Taiwan school textbook row highlights antipathy to ‘one China’
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions which students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a “one China” view of history underscore the island’s growing sense of independence from its vast neighbor and geopolitical foe.
China seeks hearts and minds with Tibetan resettlements
NGABA, China (Reuters) – Nineteen-year-old Longsel Tsondre sees nothing romantic about the itinerant life his Tibetan herder family left behind when the government in his remote corner of southwestern China offered to resettle them a few years ago.
Thai election could be delayed to 2017 if charter rejected: minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A general election in Thailand could be delayed until April 2017 if a newly drafted constitution is rejected by a national reform assembly due to convene next month, a deputy prime minister said on Monday.
North Korea shows captive Canadian pastor confessing before congregation
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea released video footage on Monday of a Canadian pastor confessing before a Pyongyang church congregation that he had committed crimes against the state.
Israel approves jailing Jewish militants without trial to resolve lethal arson
(This August 2 story was corrected to change number of Palestinians held in detention without trial in paragraph 10 to 391 as of May not 5,442 as of June)
Rescuers in Myanmar struggle to reach flood-hit areas, toll seen rising
YANGON (Reuters) – A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on Monday to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said.
Kerry says United States, Egypt return to ‘stronger base’ in ties
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday after talks with his Egyptian counterpart.
Mexico City prosecutor confirms killing of news photographer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A prominent Mexican news photographer was among five people found dead in a middle-class neighborhood of the capital on Friday, the city’s prosecutor told reporters at a Sunday press conference.
Nigeria’s army says rescued 178 captives of Boko Haram
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army said late on Sunday that it rescued 178 people held by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s Borno state, the heartland of the insurgency.
Mexico City prosecutor confirms slaying of news photographer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A prominent Mexican news photographer was among five people found dead in a middle-class neighborhood of the capital on Friday, the city’s prosecutor said on Sunday.
