Friction over India’s beef trade heats up after attacks
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Hindu nationalists in India have stepped up attacks on the country’s beef industry, seizing trucks with cattle bound for abattoirs and blockading meat processing plants in a bid to halt the trade in the world’s second-biggest exporte…
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ by North Korean nuclear advances
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is “deeply concerned” about North Korea’s nuclear advances, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday after a U.S. research institute predicted Pyongyang could possess as many as 100 nuclear weapons within five yea…
Myanmar rebel leader denies Chinese citizens fighting with him
BEIJING (Reuters) – The ethnic Chinese leader of a group of Myanmar rebels which has been engaged in renewed fighting with the government has denied in an interview with a Chinese paper that he has been receiving any help from Chinese citizens or merce…
Hong Kong pledges $37 million for businesses hit by pro-democracy protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong announced measures totaling HK$290 million ($37 million) on Wednesday to help businesses hit by more than two months of pro-democracy protests as the government seeks to rebuild confidence in the Asia financial center.
Mexico proposes allowing foreign agents to bear arms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto proposed a reform on Tuesday that would authorize foreign immigration and customs agents to carry arms while in the country, an issue that has long been a source of friction with the United S…
Qatar assures U.S. it is committed to fighting Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Qatar is committed to defeating the Islamic State, its emir assured U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday in his first official visit to the White House.
Cuba honors five spies who served long prison terms in U.S.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba President Raul Castro on Tuesday pinned medals on five spies, declaring them national heroes for infiltrating right-wing exile groups that plotted against Havana and for then enduring long prison terms in the United States.
Will a new UK law eradicate supply chain slavery?
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Whether it is high street fashion, bedding from a department store or eggs from a supermarket, few British shoppers would stop to ask whether slave labor was involved in making their goods.
States fail to protect civilians from militant violence: Amnesty
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments are failing to protect millions of civilians from violence by states and armed groups, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, describing the global response to widespread conflict from Nigeria to Syri…
U.S. Embassy reports threats to Americans in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan issued an emergency message on Tuesday warning of threats to Americans living in the capital Kabul.
