Politics

Anglicans could one day be led by a woman: bishop

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
CANTERBURY (Reuters) - The Anglican Church's most senior woman bishop said she believed that one day the church would be led by a woman Archbishop of Canterbury.

China denies text message preceded bus bomb blasts

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official dismissed reports that a bizarre text message had warned residents of Kunming to avoid buses hours before two bomb blasts killed two passengers in Monday's rush hour, state media said.

Nine ETA suspects arrested, cell dismantled

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police on Tuesday arrested nine suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA, dismantling its most active cell blamed for a string of bomb attacks and killing a civil guard, the interior minister said.

Greek court rules lesbians are not just from Lesbos

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the Aegean island of Lesbos to ban the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women, according to a court ruling made public on Tuesday.

U.S. says ready to cut farm aid to $15 billion

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States is ready to cut its ceiling for trade-distorting farm subsidies to $15 billion a year to help unblock talks for a global trade deal, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said on Tuesday.

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Senior Zardari security officer killed in Pakistan

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
KARACHI (Reuters) - Gunmen killed a senior security officer for Asif Ali Zardari, head of Pakistan's ruling party, in the southern city of Karachi on Tuesday, police and party officials said.

WTO negotiators battle on, differences still deep

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States sought to kickstart efforts to rescue a global trade deal on Tuesday by offering to cut a ceiling on its contested farm subsidies, but leading developing countries said it was not enough.

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U.S. military says Iraq troop "surge" has ended

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq that President George W. Bush ordered last year has ended after the last of five additional combat brigades left the country, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Thai-Cambodia spat trumps ASEAN talks with big powers

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A smoldering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia grabbed the limelight on Tuesday as Southeast Asian nations began meetings with Asia-Pacific powers on economic and security issues.

Alternative energy a popular stop in U.S. campaign

Reuters - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
WELLSVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - A small green clearing on a hilltop beside the Ohio River doesn't seem like much of campaign stop, but John Baardson knows the scent of alternative energy and undecided voters will lure America's presidential contenders before long.

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Trade powers struggle to save WTO round

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States, the European Union and emerging economic heavyweights tried again on Tuesday to bridge huge differences and unblock a trade deal aimed at delivering a boost to the world's flagging economy.

Bulldozer in Jerusalem rampage before Obama visit

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into vehicles on a Jerusalem street on Tuesday before a visit by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who condemned the attack and pledged to push for a peace deal.

WITNESS: An encounter with Karadzic in the snow

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
Giles Elgood is a Reuters journalist based in London. He covered the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995, from both sides of the front line. He joined Reuters in 1980 and has reported from countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. In the following story, he describes meeting the now-arrested Bosnian Serb leader in 1994.

Sri Lanka rebels declare ceasefire for SAARC summit

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday dismissed a declaration by Tamil Tiger rebels of a brief unilateral ceasefire from July 26, adding there was no let-up of attacks on rebel positions in the north on Tuesday.

Danish embassy bomber "from Mecca": al Qaeda leader

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The suicide bomber who carried out an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad last month came from the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, an al Qaeda leader said in a rare interview with a Pakistani news channel.

Cambodia seeks U.N. help in Thai temple row

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cambodia has asked the United Nations Security Council for an emergency meeting to resolve a military stand-off with Thailand over an ancient temple on their border.

Indian government wins confidence vote

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday, ensuring the survival of the ruling coalition and a civilian nuclear deal with the United States.

Senior Taliban leader killed in Afghanistan

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
KABUL (Reuters) - A senior Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan surrendered to Pakistani authorities and British forces killed another leader, dealing a "shattering blow" to the militant group's leadership, the British army said on Tuesday.

Bizarre text message precedes China bus bomb blasts

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police are investigating a bizarre text message warning residents of Kunming to avoid buses hours before two bomb blasts killed two passengers in the Monday rush hour, local media reported.

Three killed in attacks in Thai Muslim south

Reuters - World News - Fri, 2024-11-29 15:42
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Separatist militants in Thailand's Muslim deep south have killed three Thais, including two security officers, in a spate of violence days after an unknown rebel group announced a "ceasefire".

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