Tunisia says opposition inciting protests
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Islamist prime minister said on Thursday he would not resign over violent protests over economic hardship this week that left over 200 injured, accusing opposition parties of sowing disorder.
U.S. gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States set a March deadline on Thursday for Iran to start cooperating in substance with a U.N. nuclear agency investigation, saying it would otherwise urge reporting the issue to the U.N. Security Council.
North Korea pushing ahead with new nuclear reactor: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea has made further progress in the construction of a new atomic reactor, the U.N. nuclear chief reported on Thursday, a facility that may extend the country’s capacity to produce material for nuclear bombs.
Roadside bomb kills 10 civilians in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 people, most of them women and children, government officials said.
Rio Olympics, World Cup at risk with royalty bill, governor warns
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is under pressure to veto an oil royalty bill that will slash the revenues of Rio de Janeiro state and put the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup in peril, according to the state’s governor.
Merkel warns Britain against European Union exit
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned Britain not to turn its back on Europe ahead of talks in London with Prime Minister David Cameron aimed at overcoming divisions that threaten to block a European Union budget deal …
China’s premier-in-waiting schooled in free thought
BEIJING (Reuters) – Where other top Chinese leaders can only stand around and look awkward in the presence of English-speaking dignitaries, premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang stands out for his casual and disarming command of the language.
China heir apparent Xi raised by elite, steeled by turmoil
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three years ago in Mexico, China’s president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, provided a rare glimpse of a future leader who was born into a revolutionary aristocracy and came of age in the tumult of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution.
China’s leadership challenge in new era: douse "inequality volcano"
YANGCHANG, China (Reuters) – In the mountain village of Yangchang in the backwater province of Guizhou in southwestern China, the roof of the Yang family home is cracked and about to cave in, held upright only by a few rickety tree trunks.
Violence erupts at Greek protest, parliament interrupted
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters who flooded into the main square before parliament on Wednesday in a massive show of anger against lawmakers due to narrowly pass an austerity package.
