In ageing Thailand, developers race to supply locals and elderly expats
BANGKOK (Reuters) – At 79, Thai businessman Boon Vasin’s latest $500 million venture is a bet on a market he knows well – looking after Thailand’s rapidly growing population of old people.
Honduran coca raid signals shift to cocaine production, authorities say
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The second seizure of a coca plantation in Honduras within a year shows drug gangs are seeking to cut costs and turn the small Central American state into a producer rather than a transit hub for U.S.-bound cocaine, authorities …
U.S., Russia clash at U.N. over chemical weapons attacks in Syria
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia and the United States tangled on Tuesday at the United Nations over the use of chemical weapons in Syria as Washington and its allies considered whether to strike at President Bashar al-Assad’s forces over a sus…
German retail magnate missing in Alps – reports
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tengelmann retail group chief Karl-Erivan Haub, whose family is among Germany’s wealthiest, has been missing since Saturday when he failed to return from an off-piste skiing tour in the Alps, German and Swiss media reported on Tuesda…
Give Saudi Arabia a chance, French president tells critics
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron took on critics of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday, saying it was too easy to criticize the young leader’s haste to reform and urged detractors to give him time.
Brazil’s Workers Party clings to Lula candidacy
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The jailing of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has hardened convictions in his Workers Party that he should be nominated to run for president, its senior members said, a plan that may leave the broader left frag…
U.S. and Russia fight at U.N. over Syria chemical weapons attacks
UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia and the United States tangled on Tuesday at the U.N. Security Council over Syria as they blocked attempts by each other to set up international investigations into chemical weapons attacks in the war-ravaged country.
Seven Myanmar soldiers sentenced to 10 years for Rohingya massacre
YANGON (Reuters) – Seven Myanmar soldiers have been sentenced to “10 years in prison with hard labor in a remote area” for participating in a massacre of 10 Rohingya Muslim men in a village in northwestern Rakhine state last September, the army said on…
Czech premier Babis may renew coalition talks with fringe parties
LANY, Czech Republic (Reuters) – The Czech president has advised Prime Minister Andrej Babis to try to negotiate a new government with two fringe parties after coalition talks with the Social Democrats collapsed, Babis said on Tuesday.
France’s Macron defends Saudi arms sales, to hold Yemen conference
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday defended French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, but said he was concerned by the humanitarian situation and would host a conference on the issue before the summer.
