By Girish Gupta and Philip Pullella QUITO (Reuters) – Pope Francis flies to Bolivia on Wednesday after drawing about 1.5 million people to Masses in Ecuador on the first leg of a “homecoming” tour, where he urged the world to take better care of the environment and the poor. The Argentine-born pontiff was spending his last few hours at a home for the elderly in Ecuador’s highland capital Quito and
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide to mark the 20th anniversary of the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The vote was delayed a day as Britain and the United States tried to persuade Russia not to veto the resolution, which would have also condemned denial of the
A Turkish opposition leader sparked fury Wednesday by saying a mistaken attack on Korean tourists by anti-Chinese protesters was understandable, given that both peoples have “slitty eyes”. The comments by Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chief Devlet Bahceli were particularly sensitive at a time when his party is seen as a possible partner for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a government coalition after June 7 elections. Over
Lagos (AFP) – The death toll in a twin attack on the central Nigerian city of Jos has risen to 51, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday.
AMIENS, France (AP) — German Andre Greipel won the rain-drenched fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday, while countryman rider Tony Martin kept the yellow jersey and the main Tour contenders stayed safe as others tumbled around them in crashes.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A government official hopes to help solve a dispute between Venezuelan labor unions and the country’s largest beer distributor before it begins to leave brew-lovers thirsty.
The comedian’s 2005 admission that he gave Quaaludes to at least one woman he wanted to have sex with creates a ripple effect.
Computer problems prompted widespread delays across the country Wednesday.
By Samuel Shen and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s tumbling stock market showed signs of seizing up on Wednesday, as companies scrambled to escape the rout by having their shares suspended and indexes plunged after the securities regulator warned of “panic sentiment” gripping investors. Beijing, which has struggled for more than a week to bend the market to its will, unveiled yet another battery of measures to arrest the
