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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Ltd said on Sunday it had withdrawn milk powder under orders from the Sri Lankan authorities for showing traces of the toxic agricultural chemical dicyandiamide (DCD), although …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…
Twitter counters the “Sun King” Murdoch in heated Aussie election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is battling not only jaded voters in a bitter election race, but the rancor of Rupert Murdoch, whose newspapers have depicted Rudd as everything from a Nazi colonel to a thief stealing the nation…
Assad sends air force to prevent rebel advances in home province
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed a village in Syria’s north overnight in an apparent effort by President Bashar al-Assad to prevent rebels fighting him from advancing on communities in the stronghold region of his Alawite sect.
Israeli troops kill unarmed Palestinian on Gaza border
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed a Palestinian who crossed in from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, fearing he was a security threat though he proved to be unarmed, military sources said.
Israel’s Netanyahu to undergo surgery, peace talks on track
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a hernia operation, his office said late on Saturday, a procedure that appeared unlikely to disrupt plans to advance peace talks with the Palestinians next week.
Brazilian president’s approval up slightly after protest slump
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s approval rating gained six percentage points since hitting an all-time low in late June after massive nationwide protests, a poll published on Saturday showed.
Clock ticks as Colombian peace talks drag on
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels wound up a 12th round of peace talks on Saturday but apparently made little progress despite pressure from the country’s president who has staked his legacy on a successful outcome bef…
Drone strike kills two in southern Yemen: officials and residents
ADEN (Reuters) – Local officials and residents in Yemen’s southern Lahj Province said a drone destroyed a vehicle travelling on a mountain road late on Saturday evening killing its two occupants and bringing to 15 the death toll from four strikes in th…
U.S. presses Sri Lanka to investigate army’s killing of protesters
COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United States urged Sri Lanka on Saturday to investigate the recent killing by soldiers of unarmed protesters who were demanding clean drinking water.
