After seven dormant years, Spain tiptoes back into house-building
MADRID (Reuters) – On a street in central Madrid, Juan Jose Perucho points to where he is going to build one of the capital’s tallest residential blocks after buying a site bigger than five football pitches from the state-owned metro network.
Indonesia rescuers use earth-movers in landslide rescue as toll rises to 32
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers on Sunday used heavy-lifting equipment for the first time to clear roads leading to the site of a landslide that destroyed a village and killed at least 32 people, officials said, with scores still missing.
Exiled Ugandan general allowed home to keep army on side
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan general who fled into exile last year saying he feared for his life after criticizing President Yoweri Museveni’s reported plan to hand power to his son, returned home on Sunday in a move analysts said was designed to keep…
U.N. talks agree building blocks for new-style climate deal in 2015
LIMA (Reuters) – About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit increases in global temperatures.
U.N., aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo’s mining heartland
PWETO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Faced with a dearth of United Nations peacekeepers, lack of funding and competition from other global crises, relief agencies are struggling to contain a growing humanitarian disaster in Democratic Republ…
Libya’s largest oil export port closed due to clashes: oil official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s eastern Es Sider oil export port, the country’s biggest, has been shut due to fighting nearby between forces representing the country’s competing governments, an oil official said on Sunday.
Special Report: EU funds help Poland build ‘ghost’ airports
LODZ, Poland (Reuters) – The European Union has given Poland more than 100 million euros ($125 million) to build at least three “ghost” airports in places where there are not enough passengers to keep them in business.
Vietnam’s sea dispute arbitration case vs China promotes peace: Manila
MANILA (Reuters) – Vietnam has helped ensure peace in the South China Sea dispute with Beijing by following the Philippines in seeking U.N. arbitration, Manila said, despite the fact that Beijing has refused to take part.
Egypt denies entry to U.S. analyst, with no reason given
CAIRO (Reuters) – A U.S. think tank analyst and former diplomat who has written articles critical of Egypt’s government said she was blocked from entering the country to attend a conference on Saturday.
Dozens killed in Afghanistan fighting as foreign troops head home
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban killed a Supreme Court official, a dozen mine clearers and several national and foreign soldiers but also suffered heavy losses from intensifying violence ahead of the withdrawal of most international troops in the …
