Thai politics: No country for young men?
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A 39-year-old motor parts billionaire and extreme sports enthusiast seeking to shake up Thai politics has been compared to France’s Emmanuel Macron and Canada’s Justin Trudeau for his youth.
Jose Abreu, creator of Venezuelan El Sistema youth orchestras, dies
CARACAS (Reuters) – Jose Abreu, the award-winning founder of a program that pulled thousands of Venezuelan children from crime and poverty through music, died on Saturday, aged 78.
U.S. says killed two ‘terrorists’ in southern Libya air strike
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – U.S. forces said they had killed “two terrorists” in an air strike in southwestern Libya on Saturday as part of efforts to deny militants a safe haven in the country’s vast desert.
Congo military kills 13 rebels in Ituri clashes: army spokesman
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Congo’s military said on Saturday it had killed 13 militiamen during clashes with an unidentified group after coming under attack in the country’s volatile northeastern Ituri province.
Peruvian judge bars ex-president Kuczynski from leaving country
LIMA (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge on Saturday imposed travel restrictions on former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who resigned this week while facing near-certain impeachment over ties to a construction firm at the heart of a graft investigation.
U.S. says killed two ‘terrorists’ in air strike in southern Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.S. forces carried out an air strike near the southern Libyan city of Ubari on Saturday “killing two terrorists”, the U.S. Africa Command said.
Italian parties reach deal on parliamentary speakers
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement hooked up with conservative parties on Saturday to elect the speakers of both houses of parliament, but there was no sign yet they might extend this pact and form a government.
Turkey takes full control of Syria’s Afrin: military source
AFRIN, Syria (Reuters) – Turkey’s military and its Syrian rebel allies have taken full control of northwest Syria’s Afrin region, a Turkish army source said on Saturday, as aid workers distributed food to people in the area.
France mourns ‘hero’ officer who took place of hostage in attack
PARIS (Reuters) – France will pay a national tribute to a security officer who died from gunshot wounds after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during a supermarket siege by an Islamist militant, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturda…
Greek shipping tycoon denies drugs charges
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek shipping tycoon and the owner of Olympiakos Piraeus and Nottingham Forest soccer teams, Vangelis Marinakis, denied any links to drug trafficking on Saturday, a day after a Greek prosecutor brought preliminary charges against hi…
