A New Zealand volcano has erupted for the second time in less than four months, sending a dark ash plume about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) into the sky.
Mexico inks pact with U.S. to crack down on tax cheats
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s finance ministry said on Tuesday it has approved an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department that aims to help stamp out tax evasion. The agreement took two years to negotiate and was signed by representatives from both governments in Washington on Monday, according to a statement released by the finance ministry. “Both parties agreed to substantially improve the mechanisms for the exchange of banking and financial information to verify (taxpayer) compliance,” the statement said. The ministry did not provide details on the agreement’s provisions. …
J.R.R. Tolkien estate sues Warner Bros. over gambling, games
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The estate of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien and publisher Ha rperCollins have filed an $80 million (50 million pounds) lawsuit against Warner Bros. studios over the licensing of characters and plots in online and gambling games derived from the films. The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday, alleges that Warner Bros. … Quebec probe hears of brass-knuckle beating; company boss says cartel played rough
MONTREAL – A construction company told Quebec’s public inquiry that he received death threats, had his equipment torched, and his brother was beaten up with brass knuckles.
Exclusive: China's backroom powerbrokers block reform candidates - sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Retired leaders in China's Communist Party used a last-minute straw poll to block two pro-reform candidates from joining the policymaking standing committee, including one who had alienated party elders, sources with ties to the leadership said. Two sources said the influential retirees flexed their muscles in landmark informal polls taken before last week's 18th party congress, where the seven–member standing committee, the apex of China's power structure, was unveiled. … B.C. mountain resort has mayor but no voters in area home to grizzlies and goats
INVERMERE, B.C. – British Columbia’s newest mountain resort municipality now has a mayor and councillors but not a single voter in the area that’s home to grizzly bears and goats.
U.N., regional diplomats seek to stem Congo crisis after Goma falls
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Diplomats at the United Nations and regional mediators in Central Africa sought overnight Wednesday to ward off a deeper conflict after rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda captured the eastern Congolese town of Goma. Uganda's president will try to broker a meeting between the leaders of Congo and Rwanda in Kampala during the day on Wednesday, while diplomats in New York wrangled over how to react to the town's fall to M23 rebels, officials said. The French government expressed broad frustrations with U.N. … UN Security Council puts sanctions on Congo rebels
The U.N. Security Council has voted to sanction the leaders of Congo’s M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the eastern Congolese city of Goma as U.N. peacekeepers stood by without resisting.
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