Myanmar’s Mr Clean says he takes ‘red tape road’ to profit
YANGON (Reuters) – Scaffolding around the 139-year old Burma Railway Headquarters, a red-brick colonial relic at the center of a half billion dollar property development in central Yangon, hasn’t seen much action since the project was announced four ye…
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam extradited to France, under formal investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was placed under formal investigation on terrorism and murder charges in France on Wednesday after his extradition from Belgium, and he promised to talk to judges during his next hearing, his Frenc…
Australia’s tough immigration policies hit in middle of election campaign
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea and Australia will hold urgent talks about the fate of 900 asylum seekers after PNG announced the closure of the island detention center holding them, leaving Australia’s tough immigration policies in disarray in the…
Brazil’s Temer to battle fiscal crisis without tax hikes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A new government in Brazil led by Vice President Michel Temer would focus on cutting spending to close a gaping budget deficit and would only raise taxes as a last resort, the leader of his Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman and brother, armed with knives: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, saying they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.
Ukrainian diplomat rushes to Russian border over jailed pilot’s sister
KIEV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian diplomat was headed to the Russian border on Thursday morning to help the sister of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko after Kiev accused Russian border guards of seizing her passport and preventing her from l…
Ahead of rare North Korea Congress, money trumps Party for most
SEOUL (Reuters) – Kim Dan-bi’s brother is the model of the establishment North Korean: an army veteran and member of the ruling Workers’ Party, he is now a manager at a state enterprise.
Chile court tosses key part of president’s labor reform law
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A top court ruled on Wednesday that a provision of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s landmark labor reform legislation was unconstitutional in stating that only unions could carry out collective wage negotiations with companies…
U.S. says can use sanctions, arms embargo if South Sudan backtracks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is prepared to consider imposing sanctions or an arms embargo on South Sudan’s leaders if they fail to cooperate in a proposed unity government to end conflict in the country, a senior U.S. official said on Wedn…
U.N. blacklists India-flagged ship carrying eastern Libya oil
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council Libya sanctions committee blacklisted on Wednesday an Indian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil shipped by the rival eastern Libya government, said diplomats, which would prevent it from ent…
