Aid sector reform must not be clouded by self-interest: report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world’s “self-interested” international aid system must give local charities a greater role in shaping responses to humanitarian disasters or it will fail to assist those most in need, aid experts warned on Tue…
Scalped: At China’s creaking hospitals, illegal ticket touts defy crackdown
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As day breaks, hundreds of patients wait to see doctors in a queue that snakes around the Peking Union hospital in Beijing. Many will wait in vain – “scalpers” like Yu Wei have already illegally bought and sold appointment …
Venezuela’s top court strikes down opposition-backed amnesty law
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top court on Monday struck down an amnesty law approved last month by the opposition-dominated Congress, scuttling an effort by critics of President Nicolas Maduro to secure the release of jailed opposition activists.
Aid agencies fear damage to reputation as ‘Red Cross’ appears in Panama Papers
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Some of the world’s biggest aid agencies voiced concern on Monday that they may be further exposed to risk from the murky world of offshore finance after the latest release of the Panama Papers showed the name of t…
Three injured in helicopter crash at Anglo mine in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Three people were hurt in central Chile on Monday when a helicopter sent to rescue an injured contractor near Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine crashed into the Andes Mountains, the global mining company said in a statement.
Turkish cabinet meets in strife-torn southeast as fighting rages
SANLIURFA, Turkey (Reuters) – Fighting raged on Monday between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey as the cabinet met in the restive region to discuss ways of rebuilding its shattered economy.
Two pro-business candidates make Peru runoff, markets rise
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian markets jumped on Monday as results showed two free-market candidates would move on to the second round of the presidential election: Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of a jailed former president, and centrist economi…
Egyptians outraged at plan to transfer Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s announcement during a five-day visit by King Salman that it would transfer two Red Sea islands to its Saudi ally has outraged Egyptians, who took to social media to criticize the move, which now faces a legal challenge.
Car bomb wounds several at gendarmes base in Turkey: official
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into a gendarmes’ base in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast on Monday, wounding several people, a security source said.
U.S. Navy officer suspected of passing secrets to Taiwan, China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy flight officer with knowledge of sensitive American intelligence collection methods faces espionage charges over suspicions he passed secret information to Taiwan and possibly to China, U.S. officials said.
