Some South Korean ferry mourners tire of the politics of closure
ANSAN South Korea (Reuters) – A man whose 17-year-old child was killed in the April sinking of a South Korean ferry, the country’s worst maritime accident in decades, said he is ready to move on, tired of the political wrangling and mud-slinging four m…
After food safety scares, China retailer offers baby milk insurance
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Chinese retailer is offering insurance to customers who buy infant milk powder, highlighting the lengths to which companies are going to address concerns about food safety in China.
Indonesia’s president-elect eyes swift fuel hike to boost budget
JAKARTA (Reuters) – President-elect Joko Widodo will sit down with Indonesia’s outgoing leader next week in the hope of reaching an agreement to raise fuel prices before the handover in October, a move that would help ease budget-sapping subsidy costs….
Death toll could double to over 80 in Hiroshima landslide, more rain falls
HIROSHIMA (Reuters) – Heavy rain delayed a search on Friday for more than 50 people believed buried under a deadly landslide on the edge of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, as opposition politicians rounded on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his handling …
South Sudan rebels accept presence of Ugandan troops to keep peace
KAMPALA (Reuters) – South Sudan rebels have agreed to let Uganda maintain its forces on South Sudanese soil until a regional body deploys a peace keeping force, a spokesman for the Ugandan government told Reuters on Friday.
Syria reinforces air base under Islamic State attack: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces have sent reinforcements to an air base being attacked by Islamic State militants in northeast Syria where no fewer than 30 of the radical group’s fighters were killed on Thursday, a group monitoring the viol…
China investigates former NDRC finance chief in bribe probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former director at China’s economic planning agency who oversaw corporate bond issues between 2003-2006 is being investigated, the country’s top prosecutor said on Friday, the latest official to be implicated in an anti-corruption…
Amid outward calm, climate of fear cements Thai military rule
Thai opposition activist Kritsuda Khunasen said she was blindfolded and struggling to regain consciousness when she heard this chilling query from one of her interrogators.
Amid U.S. air strikes, Iraq struggles to build own air force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told a recent interviewer he did not want the U.S. military to become Iraq’s air force. But he may have little choice.
At least 33 dead in bus crash in Egypt’s Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 33 people died and dozens were injured when two buses collided before dawn on Friday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the state news agency and security sources reported.
