Russia tells Belarus that arrest of Uralkali head unacceptable
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told his Belarussian counterpart on Thursday that the arrest of the head of Russian potash maker Uralkali, which sparked a row between Moscow and Minsk, was not acceptable.
China says Manila stirring up trouble on disputed shoal
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the Philippines on Thursday of deliberately stirring up trouble over a chain of disputed reefs and rocks in the South China Sea, saying Manila was “creating trouble out of nothing” over an intrinsically Chinese territo…
Blast near Egypt interior minister’s home wounds four: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A blast near the home of the Egyptian interior minister in Cairo’s Nasr City district injured at least four people, but the minister was not nearby at the time, three security sources told Reuters.
China’s grinning and corrupt ‘watch brother’ gets time
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese provincial official was jailed for 14 years on Thursday for corruption after pictures of him grinning at the scene of an accident and wearing expensive watches went viral online, earning him the nickname “watch brother”.
Jailed Emiratis on hunger strike for alleged mistreatment: activist
DUBAI (Reuters) – Eighteen jailed United Arab Emirates nationals are on hunger strike in protest at what they say is ill-treatment following their conviction of plotting to overthrow the government, an activist said on Thursday.
China says Syria strike would hurt world economy
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls for a political solution to the civil war.
Australia opposition plans to cut aid, public sector jobs
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s conservative opposition, widely expected to win Saturday’s election, said on Thursday it plans to cut spending on foreign aid and axe public sector jobs to help pay for new roads, a parental leave scheme and the removal o…
U.S. stimulus withdrawal to have global impact: China
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The withdrawal of U.S. monetary stimulus will have a significant global effect, China said on Thursday, putting the ‘taper’ of quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve at the center of the economy debate at a Group of 20 summi…
China’s ex-security chief helping probe, not target: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, one of the country’s most powerful politicians of the last decade, is helping authorities in a corruption probe and, contrary to media reports, is not currently the target of the…
Analysis: Mexico’s president lines up reform blitz, legacy at stake
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Enrique Pena Nieto has only been in charge nine months, but the success of his presidency depends largely on how he steers divisive economic reforms through Congress with the opposition by the end of this year.
