Local vendors, not supermarkets, key to Africa food security
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Traditional markets sell more than 85 percent of the food consumed in sub-Saharan Africa, and rather than replacing them with Western-style supermarkets, governments should train local vendors to improve food safety,…
Turkey detains 26 security officers over illegal wiretapping
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 26 security officers on Tuesday on suspicion of illegally wiretapping politicians, civil servants and businessmen, Dogan News Agency reported.
In South Korea, childcare burden derails women’s careers
SEOUL (Reuters) – Ahn Ji-sun was looking forward to going back to work after she had her second child. But she had no one to babysit the kids.
Herder kills himself in Inner Mongolia over land grab
BEIJING (Reuters) – A herder from northern China’s Inner Mongolia who had been protesting the government’s occupation of traditional grazing land has hanged himself outside a government building, a relative and an overseas rights group said.
Herder kills himself in Inner Mongolia over land grab
BEIJING (Reuters) – A herder from northern China’s Inner Mongolia who had been protesting the government’s occupation of traditional grazing land has hanged himself outside a government building, a relative and an overseas rights group said.
Kurds push Islamic State out of Kobani after four-month battle
BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday after driving out Islamic State fighters, a monitoring group and Syrian state media said, although Washington said the four-month battle was not yet over.
Fidel Castro appears to lend support to Cuba talks with U.S.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday appeared to lend his support to talks with the United States in his first comments about his longtime adversary since both countries agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties.
China’s anti-graft unit tells sports to play fair, drop gold medal fever
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s sports regulator has pledged to drop the nation’s obsession with gold medals after the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog warned of the damaging extent of match-fixing and cheating in sports.
Argentine president plans to dissolve spy agency after prosecutor’s death
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – President Cristina Fernandez plans to disband Argentina’s intelligence agency amid suspicions that rogue agents were behind the mysterious death of a state prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center….
Top Malian army officer survives assassination attempt in capital: sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – One of Mali’s most senior military officers survived an assassination attempt in the capital, Bamako, on Monday, three sources told Reuters.
