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Siemens and France weigh in as GE preps Alstom deal
4/27/2014 6:50:57 PM
PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens and the French government intervened in U.S.-based General Electric's plan to buy the power arm of France's Alstom on Sunday by offering an alternative tie-up between European "champions" and a pledge to act in France's national interest.
Hungarians march against anti-Semitism after far-right poll gains
4/27/2014 6:34:52 PM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Hungarians joined a protest march on Sunday against anti-Semitism, three weeks after the far-right Jobbik party won nearly a quarter of votes cast in a national election.
Ukraine rebels free Swedish hostage; Obama seeks unity against Russia
4/27/2014 6:09:30 PM
KUALA LUMPUR/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine freed a Swedish observer on Sunday, but said they had no plans to release seven other European monitors they have been holding for three days.
South Korean PM resigns over government response to ferry disaster
4/27/2014 4:41:24 PM
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on Sunday over the government response to the ferry disaster, in which it was first announced that everyone had been rescued, focusing attention on poor regulatory controls.
Death of witness may stymie probe into Brazil dictatorship
4/27/2014 4:32:15 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A month ago, retired army colonel Paulo Malhães proudly declared that during Brazil's 1964-85 military dictatorship he had tortured leftists until they died and then cut off their hands to prevent their bodies from ever being identified.
Egyptian judge to rule on mass death sentence
4/27/2014 3:59:13 PM
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court will on Monday pass final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month, in a case that has provoked outrage among Western governments and rights groups.
Syria misses self-imposed deadline for destroying chemical arms
4/27/2014 3:50:21 PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria appeared to have missed a self-imposed deadline to get rid of all its chemical weapons by April 27, as the United Nations announced that more than 92 percent of the arsenal had been shipped out of the country or destroyed.
Abbas calls Holocaust "most heinous crime" against humanity
4/27/2014 3:32:32 PM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called the Nazi Holocaust "the most heinous crime" against humanity in modern times, in an apparent bid to build bridges with Israel days after troubled peace talks collapsed.
Gaddafi's son Saif, former officials face charges in Tripoli court
4/27/2014 2:21:28 PM
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared via video-link on Sunday with 22 others to hear charges in a Tripoli court ranging from war crimes to corruption in a major test of whether the state can implement the rule of law.
Hundreds of thousands watch two popes become saints
4/27/2014 2:20:27 PM
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis proclaimed his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints in front of more than half a million pilgrims on Sunday, hailing both as courageous men who withstood the tragedies of the 20th century.
Bahrain sentences eight people to life for policeman bomb death
4/27/2014 2:15:22 PM
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's Supreme Criminal Court has sentenced eight people to life in prison for their part in the killing of a policeman in a bomb blast in November, the prosecutor's office said on Sunday.
EU courts Moldova with visa-free travel from Monday
4/27/2014 12:50:07 PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Moldovan citizens will no longer require visas to travel to the European Union beginning on Monday, as the bloc presses ahead with deeper ties with east European nations in defiance of Russia.
South Africa marks 20 years of freedom ahead of election
4/27/2014 11:41:55 AM
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa marked two decades of multi-racial democracy on Sunday, still feeling the loss of Nelson Mandela and in somber mood just 10 days before elections which are expected to keep the African National Congress (ANC) party in power.
For Washington, Palestinian pact not the end of Middle East peace hopes
4/27/2014 11:28:17 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The unity pact between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant group Hamas dealt a sharp punch to U.S.-driven peace negotiations with Israel, but the Americans insisted it was not a fatal blow to the struggling talks.
Everest tragedy exposes big business behind noble pursuit
4/27/2014 11:09:01 AM
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Blogging from Everest base camp after 16 sherpas were killed by an avalanche, American climber Ed Marzec lamented: "I am shamed by our greed and embarrassed by our lack of compassion."
Fed may offer clues on rate timing conundrum
4/27/2014 10:49:20 AM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. policymakers have the chance this week to give clearer guidance on the future path of interest rates and settle markets that are uncertain over how and when a hike would occur.
Obama: Myanmar won't succeed if Muslims are oppressed
4/27/2014 9:05:28 AM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the rights of Myanmar's minority Muslim population were not being fully protected and warned that the Southeast Asian country would not succeed if Muslims there were oppressed.
EU parliament flexes muscles despite skeptics' rise
4/27/2014 8:05:31 AM
PARIS (Reuters) - At each election since Europe's unique experiment in cross-border democracy began in 1979, the percentage of voters casting ballots for the directly elected European Parliament has fallen. Yet with each new treaty, the assembly has gathered more powers.
Obama says U.S. committed to supporting MH370 search
4/27/2014 7:22:00 AM
KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States was fully committed to providing more assets to assist in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysia PM says agreed with Obama to upgrade ties
4/27/2014 6:00:39 AM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to upgrade the two countries' ties to a "comprehensive partnership."
North Korea says army must develop to be able to beat U.S.
4/27/2014 3:50:57 AM
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the army to develop to ensure it wins any confrontation with the United States, the reclusive country's news agency said on Sunday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama warned the North of its military might.
Activists rally in Cairo against law curbing demonstrations
4/27/2014 1:14:55 AM
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptian activists demonstrated on Saturday against an anti-protest law, one month before a presidential election which former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win.
Ukraine blames Moscow for 'human shield' detentions in east
4/26/2014 11:22:28 PM
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine offered on Saturday to release eight captive international observers in a prisoner exchange, as Western governments prepared new sanctions against Moscow.
More tornadoes expected in central U.S. after North Carolina storm
4/26/2014 11:10:20 PM
(Reuters) - The first serious, prolonged storms of the year were brewing on Saturday in the Great Plains, with a growing risk of tornadoes touching down in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in the coming days, federal meteorologists said.
Exclusive: Merck in final talks to sell consumer unit for near $14 billion - sources
4/26/2014 7:21:57 PM
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc is in the final stages of selling its consumer healthcare unit for close to $14 billion, with Bayer AG and Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc among final contenders to clinch a deal as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said.
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