Putin says Snowden can feel safe in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin described the former U.S. intelligence contractor sought by Washington on espionage charges as a “strange guy” but said he could rest easy that he would not be handed over to U.S. authorities.
Putin presses US Congress over Syria, says Kerry lied
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress had no right to approve the use of force against Syria without a decision from the U.N. Security Council, and that doing so would be an “act of aggression”.
Berlusconi ups pressure as Senate decision on expulsion nears
ROME (Reuters) – Allies of Silvio Berlusconi stepped up pressure on the shaky coalition government of Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday, threatening to bring it down if the Senate votes to expel the former premier following his convictio…
Insight: West struggles to cope with online recruitment for Syria jihad
PARIS (Reuters) – “I am French,” explains the young man in the YouTube video carrying a Kalashnikov and wearing a kufiya cotton headdress as he sits in front of a waving black-and-white flag of al Qaeda.
“Don’t knows” may have it in 2014 Scottish independence vote
LONDON (Reuters) – With a year until Scotland’s referendum on independence, enough voters are “don’t knows” to swing the vote and only one in four are certain to vote for separating from Britain, according to an opinion poll on Wednesday.
South African gold miners’ union offers some compromise as strike bites
WESTONARIA, South Africa (Reuters) – A strike for higher pay hit production at most of South Africa’s gold mines on Wednesday, but the main union behind the stoppage said it was willing to relax some of its demands .
South African gold miners’ union offers some compromise as strike bites
WESTONARIA, South Africa (Reuters) – A strike for higher pay hit production at most of South Africa’s gold mines on Wednesday, but the main union behind the stoppage said it was willing to relax some of its demands .
Indian lawmakers pass pension overhaul, foreign investors wary
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s lower house of parliament approved changes aimed at luring foreign asset managers to run retirement funds, a small victory in government efforts to rescue the economy before elections next year.
Obama says Syria puts international community’s credibility on line
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the credibility of the U.S. Congress was on the line in the need to uphold a ban on chemical weapons and to respond to Syria’s chemical weapons attack.
British Labour leader suffers funding setback before 2015 election
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband suffered a double blow on Wednesday when one of his party’s biggest donors slashed its funding and an opinion poll exposed serious doubts over his authority.
