Syria opposition denies Russian chemical attack allegation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The opposition Syrian National Coalition on Wednesday denied a Russian charge that rebel fighters fired a projectile laden with the nerve agent sarin at a suburb of Aleppo in March, saying U.N. inspectors should be allowed to…
Mexican president says possible U.S. spying ‘totally unacceptable’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Wednesday that if allegations were proven that the United States had spied on its southern neighbor, it would be “totally unacceptable.”
Deadly Quebec train crash to be fertile ground for lawsuits
OTTAWA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As investigators try to piece together how a parked oil freight train broke free and demolished the heart of a small Quebec town last weekend, a barrage of litigation could soon be hitting everyone from the U.S. rail company…
Insight: Quebec train set too few brakes, with deadly result
(Reuters) – The handbrake is the railroad industry’s ultimate fail-safe mechanism. It is supposed to help avert disasters like the one that engulfed a Canadian town on Saturday, when a runaway train loaded with oil hurtled downhill, derailed and explod…
U.S.-China talks cover cyber issues, currency, Chinese reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials appealed to China’s self-interest on Wednesday with calls for deeper economic reforms including changes to the exchange rate policy and a halt to cyber theft of trade secrets – actions they said would benefit both …
Portugal president wants ‘salvation’ deal, including opposition
LISBON (Reuters) – President Anibal Cavaco Silva proposed an urgent cross-party agreement between the ruling coalition and opposition Socialists on Wednesday to ensure Portugal can complete adjustments under a bailout by June 2014 before holding early …
U.S.-China talks cover cyber issues, currency, Chinese reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials appealed to China’s self-interest on Wednesday with calls for deeper economic reforms including changes to the exchange rate policy and a halt to cyber theft of trade secrets – actions they said would benefit both …
U.S.-China relationship like a (straight) marriage -China’s Wang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The relationship between the United States and China is like a marriage, with both parties building trust and cooperation, a visiting Chinese official said on Wednesday.
Senior lawmakers push Obama over Guantanamo force-feeding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Senate Democrats pushed President Barack Obama to cut back on force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base on Wednesday, two days after a judge ruled that only the president had the power to stop the procedu…
Greek labor unions to strike over public-sector job cuts
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek workers will walk off the job in a 24-hour general strike next week, unions said on Wednesday, in the first major protest against the government’s latest plan to cut thousands of public-sector jobs to please international lende…
