US Supreme Court strikes donation limits

US Supreme Court strikes donation limits
Egypt attacks end lull in violence
Hollande boosts left in cabinet reshuffle
Kerry battles to save Middle East talks
Prison numbers hit US employment figures
China craves global trade club membership
Spain looks to ECB to avoid deflation
Push to ‘federalise’ angers Ukraine
Chile cancels tsunami warnings
Chinese police hold Guangzhou protesters

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:55 AM PDT

Narrow majority rules right to participate freely in elections trumps corruption threat, but law limiting donations to individual candidates is unchanged

Egypt attacks end lull in violence

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:02 AM PDT

Bombings in central Cairo and an attack in the provinces signal anti-government militants' renewed offensive against security forces

Hollande boosts left in cabinet reshuffle

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 08:02 AM PDT

François Hollande has made Michel Sapin his new finance minister and promoted industry minister Arnaud Montebourg in a wide-ranging cabinet reshuffle

Kerry battles to save Middle East talks

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Israelis and Palestinians accused each other of breaking agreements as John Kerry scrambled to keep alive his floundering Middle East peace process

Prison numbers hit US employment figures

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:52 AM PDT

Job market prospects of those with a criminal record are vital to Federal Reserve, in judging when to raise interest rates, and economic outlook

China craves global trade club membership

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:20 AM PDT

Beijing wants to learn how to translate economic power into a seat at the table where the new rules of global commerce are being drafted

Spain looks to ECB to avoid deflation

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 07:46 AM PDT

March saw the sharpest fall in consumer prices since 2009, sparking intense debate over the threat softening prices might pose to economic recovery

Push to ‘federalise’ angers Ukraine

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 10:33 AM PDT

Russia's foreign minister tweaked one of the most sensitive spots in Ukraine's national psyche when he called for Kiev to move towards federalisation

Chile cancels tsunami warnings

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:07 AM PDT

Region appears to have escaped large casualties and copper mines report no major damage after magnitude 8.2 quake off the north coast triggered landslides

Chinese police hold Guangzhou protesters

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 09:59 AM PDT

Eight protesters who joined a demonstration in Guangzhou against a petrochemical plant in Guangdong province have been detained by police