JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel’s president is consulting representatives of political parties to decide who will lead the country’s next coalition government.
FRC proposes tougher accounting test on banks' health
LONDON (Reuters) – Accountants will have to determine more thoroughly if a bank can stand on its own two feet for well over a year without taxpayer help under draft changes from the Financial Reporting Council. The FRC said auditors such as KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and Ernst & Young would have to examine threats to a company’s business model and capital adequacy through the economic cycle for the sector a company is in. The planned reform stems from anger among UK policymakers that auditors gave banks a clean bill of health just before taxpayers had to shore them up in the 2007-09 financial crisis. …
Lindsay Lohan arrives at Los Angeles court for hearing in misdemeanour reckless driving case
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Lindsay Lohan arrived in court Wednesday for a hearing involving misdemeanour charges of lying to authorities and reckless driving in a crash last summer along Pacific Coast Highway.
Erdogan says can seek referendum on Turkey constitution if no deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – T urkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he will take proposed constitutional reforms, expected to include the creation of an executive presidency, directly to parliament and if necessary to the people if no deal can be reached by April. A cross-party parliamentary commission drafting a new constitution had been expected to finish its work by the start of this year but has failed to reach a consensus. … Peres sure to ask Netanyahu to form new Israeli government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli President Shimon P eres on Wednesday began talks with political parties over who should form a new government, and appears certain to ask incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to assemble it. The formal consultation procedure to nominate a lawmaker to form a government, the president's only important executive power, began after Peres was presented with the official results from last week's general election. … City officials probed for negligence over Brazil nightclub fire
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Prosecutors in southern Brazil, where 235 people died when a fire ravaged the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria last weekend, are investigating whether city leader s and inspectors were negligent in allowing the club to operate. The investigation, which is separate from a criminal probe into the causes of the tragedy, comes after police said the club's sole exit was partially blocked and that fire extinguishers and emergency exit lights weren't working. … Israeli airstrike hits truck convoy in Syria, possibly weapons bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon
BEIRUT – Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria overnight near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, U.S. and regional officials said Wednesday.
Judge to federal government: Turn over Indian residential schools files
TORONTO – An Ontario judge has ruled the federal government should give its files on Indian residential schools to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Israeli airstrike hits truck convoy in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Israel conducted an airstrike inside Syria overnight near the border with Lebanon, hitting a convoy of trucks, U.S. and regional officials said Wednesday.
Greek protesters occupy ministry office, clash with police
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek anti-austerity protesters stormed the office of the labor minister on Wednesday and clashed with police after 30 demonstrators were arres ted. The scuffles erupted after police detained members of the Communist-affiliated PAME group who had forced their way into the ministry and occupied Labour Minister Yannis Vroutsis's office for about two hours. … Crowd in BlackBerry's birthplace cheers as new generation finally revealed
WATERLOO, Ont. – Research in Motion’s home town is giving thumbs up to the new Blackberry 10 phones unveiled at the official launch in New York City.
Russia scraps anti-crime deal with the US
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia pulled out of an anti-crime accord with the United States on Wednesday, the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington. Redford talks economy with Ontario's premier-to-be Kathleen Wynne
TORONTO – Alberta Premier Alison Redford made a stop at the Ontario legislature today to sit down with the new premier-to-be Kathleen Wynne.
Bolshoi ballerina says she fears for her safety
MOSCOW (AP) -- A leading ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet says she wants to stay in Canada after receiving threats -- a move that follows an acid attack on the dance troupe's ballet chief and highlights tensions at the famed theater. 
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