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US calls for release of Vietnam protesters
The United States on Tuesday called for the release of peaceful protesters detained when Vietnamese security forces broke up a weekend rally against Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea. “We are concerned by the detention of several individuals for what appears to be the peaceful expression of their views,”…
UBS announces 3,500 job losses
Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday announced plans to shed 3,500 jobs in order to make savings of some 2 billion Swiss francs (1.8 billion euros, $2.5 billion). UBS aims to make the personnel cuts “through redundancies as well as natural attrition”, the bank said in a statement.…
Strauss-Kahn to walk free as sex case collapses
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is set to walk free on Tuesday after New York prosecutors said that while the powerful Frenchman did have sex with his hotel maid, they could not prove an assault because the alleged victim’s lies undermined the case beyond repair. Within hours, New York state Judge Michael Obus…
Biden praises Japan’s courage after tsunami
US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised Japan’s courage and resolve as he visited its tsunami-shattered coast, where American forces helped with a large-scale relief effort. Biden, near the end of his Asia tour, is the top-ranking American official to travel to the disaster zone where the March 11…
South Korea votes on free school lunches
Voters in Seoul decide on Wednesday whether all children should receive free school lunches — a seemingly parochial issue that has drawn televised political tears and could influence 2012 elections. The referendum was called by Mayor Oh Se-Hoon, of the ruling Grand National Party, after the opposition-controlled city council gave…
Gaddafi’s son Mohammed escapes from Libyan rebels
BENGHAZI, Libya — Mohammed Kadhafi, a son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, has escaped after having been arrested by rebels in Tripoli, Libya’s US ambassador said Monday. Mohammed Kadhafi, Kadhafi’s eldest son, and brother Seif al-Islam, who was regarded as the veteran leader’s intended successor, were arrested on Sunday as…
Some of WikiLeaks’ Bank of America files destroyed by former spokesman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some internal Bank of America files obtained by WikiLeaks have been destroyed, according to a former close collaborator of Julian Assange, the whistleblowing website’s founder. In an email to Reuters, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, who last year was fired by Assange as WikiLeaks’ co-spokesman, confirmed that he had destroyed…
World Bank ready to help Libya
WASHINGTON — The World Bank said Monday it has been monitoring Libya’s economic situation and would be guided by member countries on resuming its activities with the country. “Guided by our shareholders, the Bank will reengage with Libya just as soon as we can be helpful in the country’s recovery,”…
Denmark to lay claim to the North Pole sea bed
COPENHAGEN — Denmark on Monday presented its “Arctic Strategy” for the next decade, confirming that it intends to lay claim to the North Pole sea bed by 2014 at the latest. The 58-page report said Denmark and its autonomous Arctic territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands had agreed on…
Canada loses charismatic opposition chief to cancer
Jack Layton, whose popularity and political skill helped his New Democrats surge past the Liberals to become Canada’s official opposition earlier this year, has died at the age of 61. The charismatic and well-respected Canadian politician had appeared before the media on July 25 to announce in a halting voice…
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