AMMAN, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators chanted the Arab Spring slogan “the people want the downfall of the regime” in Jordan yesterday, although a day billed as the culmination of three days of protests passed off largely in peace.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – However ploddingly China’s new leaders might like to reform the world’s second-largest economy and the way they govern, pressures set to build over the next decade will likely force great change upon them.
GAZA, (Reuters) – Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip targeted Tel Aviv yesterday in the first attack on Israel’s commercial capital in 20 years, raising the stakes in a showdown between Israel and the Palestinians that is moving towards all-out war.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The earliest known surviving feature in which Alfred Hitchcock is credited was released online yesterday after sitting under the noses of archivists for decades.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Classified material kept by the woman who conducted an affair with former CIA Director David Petraeus predates their liaison and does not come from the spy agency, sources briefed on the investigation told Reuters yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party unveiled an older, conservative leadership line-up today that appears unlikely to take the drastic action needed to tackle pressing issues like social unrest, environmental degradation and corruption.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations failed to call proper attention to the plight of hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankan civilians during the bloody final stage of the government’s war against Tamil Tiger rebels, according to a UN report released yesterday.]
BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Belize’s prime minister yesterday urged anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee to help the country’s police with a murder inquiry, calling McAfee “bonkers” for recent media statements.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A computer used by Paula Broadwell, the woman whose affair with CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation, contained substantial classified information that should have been stored under more secure conditions, law enforcement and national security officials said yesterday.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Thousands of people rallied outside Ireland’s parliament yesterday to demand strict abortion rules be eased after a pregnant Indian woman repeatedly denied a termination died in an Irish hospital.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus widened yesterday as US defence officials said they were looking into “flirtatious” e-mails between General John Allen, the top US commander in Afghanistan, and a woman at the centre of the affair.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Both sides in the US “fiscal cliff” debate stood their ground yesterday as they gathered in Washington for the first time since the elections, with a fundamental tax dispute preventing a broader compromise on deficit reduction.
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s parliamentary speaker said she wanted to pass as a “Christmas gift” for Ugandans an anti-gay law, which rights groups have criticised for its draconian penalties against homosexuals.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union backed a plan yesterday to send troops to push rebels and al Qaeda-linked militants out of northern Mali, clearing a hurdle for the strategy that now needs United Nations approval.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has dropped a plan to force firms to give 40 per cent of non-executive board positions to women in favour of a less drastic obligation to favour female candidates where they are equally qualified, an EU source said yesterday.
(Reuters) Now that President Obama has been reelected, he faces a number of basic questions about the future of America’s national security strategy.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao’s opening speech at the ongoing 18th Party Congress was a disappointment to many listeners, offering no major signals that the leadership is willing to advance political reform.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The two most senior figures at BBC News stepped aside yesterday a day after the chairman of the broadcaster’s governing body said it needed a radical overhaul to survive a child sex abuse scandal, it said.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Armed cattle raiders killed at least 32 Kenyan police officers in a military-style ambush, officials said yesterday, calling it the worst attack on police in Kenya’s history.
The ePaper edition, on the Web & in stores for Android, iPhone & iPad.
Included free with your web subscription. Learn more.
