World

OSLO, (Reuters) – Fifteen years ago, fears about man-made climate change were enough to bind most of the industrialised world into a treaty that was flawed but at least seemed to cement the principle that greenhouse gases must be cut.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia is considering withdrawing from a treaty that forces the country to comply with an international court ruling that grants Nicaragua jurisdiction over Caribbean waters near a Colombian archipelago, the government said yesterday.

Joint op-ed by: Michael Spindelegger, Vice-Chancellor & Foreign Minister of the Republic of Austria Alison Bethel McKenzie, Executive Director, The International Press Institute (IPI) Well over 100 journalists have been killed so far this year – the highest number since the International Press Institute (IPI) began keeping count of journalists’ deaths in 1997.

(Reuters) – A high-speed pileup of up to 150 vehicles on a fog-bound Texas interstate highway killed at least two people yesterday and injured up to 100, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

GAZA/JERUSALEM – A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday with scenes of joy among the ruins in Gaza over what Palestinians hailed as a victory, and both sides saying their fingers were still on the trigger.

PHNOM PENH/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – When U.S. President Barack Obama and more than a dozen leaders arrived in Cambodia for a regional summit meeting this week, only one of them was feted with banners strung from the venue gates.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, broke her silence yesterday and defended her remarks on a September attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India secretly hanged the lone survivor of the Pakistan-based militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people, sparking celebrations days before the fourth anniversary of the assault on the financial capital.

CAIRO/GAZA,  (Reuters) – A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers took hold yesterday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last.

SAKE/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – R ebel forces in eastern Congo vowed yesterday  to “liberate” all of the vast central African country as they began seizing towns near the Rwandan border and spoke of a 1,000-mile march to the capital Kinshasa.

Friends and family remembered actor Sherman Hemsley today at his funeral service in West Texas by showing video clips of his best known role as George Jefferson on the TV sitcom “The Jeffersons.”

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – She won Oscar gold for her uncanny performance as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, but Helen Mirren’s latest portrayal finds her as the power behind the throne — or, more precisely, the director’s chair.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Archbishop of Canterbury accused his Church of England of being wilfully blind to the attitudes of modern British society yesterday after it voted ‘no’ to women bishops, a triumph for its traditionalist minority.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British researchers have come up with a new body scanning device that gives accurate measurements and could boost online clothes shopping.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Retired leaders in China’s Communist Party used a last-minute straw poll to block two pro-reform candidates from joining the policymaking standing committee, including one who had alienated party elders, sources with ties to the leadership said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Church of England voted yesterday against allowing women bishops after it failed to win the support of enough lay members for the reform, leaving the Church facing more internal strife over an issue that has divided it for years.

GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday and pledged to work for a truce in the Gaza Strip “in the days ahead”.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo,  (Reuters) – Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the eastern Congolese town of Goma yesterday, parading past United Nations peacekeepers who gave up the battle for the frontier city of one million people.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s former media chief Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper business, were charged yesterday with conspiring to make illegal payments to officials for information for stories.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Church of England decides today whether to allow the ordination of women bishops when members take part in an historic vote whose result could prove the first major test for the next archbishop.