Monday.
Canada PM to miss Commonwealth summit, cites Sri Lanka rights
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Monday he would not attend a November summit of the Commonwealth in Sri Lanka because of what he called human rights abuses on the island.
Sarkozy future boosted as French party funding case dropped
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) – French magistrates abandoned a long-running party funding investigation against former president Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, buoying his chances of a political comeback in 2017.
French far-right pulls ahead in local election
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front (FN) knocked out left-wing rivals and won twice as many votes as the center-right UMP in the first round of a local election in southern France, a sign of growing popularity for the anti-immigrant par…
Exclusive: India to stick with austerity despite looming election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country’s finance minister said on Monday, underlining that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an electio…
Chile presidential favorite Bachelet vows tax reform in first 100 days
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean presidential front-runner Michelle Bachelet promised on Monday to tackle tax reform within the first 100 days of taking office, aiming to increase corporate taxes to pay for an education overhaul.
