Danish PM launches reshuffle to try to stem falling support
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced a government reshuffle on Friday to try to stem falling support for the ruling coalition over cuts to the country’s generous welfare system.
U.S. drone kills three more Qaeda suspects in Yemen, strikes intensify
SANAA (Reuters) – A U.S. drone killed three suspected al Qaeda militants in east Yemen, a local official said, the third strike within 24 hours as Washington intensifies efforts to eradicate al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch after recent warnings of possible at…
In North Asia, a growing crisis of confidence in nuclear power
TAIPEI/TOKYO (Reuters) – A nuclear power plant in Taiwan may have been leaking radioactive water for three years, the government has said, adding to a growing crisis of confidence in North Asia about nuclear safety.
Gunmen abduct two Turkish Airlines staff in Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Turkish Airlines pilot and his colleague were abducted in Lebanon on Friday by armed men who forced them from a bus driving from Beirut airport in the early hours of the morning.
Ex-top official says China’s Xi not serious in tackling graft
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping is not serious about fighting corruption and is more intent on maintaining his position than curing the country’s “sickness”, the most senior official jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests said …
In rural Homs, Sunni Syrians fear army offensive
(This story was reported by a visiting journalist whose name has been withheld for security reasons)
Plane that crashed-landed in Mogadishu was Ethiopian: sources
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A military plane that crash-landed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday belonged to Ethiopia and was carrying ammunition, two security sources said.
Taiwan says nuclear plant may have leaked toxic water
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A nuclear power plant in Taiwan may have been leaking radioactive water for three years, according to a report published by the government’s watchdog, adding to uncertainty over the fate of a new fourth nuclear power plant.
Prosecutors unlikely to indict ex-Japan PM over Fukushima: media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors are unlikely to indict former prime minister Naoto Kan, utility executives or regulators over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, rejecting complaints filed over the world’s worst atomic disaster …
U.S. and Russia seek to keep working ties despite Snowden, summit fuss
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will seek to maintain a working relationship when they meet in Washington on Friday, even though the political mood between their countries has hit one of its lowest points since the end of the Cold War…
