Taiwan to launch homegrown submarine plan with initial T$3 billion budget
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has allocated T$3 billion ($92.55 million) over four years, beginning next year, to launch a long-awaited program for the island to build its own diesel-electric submarines.
Guatemala judge orders detention of President Perez in graft scandal
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge has issued a detention order for President Otto Perez, the attorney general´s office said on Wednesday, amid a graft scandal that has gutted his government and plunged Guatemala into chaos days before a presidential election.
Could TripAdvisor-style ratings save migrant workers from slavery?
BOGOR, Indonesia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Mexican migrant paid a recruiter thousands of dollars for work in the United States, only to endure slavery, time in jail and finally deportation.
White House says Obama, Saudi’s Salman will discuss energy market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will discuss the global energy market with Saudi’s King Salman when the two leaders meet at the White House on Friday, Obama’s deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, said on Wednesday.
China to put on huge show of force for World War Two anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will put on its biggest display of military might on Thursday in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by Western leaders but which underscores Beijing’s growing confidence in its armed …
War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North Africa: U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from attending school, leaving their hopes and futures shattered, the United Nations Children’s Fund said in a report issued on Thursday.
Migrants shut Eurostar trains to UK; dead wash up on Turkish beach
CALAIS, France/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants poured overnight onto the high-speed railway linking Paris with London near the French port of Calais, stranding passengers in darkness aboard Eurostar trains.
Five Chinese ships in Bering Sea as Obama visits Alaska
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five Chinese Navy ships are sailing in international waters in the Bering Sea off Alaska, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, in an apparent first for China’s military that came as U.S. President Barack Obama toured the U.S. state.
Migrants shut Eurostar trains to UK; dead wash up on Turkish beach
CALAIS, France/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants poured overnight onto the high-speed railway linking Paris with London near the French port of Calais, stranding passengers in darkness aboard Eurostar trains.
China to put on huge show of force for World War Two anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will put on a huge show of force on Thursday with goose-stepping troops and nuclear-capable missiles parading through Beijing, marking 70 years since the end of World War Two and the country’s growing military might and confid…
