Police find no explosives after alert at Copenhagen cafe
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said they found no explosives in a suspect package left outside a Copenhagen cafe on Tuesday, the scene of a fatal shooting three days earlier at an event promoting free speech.
Proposed South Africa ban on foreign land ownership aimed at farms: minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African government proposal to ban foreign nationals from owning land will apply to farms, not residential property, a government minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Thailand fails to tackle human trafficking and abuse: rights group
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thailand’s efforts to combat human trafficking in its multi-billion dollar fishing industry have been “wholly inadequate”, and it has failed to end officials’ involvement in trafficking and labor abuses, a rights …
Sri Lanka minister to make first China visit post election
BEIJING (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister will visit China next week in the highest-level trip to Beijing by a member of the new government, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, as China seeks to ensure the safety of its investments the…
Indonesia delays transfer of two Australian drug offenders for execution
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has postponed the transfer of five convicts, two Australian drug offenders among them, to another prison for execution, prompted by medical concerns and families’ requests for more time with the prisoners, authorities said…
China says thousands forced to flee Myanmar fighting
BEIJING (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been forced to flee Myanmar into the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan following fighting between Myanmar’s army and insurgents, the Chinese government said, repeating a call for restraint.
Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in a country where half of girls end up as child brides.
Separatists to battle on for east Ukraine town: senior rebel
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists cannot “morally” stop fighting for control of a town in east Ukraine where they have encircled government troops despite a peace deal, a senior rebel representative said on Tuesday.
Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on ceasefire: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given the fragility of the agreed ceasefire, a German government spokesman …
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted northern Japan on Tuesday, hours after an earlier quake triggered evacuation warnings in towns along the coast.
