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| Duterte rated "very good" in first 90 days - Philippines poll |
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 Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been rated "very good" in an opinion poll on his first 90 days in office, which has been defined largely by his deadly war on drugs and vitriol against Western leaders. Only 11 percent of 1,200 Filipinos surveyed by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) agency said they were dissatisfied with his performance. The rating, announced on Thursday, was calculated by deducting the 11 percent from the 76 percent of respondents who said they were satisfied with Duterte's presidency, then rounding it off.
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| Indonesia prosecutors seek 20 years in coffee poisoning case |
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| Indonesian prosecutors said they are seeking a 20-year jail term for a woman charged with murdering her college friend by poisoning her coffee. Jessica Kumala Wongso, a resident of Australia, is accused of the murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin at a Jakarta cafe in early January. The case has grabbed widespread media attention in Indonesia and neighbouring Australia, with the cafe turning into a tourist spot and coffee products being named after Wongso. |
| Brazil police seek more charges against Lula in graft case - source |
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 Brazil's federal police have requested formal corruption charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a case involving contracts obtained by building and engineering conglomerate Odebrecht in Angola, a source said on Wednesday. The source, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information, said that Lula was among 10 people that police have requested be charged in a document sent by police to prosecutors. Under Brazilian law, only prosecutors can formally charge someone after a police investigation and those charges must then be approved by a judge.
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| Machete-wielding man fatally shot by police on Colorado university campus |
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| By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A machete-wielding man who was menacing people on the University of Colorado's flagship campus was fatally shot by police officers on Wednesday after he refused commands to drop the weapon, authorities said. Scott Pribble, police spokesman for the university's Boulder campus, told reporters that authorities were notified shortly after 9 a.m. of a confrontation involving a man with a large knife near the school's football stadium. "There was some kind of an altercation in the parking lot" before the suspect went inside an athletic department building, Pribble said. |
| Colombian journalist honoured for tackling taboos on wartime rape |
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| By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When journalist Jineth Bedoya went to Bogota's maximum-security prison 16 years ago to interview an infamous paramilitary warlord, little did she know the visit would mark her life and convert her into a leading rights activist. Bedoya never made it to the interview but instead was kidnapped, gang-raped, tortured and left on the side of a road. For her activism, Bedoya was awarded on Thursday the annual Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) Anna Politkovskaya Award. |
| Trump backs off praise of Russia's Putin after debate |
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 By Emily Stephenson HENDERSON, Nev. (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump backed off from praising Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying he was unsure of his relationship with the Russian president who he has described as a better leader than President Barack Obama. The day after running mate Mike Pence appeared to break ranks with Trump during a vice presidential debate and called Putin "a small and bullying leader," Trump adjusted his own previously warm rhetoric toward the Russian. "I don't love (Putin), I don't hate.
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