G20 to say economy recovering, crisis not yet overcome
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The Group of 20 will say in its summit communique that the global economy is improving but it is too early to declare an end to crisis, a Russian official involved in its drafting told Reuters on Friday.
Belarusian court leaves Russian potash firm’s CEO under arrest
MINSK (Reuters) – A district court in Minsk decided to leave the chief executive of Russian potash producer Uralkali in detention on Friday, resisting pressure from Russia to release him after his arrest last month after the break-up of a local joint v…
Russia sends another navy ship towards Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending the naval landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov to the eastern Mediterranean, state news agency Interfax said on Friday, reinforcing its presence near Syria.
At G20, Europe finds some space to breathe on economy
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – For the first time in at least three years, European leaders have found themselves out of the economic firing line at a Group of 20 summit, with emerging nations’ troubles taking the spotlight.
Obama says he has high confidence of Syrian chemical weapons use
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told G20 leaders the United States has high confidence that Syrian forces used chemical weapons and underlined the need to uphold an international ban on the use of such weapons, a senior White …
EU’s Ashton to discuss atom talks with Iran at U.N. meeting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of a U.N. meeting this month to discuss stalled nuclear negotiations, Ashton’s spokesman said on Friday…
Japan’s Abe shakes hands with China’s Xi at G20
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and exchanged words on Thursday on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the Japanese government said, in an unexpected show of cordiality.
Mafia hurt by asset seizures but still too strong to beat
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Syringes litter the floor of an abandoned school in the crime-plagued Scampia district of northern Naples, alongside tin foil used for crack cocaine, a filthy mattress and piles of clothing.
South Korea bans more Japan fishery products from near Fukushima on eve of Olympic decision
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korea banned all fishery imports from a swath of Japan around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday, dealing another blow to Tokyo’s credibility on the eve of the capital’s bid to host the Olympics.
China urges U.N. role on Syria after U.S. says gives up
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry urged a role for the U.N. Security Council in resolving the crisis in Syria on Friday after the United States said it had given up trying to work with the council on Syria, accusing Russia of holding it host…
