Tunisia’s Islamists resist proposal to step down
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s ruling Islamists rejected on Monday a proposal under which they would step down pending elections, a decision likely to deepen confrontation with secular opponents demanding their immediate resignation.
Britain’s Labour plans increase in bank taxes to fund welfare
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour party said on Monday it would increase taxes on banks’ balance sheets and introduce a levy on bankers’ bonuses to pay for spending on childcare and job guarantees if it won the 2015 election.
Challenges in Europe await Merkel after resounding victory
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – Once Angela Merkel has savored her third and biggest general election victory, the small issue of Europe awaits.
Prominent Cuban dissident economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe dead at 72
HAVANA (Reuters) – Oscar Manuel Espinosa Chepe, the dissident Cuban economist whose work was censored by the government, died in Spain on Monday at age 72 after battling chronic liver disease and cancer, his wife announced on Facebook.
German SPD chief says open to talks on coalition with Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – The chairman of Germany’s opposition Social Democrats (SPD) said on Monday his party was open to talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on a coalition after Sunday’s election but the party would not automatically agree t…
Angry Bangladesh garment workers protest over pay, factories shut
DHAKA (Reuters) – More than 100 Bangladeshi garment factories were forced to shut on Monday as thousands of workers protested to demand a $100 a month minimum wage and about 50 people were injured in clashes, police and witnesses said.
Egypt court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from carrying out any activities in the country and ordered the seizure of the group’s funds, widening a campaign to debilitate the Islamist movement of deposed President Moham…
Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai appeals life sentence: source
BEIJING (Reuters) – Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai has appealed his life sentence, a source with direct knowledge of the case said.
Kenya says mall gunmen came from several nations
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Gunmen involved in an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall came from several countries, a senior Kenyan security official said on Monday, without revealing what those nations were.
Syria’s Assad criticises U.S. threat of strikes: China TV
BEIJING (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad criticised the United States for threatening to attack Syria over its chemical weapons program, saying it was finding “excuses for war”, China’s state television said on Monday.
