Tobacco firms sign landmark pledge to end child labor in supply chains
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Several of the world’s biggest tobacco companies pledged on Wednesday to end child labor in their supply chains, a landmark agreement a rights group said could protect thousands of children from hazardous work in t…
Italy’s Northern League calls for EU to be ‘demolished’
ROME (Reuters) – In a European political landscape increasingly populated with insurgent, anti-system parties, Italy’s eurosceptic anti-immigrant Northern League is the latest to profit from a groundswell of hostility to the European Union.
Kenya to investigate Al Jazeera allegations of ‘death squads’
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities are to investigate journalists and sources involved in an Al Jazeera documentary alleging that radical Muslim preachers were killed by police “death squads”.
Latin America only region set to meet hunger reduction goals: U.N.
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Latin America and the Caribbean is the only region on track to meet the 2009 World Food Summit goal of halving the number of people suffering from hunger by 2015, the United Nations reported.
Somali al Shabaab militants behead two policewomen
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants have beheaded two Somali policewomen, prompting a policeman to kill five women linked to the group who were being held for a possible swap of captives, an official said on Wednesday.
Sworn enemies make peace in Colombia after putting down their guns
CALI, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – During seven years of night guard duty as a rebel child soldier in Colombia’s jungle hideouts, Jhon Jairo Obando was kept awake knowing that if he did not shoot first his enemy would.
Uzbek president asks Putin to help fight radical Islam in Central Asia
TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan urged Russia on Wednesday to help protect Central Asia against what it said would be a rising threat from militant Islam as U.S. forces draw down their numbers in Afghanistan.
Israel moots security cooperation with Lebanese military
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Wednesday it was exploring the possibility of cooperating with the Lebanese army to counter Sunni Islamist militants, even though the two countries remain technically at war.
Exclusive: EU considers tightening ban on energy, tourism in Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering widening its ban on investment in Crimea to include barring the sale of technology for oil and gas exploration and stopping EU firms running tourist businesses there, according to a draft document …
Four killed in Nigeria’s Kano in double suicide bomb attack
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers attacked the Kantin Kwari textile market in Nigeria’s second city Kano, police commissioner Adenerele Shinaba said on Wednesday.
