Ukraine rebels say they withdrawing weapons; Kiev doubtful – Reuters

Stock futures are pointing to a sharply lower opening Thursday.

Russia has accused Nato and the US of “provoking a new level of tension” after the US and Germany became the latest allies to let Ukraine’s military to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia. A Berlin spokesman said Germany was convinced Ukraine had the right to defend itself from Russia, especially from cross-border […]

Knife-wielding attackers wounded 10 people at a railway station in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou Friday, before local police shot dead one suspect and arrested another. The attack took place during the morning rush hour, when the assailants attacked people in front of the station, the city’s public security …