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| Brazil police seek more charges against Lula in graft case - source | | Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:51 AM | |
|  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 [ODBES.UL] 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 | | Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:37 AM | |
| | 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 | | Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:33 AM | |
| | 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 | | Thursday, October 06, 2016 12:05 AM | |
|  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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| Chicago latest to sanction Wells Fargo for defrauding customers | |  By Karen Pierog and Dave McKinney CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a one-year suspension for Wells Fargo & Co from city business because of its scandal over phony accounts, joining the states of Illinois and California in punishing the bank. Wells Fargo has earned $19.5 million in fees from Chicago since 2005. Wells Fargo staff opened checking, savings and credit card accounts without customer approval for years to satisfy managers' demand for new business, according to a $190 million settlement with U.S. regulators and California prosecutors reached on Sept. 8.
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| Colombia's Santos, rival Uribe willing to work on peace deal | |  By Julia Symmes Cobb and Helen Murphy BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition rival Alvaro Uribe met on Wednesday in a bid to resolve differences over a peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels that was rejected in a shock vote this week, leaving the country in limbo. Sunday's surprise referendum result, which confounded pollsters and was a political disaster for Santos, plunged the country into uncertainty over the future of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, who had been expected to disarm once the deal was passed by voters. After more than three hours of talks, former President Uribe emphasized the need for "adjustments and proposals that should be introduced...to seek a new peace deal that will include all Colombians." Without giving any concrete proposals, Uribe, 64, said Santos had shown he was disposed to changes.
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| Trump donated to state attorneys general reviewing his business - WSJ | |  (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has given campaign contributions to state attorneys general while they considered decisions affecting his business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Journal said records showed that Trump, his family and associates donated in particular to attorneys general in New York, from the 1980s through incumbent Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat who said last month he had opened an inquiry into the Donald J. Trump Foundation. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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| Yahoo scan by U.S. fell under foreign spy law expiring next year - sources | |  By Mark Hosenball and Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Yahoo operation in 2015 to scan the incoming email of its customers for specific information requested by the U.S. government was authorized under a foreign intelligence law, parts of which will expire next year, two U.S. government officials familiar with the matter said. Reuters on Tuesday reported that the Yahoo program was in response to a classified U.S. government request to scan emails belonging to hundreds of millions of Yahoo users. The revelation rekindled a long-running debate in the United States over the proper balance between digital privacy and national security.
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