Invest in poor rural areas to curb exclusion, quash extremism: UNDP
OSLO (Reuters) – Remote areas in poor nations need far more investment to undercut recruitment by militant armed groups, in a shift from development policies focused most on cities, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said.
Trump rejects push for moderate immigration deal, wants ‘whole package’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected a push by moderate congressional Republicans for a ‘Dreamer’ immigration deal, saying he would only back sweeping immigration legislation that met all of his demands, including a U…
U.S. and partners form international alliance to push nuclear power
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The United States is leading an initiative with several other governments to promote nuclear power and encourage investment in new nuclear technologies.
Colombia’s presidential frontrunner Duque fights to ward off left
BOGOTA (Reuters) – When Ivan Duque was a boy, his grandmother made him memorize the speeches of assassinated Colombian presidential candidate Eliecer Gaitan. By the age of seven he could recite them all.
Taiwan ‘sad, angry’ as it loses second ally in a month amid China pressure
OUAGADOUGOU/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan lost its second diplomatic ally in less than a month on Thursday after Burkina Faso said it had cut ties with the self-ruled island, following intense Chinese pressure on African countries to break with what it reg…
Philippine president asks exiled Maoist leader to return home for talks
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday he had invited a self-exiled Communist rebel leader home for “make or break” peace talks, and would let him leave the country afterwards, despite moves to declare him a terrorist….
North Korea blows up nuclear test site amid doubts over summit
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea followed through on a pledge to blow up tunnels at its nuclear test site on Thursday, North Korean state media reported, as part of steps that have reduced tension on the Korean Peninsula and raised the possibility of a su…
Spain horse whisperer’s animals mirror stress sufferers’ state of mind
MADRID (Reuters) – In the Guadalix mountains outside Madrid, Argentine horse whisperer Fernando Noailles uses his animals to help people suffering from stress and anxiety.
Former treasurer of Spain’s ruling party gets 33 years in jail in graft case
MADRID (Reuters) – The former treasurer of Spain’s ruling People’s Party, Luis Barcenas, was given a 33-year prison sentence and fined 44 million euros on Thursday for his part in a corruption case in which dozens of high-ranking party members were jai…
Investigators identify Russian military unit in downing of flight MH17
BUNNIK, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch prosecutors identified a Russian military unit on Thursday as the source of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 people on board.
