Malaysia seeks help from tech firms to stem ‘false’ online content
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will ask three social media and Internet companies to curb content in the interest of public safety, the communications minister said on Monday.
Sri Lankans go to polls in ‘referendum’ on Rajapaksa comeback
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankans went to the polls on Monday to elect a new parliament in what amounts to a referendum on ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s comeback bid, with the reformist alliance that swept him from power seeking a stronger mandate.
Greek opposition party refuses to back PM in any confidence vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s socialist PASOK party joined the main opposition on Sunday in saying it would not back Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he calls a confidence vote following a rebellion in the governing party over a new bailout deal.
Rescuers work to clear China blast site of chemicals before rain falls
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Chinese soldiers and rescue workers in gas masks and hazard suits searched for toxic materials in China’s port of Tianjin on Sunday as Premier Li Keqiang arrived to offer condolences, days after explosions flattened part of a…
Summer crisis tests Europe’s new nationalisms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – High summer and life, for many in Europe, is a beach.
Five Nicaraguan police officers killed in attack
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Five Nicaraguan police officers were killed on Sunday in the south of the country after being attacked by a criminal group trying to free one of its members that had been detained, police said.
Poverty drives Myanmar girls into underage sex work
YANGON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Teenager Wut Yee was devastated when her mother, a sex worker, told her that she had just agreed to sell her daughter’s virginity to a businessman for $3,000.
Latin American governments fail to tackle booming urban slums: report
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Latin America’s booming urban slums look set to continue their rapid expansion as government housing policies fail to tackle an explosion in informal housing, legal experts said on Monday.
Boko Haram leader Shekau says he is alive
LAGOS (Reuters) – Abubakar Shekau says he is alive and still the leader of Islamist sect Boko Haram, denying reports he is dead, according to a new audio message quoted on social media on Sunday.
Egypt’s Sisi approves anti-terrorism law setting up special courts
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers in the face of a two-year-long insurgency that aims to topple his government.
