Philanthropy’s drive for ‘better cities’ needs data and collaboration boost: experts
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The doors of the Carnegie Library in Herne Hill, a leafy south London suburb, shut for the last time seven months ago after the cash-strapped local city government decided the building had not been used to its full…
Pro-Russian candidate wins first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election
SOFIA (Reuters) – Socialist-backed candidate Rumen Radev, who has called for an end to European Union sanctions against Russia, has won the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election, the elections commission said on Tuesday, confirming preliminar…
Afghan Taliban reject proposed Islamic scholars conference
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban urged Islamic scholars on Tuesday not to let a proposed international religious congress become a means of legitimizing the Western-backed government in Kabul.
Trump or Clinton? Israelis fret, but either is a likely ally
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Most of the world follows U.S. presidential elections closely, but Israel can seem particularly obsessive, endlessly assessing which candidate will better protect its interests and breaking down their every comment for policy clue…
Thousands protest death of imprisoned Kosovo opposition activist
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Thousands of Kosovo opposition supporters marched through Pristina on Tuesday blaming the government for the death of an imprisoned activist suspected of being involved in a grenade attack on the parliament building.
Germany arrests five men suspected of recruiting for Islamic State
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Tuesday arrested five suspected Islamist militants accused of recruiting fighters for Islamic State in Syria, the federal prosecution office said in a statement.
EU’s Mogherini comments on Turkey ‘unacceptable’: foreign ministry
ANKARA (Reuters) – Comments by European foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini concerning Turkey are “unacceptable”, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Tuesday, saying the bloc failed to understand Ankara’s sensitivities in the fight against terror….
Netanyahu attacks Israeli media, singles out investigative journalist
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an unprecedented vilification of the Israeli media on Monday, accusing a leading television journalist of being part of a plot to bring down his right-wing government.
Former Philippine dictator Marcos to get hero’s burial three decades after death
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for a hero’s burial for former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, resolving an issue that has divided the nation since his death in 1989 three years after he was ousted in a “people pow…
British banker jailed for life for ‘sickening’ Hong Kong murders
HONG KONG(Reuters) – A British banker was jailed for life on Tuesday for the “sickening” murders of two Indonesian women he tortured in his Hong Kong apartment in what the judge said was one of the most horrifying cases the Chinese-ruled territory has …
