Hong Kong legal battle looms for NSA contractor
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A potential extradition tussle in Hong Kong over an American who has exposed the U.S. government’s top-secret surveillance programs could prove to be a test case for civil liberties in the financial hub controlled by China.
Hong Kong legal battle looms for NSA contractor
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A potential extradition tussle in Hong Kong over an American who has exposed the U.S. government’s top-secret surveillance programs could prove to be a test case for civil liberties in the financial hub controlled by China.
Strike hits French airports
PARIS (Reuters) – French air traffic controllers walked off the job at the start of a three-day strike on Tuesday, grounding hundreds of flights across the country in a protest against plans to liberalize civil airspace.
China’s latest ‘sacred’ manned space mission blasts off
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese manned spacecraft blasted off with three astronauts on board on Tuesday on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab in the latest step towards the development of a space station.
China’s latest ‘sacred’ manned space mission blasts off
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese manned spacecraft blasted off with three astronauts on board on Tuesday on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab in the latest step towards the development of a space station.
U.N. talks to Germany about resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday.
U.N. talks to Germany about resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency is talking to Germany about resettling up to 10,000 Syrian refugees, UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Tuesday.
Nearly 300 Cambodian garment makers fired over strikes
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Nearly 300 Cambodian garment workers who produce clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike have been dismissed for taking part in strikes seeking higher pay that turned violent, according to their union and dismissal notices.
French prosecutor urges dropping Strauss-Kahn sex charge
PARIS (Reuters) – A French public prosecutor recommended on Tuesday closing an investigation into alleged sex offences in which former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn risks trial on a charge of “aggravated pimping”.
Iranian reformist Aref drops out of presidential race
DUBAI (Reuters) – Reformist former Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref has withdrawn from Iran’s June 14 presidential election, he said in a statement carried by the ISNA news agency on Tuesday.
