Exclusive: Liberian President-elect Weah tempers expectations, plans agriculture push
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberian President-elect George Weah on Tuesday set modest goals for his six-year term, calling for Liberia to start exporting crops and repairing decrepit infrastructure, in his first interview since winning election last week.
Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over Trump’s ‘lies and deceit’ tweet
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan civilian and military chiefs on Tuesday rejected “incomprehensible” U.S. comments after President Donald Trump tweeted angrily about Pakistani “lies and deceit”, with Islamabad summoning the U.S. ambassador.
South Korea offers talks with North ahead of Olympics
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Tuesday offered talks with North Korea next week amid a standoff over its weapons programs, a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to negotiations but that his country would push ahead with “mass p…
Saudi-led coalition denies blocking aid to Yemen
RIYADH (Reuters) – The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen has denied blocking aid and basic supplies from entering, following a Reuters story detailing how Yemen is struggling to cope with a new outbreak of the bacterial disease diphtheria.
Uganda’s Museveni signs law removing age cap for president
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has signed a law that scraps a 75-year age cap for presidential candidates, a spokesman for parliament said on Tuesday, a move critics say will allow him to remain in power indefinitely.
Boko Haram displaced barter to survive
ABUJA (Reuters) – Cash cannot be king for the people of Bakasi camp.
Norway PM Solberg opens talks to include Liberals in coalition
MOSS, Norway (Reuters) – Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg began negotiations on Tuesday to add the small Liberal Party to her cabinet, emphasizing jobs creation and energy policy among top priorities for the talks.
Nation of pessimists no more: French more optimistic under Macron – poll
PARIS (Reuters) – The French have become more optimistic about the future that at any time in the past eight years, a survey showed on Tuesday, belying their reputation as a nation of pessimists.
Moldova leader pans “shameful” court decision to suspend his powers
KIEV (Reuters) – Moldovan President Igor Dodon on Tuesday rejected a decision by the country’s constitutional court to suspend his powers temporarily due to a wrangle between him and the pro-Western government over ministerial appointments.
Previously detained ex-finance minister Assaf seen at Saudi cabinet meeting
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi state minister Ibrahim al-Assaf was seen attending a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to a photograph published on official media, almost two months after the veteran official was reported detained in a crackdown on corrup…
