Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements – from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government corruption.
Dozens held in Turkey, silent protester goes viral
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspired copycat protests on Tuesday, as police detained dozens of people across Turkey in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent demonstrations against Prime Minister T…
G8 urges Syria peace talks as fighting flares in north
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Differences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday as surging governmen…
Russia’s Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to oust Assad
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin derailed Barack Obama’s efforts to win backing for the downfall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at a G8 summit on Tuesday, warning the West that arms supplied to the rebels could be use…
Quake shakes Peru’s capital of Lima
LIMA (Reuters) – A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Peru’s capital on Tuesday but there were no reported injuries or damage, Reuters witnesses and safety officials said.
China says Ghana’s arrest of its miners will not harm relations
ACCRA (Reuters) – China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken identity
MADRID (Reuters) – A fraud investigation of Spain’s Princess Cristina was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Tax Agency said it had been mistaken in reporting she had been the seller of 1.4 million euros ($1.87 million) worth of properties.
Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions store
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Some 6,000 people were evacuated in Russia’s southwestern Samara region on Tuesday after ammunition explosions shook a military training area, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian court sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of 16-year-old Melissa Bassi, who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside her school in the southern city of Brindisi in May last year.
U.N. says Libya political exclusion law likely violates rights
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A new law in Libya that bans anyone linked to Muammar Gaddafi from government, regardless of their part in toppling the long-time leader, is arbitrary, vague and likely to violate civil and political rights, the United Nation…
