Japan’s newest rocket fails to lift off
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s first new rocket in 12 years failed to lift off on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to hopes that Japan may be able to take a larger share of the growing, multi-billion dollar satellite launch industry.
Russia regrets U.S. postponement of Hague meeting on Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it regretted a decision by Washington to postpone talks on an international peace conference for Syria, underlining growing diplomatic tensions over the civil war.
India’s ruling party president Sonia Gandhi returns from hospital
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, the president of India’s ruling Congress party who is widely seen as the country’s most powerful politician, was back home from hospital on Tuesday after she took ill during a marathon parliament debate, officials sa…
Australia’s Rudd revives plan to move the navy north
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd revived a plan to move Australia’s navy north and out of its eastern base in Sydney Harbour on Tuesday, just three months after a major review of defense strategy ruled out the shift.
China’s antitrust probes not just aimed at foreign firms: official media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A series of antitrust investigations by Chinese regulators are part of efforts to toughen enforcement of a 2008 anti-monopoly law and are not just directed at foreign firms, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday.
New Mexico’s largest county to allow gay marriage after court ruling
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – Same-sex marriages are now legal in New Mexico’s most populous county and the city of Albuquerque, a court ruled on Monday, adding to recent victories for gays and lesbians seeking the right to wed statewide.
Argentina offers bond swap to skirt U.S. court rulings
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is proposing a voluntary bond swap on its foreign debt, shifting payments to Buenos Aires, if it cannot overturn U.S. court rulings that threaten to trigger its second debt crisis in just over a decade.
Brazilian foreign minister resigns, heads to U.N.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota resigned on Monday after one of his diplomats acknowledged that he had helped a Bolivian senator, who had been accused of corruption, cross the border into Brazil.
Obama talks Syria with Australia’s Rudd; Rice meets Israelis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday about possible international responses to the Syrian crisis while his national security adviser discussed Syria and security with Israeli officials,…
U.S. points finger at Assad over Syria gas attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry laid the groundwork on Monday for possible military action against the Syrian government over a chemical weapons attack, implicating President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a “moral obscenity.”
