South Korea finds faked parts in two more nuclear plants
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean nuclear inspectors have identified two more nuclear power plants that used parts with forged test certificates, YTN television reported on Wednesday, raising the prospect of more plant closures.
Obama to press China’s Xi to act against cyber spying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will tell Chinese President Xi Jinping at a California summit this week that Washington considers Beijing responsible for any cyber attacks launched from Chinese soil and must take action to curb high-tech …
U.N. envoys on a red London bus in New York? Too risky police say
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council has traveled to conflict zones all over the world, but a plan to drive the 15 ambassadors through the streets of New York in a red double-decker bus was deemed too risky, Britain’s U.N. envoy and pol…
Chinese President Xi Jinping
(Reuters) – China’s new president, Xi Jinping, is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama this week at a private estate in Rancho Mirage, California.
Brazil tries to defuse conflicts with Indians over land, dams
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Lawmakers from the Brazilian farm state of Mato Grosso do Sul asked President Dilma Rousseff’s government on Tuesday to send troops to end land invasions by Indians claiming their ancestral territory.
France says tests prove Syria used nerve gas; U.S. sends Patriots to Jordan
AMMAN (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it had performed tests that proved President Bashar al-Assad’s forces had used nerve gas in Syria’s civil war, a “red line” that the United States and other countries have repeatedly said would demand a response…
Egypt convicts 43, including Americans, in NGO case
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court convicted 43 Americans, Europeans, Egyptians and other Arabs on Tuesday in a case against democracy promotion groups that plunged U.S.-Egyptian ties into their worst crisis in decades.
Turkish deputy PM seeks to calm anti-government protests
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s deputy prime minister apologized on Tuesday for “excessive violence” by police in an effort to defuse days of unrest, comments which contrasted sharply with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s defiant dismissal of the p…
Egyptian blogger faces new charges, kept in jail – state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – A prominent Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting Islamist president Mohamed Mursi is facing fresh charges of inciting violence, judicial sources said on Tuesday, in a case that has triggered accusations of a crackdown on dissent.
Analysis: Glimmer of hope for cash-starved Pakistan economy as Sharif takes over
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s economy is in its worst shape in nearly a decade and yet there is a sense of hope that the incoming government not only seems to know what is needed to fix it but, for once, may also have enough determination and clout …
