Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic
MONROVIA (Reuters) – About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel.
France detains suspect in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing
PARIS (Reuters) – A Lebanese-Canadian who is the main suspect in a 1980 bombing that killed four people outside a Paris synagogue was placed under formal investigation on Saturday, his lawyer told Reuters.
UK looking into reports IS beheading suspect wounded
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it was investigating reports that a man believed to be a British national suspected of carrying out beheadings in videos released by Islamic State (IS) had been wounded in a U.S.-led air strike last week.
U.S. military chief says battle with IS starting to turn
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States’ top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday that the momentum in the battle with Islamic State was “starting to turn”, but predicted a drawn-out campaign lasting several ye…
U.S., EU override Australia to put climate change on G20 agenda
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change, EU officials said on Sunday, as the United States and other heavyweight nations override host Australia’s attempts to keep the issue off the formal …
UK looking into reports IS beheading suspect wounded
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it was investigating reports that a man believed to be a British national suspected of carrying out beheadings in videos released by Islamic State (IS) had been wounded in a U.S.-led air strike last week.
G20 communique to include climate change, anti-corruption plan: EU sources
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change and an endorsement of an anti-corruption plan, European Union officials said on Sunday.
Chinese team arrives in Liberia to staff Ebola clinic
MONROVIA (Reuters) – About 160 Chinese health workers arrived on Saturday in Liberia, where they are due to staff a new $41 million Ebola clinic that, unlike most other foreign interventions, is being built and fully run by Chinese personnel.
Scion of Pakistan’s dynasty struggles to shake off father’s legacy
NAUDERO Pakistan (Reuters) – He was a 19-year-old Oxford undergraduate when his family named him chairman of Pakistan’s oldest dynastic party.
U.S. military chief says battle with IS starting to turn
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States’ top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday that the momentum in the battle with Islamic State was “starting to turn”, but predicted a drawn-out campaign lasting several ye…
