By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and other countries are calling for a debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council to discuss China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang, a document showed …
Central African Republic Seleka militia leader pleads not guilty at ICC
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A suspected leader of the Seleka militia groups in the Central African Republic, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the opening of…
Wall Street ends lower, Dow confirms bear market
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Wall Street slid deeper into a bear market on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow closing lower as investors fretted that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive campaign against inflation could throw the U.S. economy into a sharp d…
In China, home buyers occupy their ‘rotting’, unfinished properties
(Corrects name of expert in paragraph 9 to Yuejin) By Eduardo Baptista and Xiaoyu Yin GUILIN, China (Reuters) -For six months, home for Ms. Xu has been a room in a high-rise apartment in the southern Chinese city of Guilin that she bought three years a…
Factbox-Potential flashpoints in Italy’s new rightist coalition
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s rightist alliance looks sure to win a parliamentary majority following Sunday’s election, but its three main parties have different positions in important areas, which could hobble their administration. Here are some of the mai…
Rihanna to perform at Super Bowl halftime show in Arizona
(Reuters) – Rihanna will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in February in Glendale, Arizona, the National Football League announced on Sunday. The Grammy-winning Barbadian singer is filling one of the most coveted slots in the U.S. music calendar…
Iran protests Western stance on mass protests over woman’s death
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it called interference and hostile media coverage of the nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by morality police. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdoll…
Criminal referrals in Jan. 6 attack probe weighed: Rep. Schiff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, a Democratic member of the special panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, on Sunday said he likely would support approving criminal referrals against those involved in the vi…
Lavrov, at the UN, pledges ‘full protection’ for any territory annexed by Russia
By Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia’s top diplomat on Saturday said regions of Ukraine where widely-derided referendums are being held would be under Russia’s “full protection” if they are annexed b…
Tropical Storm Ian to hit Cuba and become a hurricane
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Ian was on Sunday barreling toward western Cuba, where it is expected to soak the Caribbean island with heavy rainfall and trigger storm surges as it turns into a hurricane on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Cente…