Every time U.N. negotiators meet for their annual climate talks, they come up with a new set of unintuitive acronyms, as if to make sure that people outside the climate bubble won't understand what they're talking about. Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn lead mission to Haiti to build 100 homes
LEOGANE, Haiti – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is in Haiti, helping to build homes in a town hit hard by the devastating January 2010.
Pan Am Games on budget, with five venue projects under construction
TORONTO – Organizers for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games says they’re on budget and have five venue projects under construction.
Catalonian elections: Madrid is bad, austerity is worse
If there was one lesson from Sunday’s elections in the Spanish region of Catalonia, it was this: Residents of Catalonia may want to be rid of Madrid’s central government, but they want to be rid of austerity even more.
Joyce Murray joins Liberal leadership, calls for co-operation with NDP, Greens
OTTAWA – Vancouver MP Joyce Murray is joining the federal Liberal leadership contest with a daring call for co-operation with other progressive parties in the next election to ensure defeat of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.
Argentina hopes to reverse NY debt ruling
Argentina is refusing to budge in its billion-dollar debt showdown in New York federal court, preparing an appeal Monday that it hopes will stave off another devastating default.
Serbia seeks evidence against freed Croat generals
Serbia asked U.N. war crimes prosecutors on Monday to hand over evidence against two Croatian generals whose convictions have been overturned, reigniting tensions between the Balkan wartime rival states. A new party emerges in world's biggest democracy
The world’s largest democracy gave birth to a new political party today, this one focused on fighting corruption.
Landslides kill at least 2 in Panama after heavy rains
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Heavy rains in Panama flooded villages and caused landslides that killed at least two people and destroyed hundreds of homes, the government said on Monday. President Ricardo Martinelli on Monday declared a state of emergency in the province of Colon, on the Caribbean coast, and Capira and Chorrera, just outside of Panama City. He called for an emergency legislative session to approve aid to the areas. “This is more serious than people thought,” Martinelli said on his Twitter account. …
Fourteen die in blaze in German handicapped workshop
BERLIN (Reuters) – Fourteen people died on Monday after a fire broke out in a workshop for handicapped people in southwestern Germany, a spokesman for the fire brigade said. Seven people were also injured in the blaze in the small town of Titisee-Neustadt in the Black Forest, but the death toll is not expected to rise further, the spokesman said. Automatic fire alarms had alerted the brigade, which had deployed around a hundred firemen. “The fire is under control now,” the spokesman said. A police spokesman said there were no indications that it was a case of arson. …
Ceasefire opens up deeper waters for Gaza's fishermen
For the first time in more than three years, Gaza fisherman Mushtaq Zedan took his boat out Saturday to the deeper, more abundant waters that were off limits to him under the Israeli blockade.
Nigeria military base bombing death toll hits 30
A hospital official says the death toll in a twin suicide bombing at a church in a major military base in Nigeria has risen to at least 30.
Gunmen attack police station in Nigerian capital, kill 2
ABUJA (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a police station in the Nigerian capital on Monday, killing two policemen and allowing 30 detainees to escape, the most brazen challenge to the city’s security forces in months. Police were unable to identify the men behind the early-morning raid on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad building on the edge of Abuja, police spokesman Frank Mba said. “Policemen on duty responded swiftly and engaged the gunmen in a gun battle that lasted for some minutes, at the end of which the gunmen were successfully repelled,” he said. …
Frenchman kidnapped in Mali asks gov't for help
A French national who was kidnapped by an al-Qaida-linked extremist group in Mali appeared on a video published this weekend and made available on Monday, where he begs the French government to intervene on his behalf.
16 die in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup
Sixteen people have died in Pakistan after drinking cough syrup suspected of being toxic, police said Monday after three additional victims expired in hospital. South Sudan says Sudan poses new obstacle to oil sales
JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan has put a new obstacle in the way of allowing its land-locked southern neighbor to pipe its oil to the Red Sea, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said on Monday, dashing plans to revive production after an 11-month break. Sudan’s currency fell to a historic low against the dollar on the black market on Monday, highlighting the importance for both countries to get oil from South Sudan’s oilfields via the north for export. …
Norway's police apologize for deporting Jews
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police apologized for the first time on Monday for their complicity in the deportation and murder of over 700 Jews during the Nazi occupation in World War Two, just months after the prime minister made a formal apology. “Norwegian police officers participated in the arrest and deportation of Jews,” police chief Odd Reidar Humlegaard said on the 70th anniversary of Norway deporting the first group of Jews to Auschwitz. “It is fitting that I express my regret for the role police played in the arrest and deportation of these completely innocent victims,” he said. …
Instant View - Canadian Carney named as new Bank of England governor
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's governmen t named Canada's central bank chief Mark Carney as the next governor of the Bank of England on Monday, in a surprise choice to replace the outgoing Mervyn King. ANALYST COMMENT PHILIP SHAW, INVESTEC Perhaps one factor in Carney's favour is the Canadian banks were very highly regulated before the credit crisis and accordingly the Canadian banking system is in good shape. Given that experience that might have been a factor in swinging the job. … Toronto mayor ordered removed from office
TORONTO (Reuters) – TORONTO, Nov 26 (Reuters) – The controversial mayor of Canada's largest city was found guilty of conflict of interest on Monday, and ordered removed from office. Provincial judge Charles Hackland ruled that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acted wrongly when he voted on a council order where he had a direct financial interest. (Reporting by Claire Sibonney) UK picks Canadian to lead Bank of England
The British government has chosen the head of Canada’s central bank to become governor of the Bank of England effective July 1.
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