Beijing workers hold U.S. executive captive at factory over pay
BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. executive held captive by workers in his Beijing factory since Friday said the dispute that has kept him behind the plant’s barred windows was a misunderstanding over pay.
Uganda’s leading opposition figure released, protests planned
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Police have freed Uganda’s leading opposition figure without charge one day after alleging he threatened national stability, his party said on Wednesday, as his supporters prepared for protests over high prices.
Putin rules out handing Snowden over to United States
MOSCOW/NAANTALI, Finland (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Tuesday a former U.S. spy agency contractor sought by the United States was in the transit area of a Moscow airport but ruled out handing him to Washington, dismissing U…
Qatar to change PM under new emir: Jazeera
DOHA (Reuters) – Al Jazeera television said on Wednesday that Qatar’s prime minister, a driving force behind the country’s rise to global prominence, would be replaced in a cabinet reshuffle following the accession of a new emir in the U.S.-allied Gulf…
Scalpel in hand, Chinese Premier Li stirs reform hopes
BEIJING (Reuters) – Investors getting stung by China’s worst financial market rout in years should find solace in the fact that the government, in particular Premier Li Keqiang, is willing to play hardball to force through much-needed policy change.
Political will and big spending put Austrians to work
VIENNA (Reuters) – Sebastian Liedl is 17, and in half a year will be a fully qualified employee at the Austrian steel group Voestalpine, where he can look forward to a starting monthly wage of about 2,000 euros ($2,600).
As floodwaters rose, Calgary mayor made his mark
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – By last Friday morning in Canada’s oil capital, the scope of the disaster facing Calgary was becoming clear, and the reputation of the city’s first-term mayor was rising along with the floodwaters.
Unrest leaves 27 dead in China’s troubled Xinjiang: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building on Wednesday in China’s restive far western Xinjiang region, leaving 27 dead in clashes with police, the government news agency Xinhua said.
Mexico rescues 52 migrants kidnapped near U.S. border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces on Tuesday rescued 52 kidnapped migrants, mostly Guatemalans, who were being held in a house in the violent state of Tamaulipas near the U.S. border.
Analysis: Brazil riots raise questions over sporting mega-events
BERNE (Reuters) – Brazilian anger against the cost of staging the World Cup could undermine the argument that host countries benefit from sporting mega-events as they become too big for most countries to handle.
