China navy launches first self-propelled floating dock
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s navy has launched its first self-propelled floating dock, giving it the ability to repair warships far from the coast, the official People’s Liberation Army Daily said on Tuesday, Beijing’s latest move to modernize its navy….
Germany says credibility of Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine at stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The credibility of the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine will come under threat unless both sides in the conflict make faster progress in implementing the agreement, Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday.
Jamaican military on streets as election winner’s margin narrows
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaican reservist soldiers reinforced security at electoral offices on Monday after a final count of votes cast in last week’s general election narrowed the winning party’s majority to one seat in the heavily indebted Caribbean na…
Fog collectors net scarce water in Kenya, but face a cloudy future
ILMASIN, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With a thirsty and impatient boy waiting nearby, Joseph Kipalian draws water from a tank and pours it into the boy’s bucket. The school-yard water tank is fed from an unusual source: the air.
Living in filth, Greece’s migrants battle hunger and cold
ATHENS (Reuters) – Mohammed Asif and his family have no food, no shelter and no security. “Home”, for now, is a thin green blanket spread over a piece of plastic on a pavement in a grimy neighborhood of the Greek capital.
Bangladeshi women trafficked to war-torn Syria as sex slaves, maids
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scores of Bangladeshi women have been lured with the promise of a good job in the Middle East and then trafficked to war-torn Syria, where they are forced into domestic or sex work, a senior Bangladeshi police o…
Lebanon struggles to help Syrian refugees with mental health problems
BEIRUT (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Syrian refugee Fatmeh fled to safety in Lebanon in 2011 after militants raided the family home, beat her up and tried to rape her. But her problems were far from over.
Clashes break out as France begins clearing Calais migrant camp
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – Clashes with police broke out on Monday as work got underway to clear part of the shanty town outside Calais in northern France where migrants are trying to reach Britain.
Greek PM says lenders could return for bailout review in early March
ATHENS (Reuters) – International lenders could return to Greece within the first 10 days of March to complete a bailout review, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, a move desperately needed by Athens to move on to debt relief talks.
New Taiwan president’s dilemma: to host or not to host the Dalai Lama?
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s diplomatic honeymoon with China could be shortlived if she allows the Dalai Lama to visit the self-ruled democratic island that Beijing claims as its own, two senior political sources sai…
