Obama says shouldn’t have to talk to Xi, Putin about Snowden
DAKAR (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had not yet spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping or Russian President Vladimir Putin about the U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Indonesia says building criminal cases against 8 firms over fires
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian investigators are building criminal cases against eight Southeast Asian companies they suspect of being responsible for raging fires that have blanketed neighboring Singapore and Malaysia with hazardous smog.
China accuses U.S. of cyber security hypocrisy amid Snowden dispute
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Thursday of “double standards” and hypocrisy in the area of cyber security as tension flared between Beijing and Washington over the flight of fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Kerry resumes tough Israeli-Palestinian peace drive
AMMAN (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry’s drive to revive Middle East peace talks hit familiar warning signals on Thursday as Israel’s prime minister stressed security needs and a Palestinian negotiator denounced Israeli settlement building.
Small anti-government protests rumble on in Turkish capital
ANKARA (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in a residential area of the Turkish capital overnight, setting up barricades and lighting small bonfires.
Bulgaria gets two new deputy PMs in boost for fragile government
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s fragile new government, under pressure from daily protest rallies against graft and organized crime, got a sorely needed boost on Thursday when parliament approved two deputy prime ministers.
Obama starts long awaited Africa tour at slave port
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) – Almost four centuries after Africans started being shipped to North America as slaves, the first U.S. president of African ancestry will on Thursday visit an infamous embarkation point for those destined for lives in chains.
India begins mass cremation of flood victims, many missing
NEW DELHI, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India began the mass cremation of bodies recovered after devastating floods in the country’s northern Himalayan region, government officials said on Thursday, adding that hundreds of people were still m…
Mali coup leader apologizes for ‘mistakes’
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The Malian army captain who led a coup last year that plunged the West African nation into crisis and allowed al Qaeda-linked fighters to seize half the country has apologized to the nation for his actions.
No sign of cyber leaker Snowden on flight to Cuba
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian passenger plane left Moscow for Havana on Thursday without any sign of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden on board, witnesses said.
