Inmates take over prison wings in UK jail disturbance
BIRMINGHAM – Hundreds of rioting prisoners took control of at least two wings of an English jail on Friday, authorities said, in the latest and most serious disturbance at a…
Italy’s top court orders retrial of ex-Finmeccanica executives in India bribery case
MILAN – Italy’s highest court on Friday ordered a re-trial of former top executives at defence group Leonardo Finmeccanica over allegations of bribery in a 2010 contract to provide a…
Former Rio governor Cabral to stand trial on corruption charges
RIO DE JANEIRO – A former governor of Rio de Janeiro state will face trial on corruption and money laundering charges, a crusading anti-graft judge ruled on Friday. Sergio Cabral,…
British Airways says cabin crew to strike over Christmas
British Airways said on Friday it was “appalled” by trade union Unite’s decision to call a strike involving one of its five cabin crew fleets on Christmas Day and Boxing…
Obama points finger at Putin for cyber attacks on US election
WASHINGTON – United States’ President Barack Obama on Friday strongly suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally oversaw the computer hacks of Democratic Party emails that American intelligence officials say…
Rich nations urged to resettle more Syrian refugees to save lives
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Less than three percent of Syrians who fled the civil war crossing into a neighbouring state have been resettled to a rich country, a charity…
China says no country can be exception to “one China” principle
BEIJING – The “one China” principle is the basis for developing ties with China and no country can be an exception to this rule, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told…
US election agency breached by hackers after November vote
The US agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards was itself penetrated by a hacker after the November elections, according to a security firm working with law…
Red Cross evacuates 3,000 civilians from Aleppo
Some 3,000 civilians and more than 40 wounded people, including children, were evacuated from east Aleppo on Thursday in two evacuations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said…
Dwarf planet Ceres is flush with ice, NASA studies show
SAN FRANCISCO – The dwarf planet Ceres, an enigmatic rocky body inhabiting the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is rich with ice just beneath its dark surface, scientists…
