Trump offers to help Pakistan, calls PM Sharif a ‘terrific guy’: Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump offered to help solve Pakistan’s problems and praised Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a “terrific guy” in the first call between the two men, the Pakistani leader’s office said.
Young gay men at the frontline of AIDS prevention in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Young gay men are the frontline of China’s battle to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, with new cases in the group increasing fourfold, one of the fastest rates of any segment of the population.
Thailand’s crown prince returns from abroad to become King Rama X
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn returned to Bangkok on Thursday, two days after parliament said it would invite him to become the country’s new king following the death of his father, revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Colombian peace deal passed by Congress, ending 52-year war
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Congress approved a new peace deal with FARC rebels late on Wednesday, despite objections from former President and now Senator Alvaro Uribe, who said it was still too lenient on the insurgents who have battled the governm…
China party warns against ‘pomp’ as it tightens rules in graft fight
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has issued new rules to push its fight against deeply entrenched corruption, telling senior officials to travel “without pomp”, not to have too many staff and not take too many holidays.
Eleven injured in Nicaragua after protest against canal
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Eleven people have been injured in Nicaragua after clashes broke out between police and protesters who oppose the construction of a massive inter-oceanic canal project in the Central American country, federal police and demonstratio…
Cubans cheer Castro’s ashes on last journey across island
JOVELLANOS, Cuba (Reuters) – Feted by cheering Cubans, a funeral cortege carried the ashes of Fidel Castro out of Havana on Wednesday on a three-day journey to his final resting place in the east of the island where he launched the Cuban Revolution six…
World’s growing inequality is ‘ticking time bomb’: Nobel laureate Yunus
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The widening gap between rich and poor around the world is a “ticking time bomb” threatening to explode into social and economic unrest if left unchecked, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said on Thursday.
Brazil prosecutors blast lawmakers for gutting corruption bill
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Prosecutors investigating Brazil’s biggest-ever graft scandal threatened to resign en masse on Wednesday if a move to gut an anti-corruption bill won approval from legislators as the nation mourns an air disaster.
U.S. struggling to win enough votes for South Sudan arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States is struggling to secure the minimum number of votes needed for the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan amid U.N. warnings of possible genocide in the world’s newest state…
