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U.S. has few good options for response to Philippines' Duterte

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:49 PM PDT

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands after a signing ceremony held in BeijingBy Yeganeh Torbati and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has few good options and limited leverage as it struggles to craft a response to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's increasingly hostile rhetoric towards the United States and his warm embrace of China. For months, Washington has played down Duterte's anti-American insults and broadsides. Duterte's latest outburst, less than three weeks before the U.S. presidential election, casts further doubt on the seven-decade U.S.-Philippine alliance and threatens to further undermine President Barack Obama's faltering "pivot" to Asia as a counterbalance to China's growing assertiveness.


Mosul offensive going faster than planned, Iraqi PM says

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 11:40 AM PDT

Members of Iraqi security forces celebrate after the liberation of Khalidiya village from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in MosulBy Stephen Kalin and Babak Dehghanpisheh EAST AND NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - The offensive to seize back Mosul from Islamic State is going faster than planned, Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a new military operation to clear villages on the city's outskirts. Howitzer and mortar fire started at dawn, hitting a group of villages held by Islamic State about 10-20 km (6-12 miles) from Mosul, while helicopters flew overhead, according to Reuters reporters at two frontline locations north and east of Mosul. Hours later, the head of Iraq's Special Forces, Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati, told reporters at a command center near the frontline that troops had surrounded Bartella and entered the center of the village.


Venezuela electoral body suspends referendum drive, angering opposition

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:44 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a rally to commemorate the National Day of Indian Resistance in CaracasBy Corina Pons and Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's electoral council on Thursday night suspended the next phase of a recall referendum against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, drawing fire from the opposition. "We have a government of thieves using power to maintain itself," opposition lawmaker Jorge Millán said on Twitter. "But in the street the people are demanding a recall, and no one will stop us!" Maduro, who was elected to replace the popular Hugo Chavez in 2013 after his death, has seen his ratings fall by half to just over 20 percent.


Yemen missile launch, Saudi-led air strike strain truce

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 02:43 PM PDT

Boys walks pass a graffiti of artist Murad Subai depicting a child suffering from malnutrition in a coffin along a street in Sanaa, YemenSANAA/ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - A 72-hour truce in Yemen came under pressure on Thursday when missiles fired from Yemen killed two civilians in Saudi Arabia, the United States said, while a Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes that Iran-allied Houthi fighters said killed three people. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies have been embroiled in a conflict in Yemen since March 2015, fighting on behalf of an exiled Yemeni government against the Houthi group, which controls the capital Sanaa. A U.N.-brokered ceasefire took effect late on Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to a war that has devastated the Arab world's poorest country and left it on the verge of famine.


Russia wants to weaken the EU, EU leaders say

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:23 PM PDT

European Council President Tusk delivers speech during ceremony commemorating victims of Babyn Yar in KievRussia is trying to weaken the European Union, EU leaders agreed on Thursday, noting they needed to stay the course and remain united in policies towards Moscow. "Leaders emphasized all sorts of Russian hostilities from airspace violations to information campaigns, cyber attacks, interference into the political processes in the EU and beyond," the chairman of the EU summit Donald Tusk told a news conference. "Given these examples, it is clear that Russia's strategy is to weaken the EU," he said.


Venezuelan activist moves to US after release from 'dungeon'

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:41 PM PDT

Francisco Marquez chats with his mother Maria Luz Lara-Marquez at family home in Del Mar, California, Thursday, Oct. 201.2016. The 30-year-old dual U.S. citizen spoke of his four-month incarceration in his native Venezuela, two days after he was freed and boarded a flight to join his parents in Southern California. He was arrested in June while taking part in a nationwide recall campaign against President Nicolas Maduro and accused of trying to foment violence. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Francisco Marquez says he constantly heard screams from prisoners being beaten in neighboring cells. He once saw a dozen inmates handcuffed, forced to run naked for hours under the hot sun as punishment for a failed escape attempt.


EU leaders lash Russia over Syria but split on sanctions

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:36 PM PDT

European Union Council President Donald Tusk speaks to media reporters as he arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold her first talks with European Union leaders and tell them that the U.K.'s decision to leave the bloc is irreversible. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders pledged early Friday to keep all options open to respond to any atrocities committed by President Bashar Assad's regime and his Russian backers in Syria but stopped short of threatening Moscow with sanctions.


Hong Kong braces for severe Typhoon Haima

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:35 PM PDT

A man takes a photo at a waterfront facing the island skyline as Typhoon Haima approaches in Hong KongHong Kong was bracing on Friday for Typhoon Haima with destructive 145 kmh (86 mph) winds at its center, forcing authorities to shut all but essential services in the global financial hub. The Hong Kong Observatory raised its typhoon 8 signal, one of its highest warnings which rate typhoons up to 10, as Haima crossed the northern part of the South China Sea after lashing the Philippines. "According to the present forecast track, Haima will be closest to Hong Kong around noon, skirting about 100 km (62 miles) to the east of the territory," said the observatory on its website.


Survey companies hit the streets to fill India's data gaps

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:33 PM PDT

An employee works inside the office of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy in MumbaiBy Rafael Nam MUMBAI (Reuters) - Sachin Bhadrasen Jaiswar goes from door to door in a middle class neighborhood outside Mumbai measuring India's economic pulse, one of hundreds of survey takers working for private firms aiming to fill a gap - the lack of reliable data. There has long been deep scepticism about the accuracy of economic indicators in India, a country of 1.2 billion people of whom 90 percent are estimated to be part of the grey economy. Independent economists question the government's assessment of everything from industrial output to unemployment, but the main data "black hole" is consumer indicators including retail sales, and that is where people like 29-year-old Jaiswar come in.


EU leaders predict dire future if EU-Canada trade deal fails

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:29 PM PDT

European Union Council President Donald Tusk speaks to media reporters as he arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold her first talks with European Union leaders and tell them that the U.K.'s decision to leave the bloc is irreversible. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)BRUSSELS (AP) — Fearing final rejection by a small Belgian region, leaders of the European Union warned early Friday that if a free trade deal with a close partner like Canada fails it could mean the end of such agreements with any other country.


South Africa to withdraw from war crimes court: document

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:27 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Africa is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, according to a document seen by Reuters on Thursday, a move which would take effect one year after it is formally received by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. A U.N. spokesman declined to confirm receipt of the document, which is signed by South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and dated Oct. 19. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Bill Rigby)

UN experts say Saudi coalition violated law in Yemen attack

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:24 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts investigating the double bombing of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Oct. 8 are accusing the Saudi-led coalition of violating international humanitarian law by attacking civilians, the wounded, and medical personnel.

Venezuela suspends recall campaign against President Maduro

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 05:17 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the opening of the third United Nations Habitat Conference, in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The meeting kicked off in Quito on Monday with the goal of tackling haphazard growth and fostering livable, self-sustaining cities amid a boom in the global urban population. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's electoral council said it was suspending a recall campaign against President Nicolas Maduro after courts annulled the signature collecting campaign in four states.


Mexican peso dances to rhythm of US election campaign

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2016 file photo, people stand outside an exchange house advertising the sale of U.S. dollars at the rate of 19.90 Mexican pesos per dollar in Mexico City. U.S. election day cannot come soon enough for the Mexican peso, especially if Hillary Clinton is the winner. The currency has been pummeled in 2016, losing close to 10 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar, and briefly breaking the psychological barrier of 20 pesos per dollar. Its few bright spots have come after Clinton's debate performances against Donald Trump. (Photo AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Election day in the United States cannot come soon enough for the Mexican peso, especially if Hillary Clinton is the winner.


Four Venezuela regional courts voids referendum drive: ruling party

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:50 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a rally to commemorate the National Day of Indian Resistance in CaracasVenezuelan ruling party officials said on Thursday that regional courts in at least four states had voided the opposition's drive to collect signatures to trigger a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition slammed the move as an attempt to derail a vote against the unpopular Socialist president, who polls show would lose a plebiscite amid an economic crisis in the OPEC country that has food running short and inflation in triple digits. Venezuela's ruling party has said there will be no referendum this year, accusing the opposition of fraud in the signature drive.


Inspired by 007, Mexico to hold Day of Dead parade

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:43 PM PDT

The Day of the Dead takes place between November 1-2 every year, when Mexicans visit cemeteries to pay respects to their late relatives, bringing them food and drinks in a centuries-old tradition mixing pre-Hispanic and Catholic beliefsThe opening scene of the movie "Spectre" shows James Bond chasing a bad guy through a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City -- except there has never been such a procession. In the film, the British spy played by Daniel Craig goes after a bad guy through a parade featuring giant skeletons floating among people dancing with their faces painted as skulls.


French presidential hopeful calls for end to Calais deal with UK

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:39 PM PDT

Alain Juppe, Bordeaux's mayor and right-wing Les Republicains party's candidate for the party's primary ahead of the 2017 presidential election, has called for the UK border to be shifted across the Channel from CalaisFrance's former prime minister and presidential hopeful Alain Juppe has called for the UK border to be shifted across the Channel from Calais, in an interview published on Thursday. Juppe, who is campaigning to be the right-wing candidate in the race for the presidency, said a change to the bilateral agreement was necessary after thousands of migrants gathered in Calais. "We can't tolerate what is going on in Calais, the image is disastrous for our country and there are also extremely serious economic and security consequences for the people of Calais," Juppe told journalists from the Guardian and other European newspapers.


Mexican judge denies El Chapo's appeals against extradition

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:38 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. In a Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 statement, Mexico's Attorney General's office says a federal judge in Mexico has denied drug lord Guzman's appeals against extradition to the United States, but Guzman could still appeal to a higher court. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A federal judge rejected five appeals by jailed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to avoid extradition to the United States, a week after Mexico said it aimed to send him north of the border by early next year.


Brazil prosecutors charge 21 with homicide for Samarco dam spill

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:27 PM PDT

A general view of the work site of a iron ore mine operated by Samarco owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd in MarianaBy Marta Nogueira and Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors charged 21 people with qualified homicide on Thursday for their roles in the collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco Mineração SA iron ore mine last November that killed 19 people. The charges follow what is now considered to be the largest environmental disaster in Brazil's history. Samarco, its co-owners Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd, and Brazilian engineering company VOGBR Recursos Hidricos e Geotecnica Ltd which certified the dam's safety, were charged with environmental crimes.


11 dead after bus plunges down embankment in Costa Rica

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:21 PM PDT

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — A bus carrying retired university employees on an excursion plunged down an embankment in Costa Rica on Thursday, killing 11 people and leaving 16 in critical condition, the government said.

Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 04:01 PM PDT

The United Nations logo is pictured in front of the United Nations Headquarters building during the 71st United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New YorkBy Paola Totaro QUITO, Ecuador (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations formally adopted a global road map to grapple with rapid urbanization on Thursday, capping nearly two years of behind-the-scenes international negotiations aimed at designing development priorities for cities and towns over the long term. The New Urban Agenda (NUA) sets out a host of general goals such as development of sustainable and compact cities that do not harm the environment and redevelopment of informal settlements with the participation of residents. "Urbanization is happening at an unprecedented pace and scale, and 3.7 billion people now live in cities.


Russia pauses Aleppo bombing 11 hours for four days, U.N. wants more

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:57 PM PDT

By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia has told the United Nations it will stop bombing eastern Aleppo for 11 hours a day for four days, but that is not enough to trigger a wider ceasefire deal under which militants would leave the Syrian warzone, the U.N. said on Thursday. The Syrian military said a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave eastern Aleppo, a move rejected by rebels who say they are preparing a counter-offensive to break the blockade. "They (the Russians) have said 11 hours per day and four days from today, Thursday," U.N. Syria humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland told reporters.

Turkey bombs Syrian Kurdish militia allied to U.S.-backed force

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:54 PM PDT

A man walks past damaged buildings in the rebel held besieged al-Sukkari neighbourhood of AleppoBy Ece Toksabay and Angus McDowall ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish air strikes pounded a group of Kurdish fighters allied to a U.S.-backed militia in northern Syria overnight, highlighting the conflicting agendas of NATO members Ankara and Washington in an increasingly complex battlefield. The jets targeted positions of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in three villages, northeast of the city of Aleppo, that the SDF had captured from Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said late on Wednesday. The Turkish military confirmed its warplanes had carried out 26 strikes on areas recently taken by the Kurdish YPG militia, the strongest force in the SDF, and that it had killed between 160 and 200 combatants.


U.N. chief pushes for rare General Assembly session on Syria

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:53 PM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pushed on Thursday for the 193-member General Assembly to hold a rare emergency special session on Syria since a deadlocked Security Council has failed to take action to end the nearly six-year war. Under a 1950 resolution, an emergency special session can be called for the General Assembly to consider a matter "with a view to making appropriate recommendations to members for collective measures" if the Security Council fails to act. "I regret that the Security Council has failed to discharge its responsibilities to uphold peace and security for Syria." Russia, a Syrian ally that has been providing military backing to the Syrian government for the past year, has vetoed five Security Council resolutions on Syria since 2011.

Correction: LeEco Makes Its Move story

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:48 PM PDT

Rob Chandhok, LeEco North America chief research and development officer, holds a LePro 3 phone while speaking at an event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story Oct. 19 about LeEco's entrance into the U.S. market, The Associated Press erroneously reported the address of the company's online store. It is LeMall.com, not LeWeb.com


21 Brazilian, foreign mining executives charged in dam burst

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:47 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Prosecutors charged 21 Brazilian and foreign mining executives with manslaughter and various environmental crimes Thursday, nearly a year after a mine dam burst killed 19 people and polluted hundreds of miles of rivers and streams.

France's Hollande warns UK's May of 'hard' Brexit talks

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:43 PM PDT

France's President Francois Hollande addresses journalists as he arrives for an European Union leaders summit on October 20, 2016 at the European Council, in BrusselsFrench President Francois Hollande on Thursday warned British Prime Minister Theresa May, during her first European Union summit, that she would face tough negotiations if she insists on a "hard Brexit". May is calling on EU leaders to work together for a "smooth" withdrawal following Britain's shock June vote to leave the bloc, but Hollande said her seeming preference for a decisive break means she will not get an easy ride. "I have said it very clearly: Madame Theresa May wants a hard Brexit?


12 killed in Costa Rica bus plunge

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:43 PM PDT

Policemen and rescue officials check the site where a bus plunged off a steep road killing 11 and injuring 12 in Heredia, Vara Blanca, Costa Rica on October 20, 2016San José (AFP) - A busplunged off a steep road in a mountainous area north of Costa Rica's capital on Thursday, killing 12 people and injuring another 12, rescue officials said. The 31 passengers on the bus were retired staff members of Costa Rica's National University on their way to an indigenous reserve to carry out social work, the institution's rector said. "It looks like the bus's brakes failed," Esteban Gonzalez, the son of one of the survivors, told a Costa Rican television network.


Wal-Mart, JD.com offer more choices ahead of Singles Day

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:43 PM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, shows the Yihaodian office in Shanghai. Wal-Mart bought an initial stake in JD.com, China's second-largest e-commerce site, in a deal that gave JD.com ownership of its Chinese e-commerce site Yihaodian. Wal-Mart and JD.com are offering more choices for Chinese shoppers ahead of Singles Day, one of the world's biggest online shopping days of the year. Singles Day, Nov. 11, is China's answer to Cyber Monday in the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart and JD.com are offering more choices for Chinese shoppers ahead of Singles Day, one of the world's biggest online shopping days of the year.


Covering Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:39 PM PDT

A Picture and Its Story: Covering Hurricane Matthew in HaitiBy Carlos Garcia Rawlins JEREMIE, HAITI (Reuters) - The Haitian city of Jeremie was completely destroyed. Hurricane Matthew had hit Haiti hard, and I was there to photograph the storm's aftermath. When I first arrived, I checked into a hotel in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and waited for the hurricane to pass.


Libya forces free five foreign captives from Islamic State in Sirte

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:35 PM PDT

Libyan pro-government forces have freed five foreign nationals held by Islamic State in Sirte after heavy fighting in their battle to capture the final district of the city, a local official said on Thursday. Islamic State took over Sirte more than a year ago, profiting from chaos caused by infighting among rival brigades of Libyan forces who once battled together to oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, but steadily turned against each other. Two of the freed foreigners were from Turkey, two from India and one from Bangladesh, said Rida Issa, a spokesman for the Bonyan Marsous forces which have been battling for six months against militants in Sirte.

Humanitarian truce begins in Aleppo, few leave

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:27 PM PDT

More than 250,000 civilians have been trapped in the rebel-held east of Aleppo under near-continuous siege since mid-JulyA "humanitarian pause" in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on Aleppo took effect Thursday, but despite a drop in violence there was little sign residents were heeding calls to leave. Late in the day Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Syrian rebels of preventing civilians from leaving areas of rebel-held east Aleppo, in violation of the truce. Moscow said the ceasefire would be extended by 24 hours, and the UN said it hoped to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, after getting clearance from all warring parties.


U.S. officials say 50-year-old woman killed by Takata air bag inflator in California

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:26 PM PDT

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. officials say 50-year-old woman killed by Takata air bag inflator in California .

Mexican judge backs drug lord Guzman's US extradition

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:26 PM PDT

Mexico's imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" GuzmanMexico's government moved closer on Thursday to its goal of extraditing notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States by February, after a judge rejected an appeal. The attorney general's office said in a statement that a tribunal in Mexico City ruled against Guzman. The Foreign Ministry had approved the Sinaloa drug cartel chief's extradition in May, but his lawyers fought the decision in district court.


EU pushes for 'leverage' with Africa to curb migrants

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:22 PM PDT

Refugees and migrants wait to be rescued by members of Proactiva Open Arms NGO in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of LibyaEU leaders called Thursday for greater efforts to apply the "leverage" of trade and development with Africa in order to curb migrant departures to Europe and speed up the return of those who arrive. The European Union has been turning its sights on the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy since a March aid-for-cooperation deal with Turkey dramatically slowed the number of migrants landing in Greece, the main entry point for Europe last year. Adopting a statement at their Brussels summit, the leaders urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to present a report at the next summit in December on how much progress has been made with five African countries toward reducing migrant arrivals and increasing returns.


Minjee Lee leads Blue Bay LPGA, 2 days after Typhoon Sarika

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 03:06 PM PDT

HAINAN, China (AP) — Minjee Lee birdied the final three holes for a 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead Thursday in the Blue Bay LPGA , playing in perfect conditions two days after Typhoon Sarika hit the resort.

Turkey ramps up fight against Kurdish fighters in Syria

Posted: 20 Oct 2016 02:55 PM PDT

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Turkish jets have struck the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia north of the embattled city of Aleppo, killing as many as 200 militia members, Turkey's state-run news agency reported Thursday. The Anadolu Agency, quoting military officials, said the raids were carried out late Wednesday night, attacking 18 targets in the Maarraat Umm Hawsh region in northern Syria.(Kayhan Ozer, Presidential Press Service, Pool photo via AP)BEIRUT (AP) — Turkey escalated its offensive Thursday against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, pounding them with airstrikes and artillery, and complicating the battle against the Islamic State group by Ankara and Washington, both NATO allies.


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