Argentine president faces election test
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Cristina Fernandez faces a mid-term primary election test on Sunday that will show whether she has enough popular support to push for a constitutional change allowing her to run for a third term in 2015.
Netanyahu surgery successful, will need rest: doctor
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful hernia surgery on Sunday, but will require several days’ rest to make a full recovery, aides and doctors said.
Analysis: Nigeria backlash against Boko Haram spurs risky vigilante war
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Nigerian ironworker Ba Kaka initially felt sympathy for Boko Haram’s violent uprising against a state he and many others saw as corrupt, un-Islamic and kowtowing to Western ideology.
South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has warned of serious power shortages this week amid an expected rise in summer temperatures and as the resources-starved country struggles to keep up with demand after six nuclear plants have gone off-line.
South Korea warns of power shortages amid nuclear shut downs
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has warned of serious power shortages this week amid an expected rise in summer temperatures and as the resources-starved country struggles to keep up with demand after six nuclear plants have gone off-line.
Some Egypt businesses thrive in crush of economic downturn
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s smaller companies have struggled since the uprising that pushed aside Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But in a few corners of the economy, businesses are doing just fine.
Some Egypt businesses thrive in crush of economic downturn
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s smaller companies have struggled since the uprising that pushed aside Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But in a few corners of the economy, businesses are doing just fine.
Bahrain says deports U.S. teacher for writing articles on radical websites
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Bahrain has deported a U.S. nursery school teacher it says wrote articles on social media sites linked to radical groups and for violating the terms of her work permit as the kingdom intensifies its crackdown on dissent.
New Zealand’s Fonterra pulls ‘DCD’ milk powder in Sri Lanka, disputes test
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Ltd said on Sunday it had withdrawn milk powder under orders from the Sri Lankan authorities for showing traces of the toxic agricultural chemical dicyandiamide (DCD), although …
China arrests activist on subversion charge as crackdown deepens
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has arrested an activist on a charge of subversion, his brother and a rights group said on Sunday, the second such arrest in less than two months and the latest sign that the authorities are hardening their stance toward disse…
