Germany’s Greens fall to four-year low as vote nears
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for the German Greens has slumped to its lowest in four years just over two weeks before a federal election, with voters put off by the party’s plans to increase taxes on the rich and its attempt to persuade people to eat les…
BRICS urge G20 efforts to boost global recovery
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The BRICS group of emerging economies called on Thursday on the Group of 20 to boost global demand and ensure that any changes in monetary policy are well flagged to minimize any disruptive “spillovers” that may resul…
Thai rubber farmers, police clash as crisis deepens
PHUNPIN, Thailand (Reuters) – Rubber farmers in southern Thailand clashed with police and threatened to shut down city halls in 14 southern provinces on Thursday after the government rejected their demands for price rises, deepening a crisis that is te…
Regulator raps Fukushima operator over ‘unreliable’ data
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, is still putting out questionable data on radiation leaks, causing confusion and a heightened sense of crisis, Japan’s nuclear regulator said.
West to hold back from targeting Iran at U.N. nuclear meeting
VIENNA (Reuters) – World powers will refrain from raising pressure on Iran at a U.N. nuclear meeting next week to give its new moderate president time to show he is serious about moves to reduce tensions over its atomic activity, Western diplomats say….
South Africa’s AMCU union says seven members ‘attacked’ at strike-hit mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said seven of its members had been attacked at Sibanye’s Beatrix mine on Thursday, marking the first reported violence in a gold sector strike that started…
Muslim Brotherhood leader condemns attack on minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag condemned an assassination attempt on Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday.
Car bomb used in Cairo attack, driver killed- Al-Ahram newspaper
CAIRO (Reuters) – The driver of a car used in an attempt to blow up Egypt’s interior minister died during the attack on Thursday, a senior security official told the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper.
ICC says cases against Kenyan President, Deputy will go ahead
AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s cases against Kenya’s president and deputy will go ahead, the prosecutor said on Thursday in a statement released hours before the Kenyan parliament votes on withdrawing from the court’s …
Malawi to feed poor with cash from selling president’s jet
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi plans to use the $15 million it gained from selling its presidential jet to feed the more than 1 million people suffering chronic food shortages, the Treasury said on Thursday.
