Peru’s Humala abruptly replaces his finance minister with key adviser
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala replaced his influential finance minister with the ministry’s chief adviser late on Sunday in a surprise shake-up that comes amid the worst economic slowdown in five years.
Myanmar’s Rohingya stuck in refugee limbo in India
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Kohinoor, a stateless Rohingya Muslim, fled her home in Myanmar after a wave of attacks by majority Buddhists, she hoped for a chance to rebuild her life in a new country.
China says ‘rescues’ more children from Xinjiang religious schools
BEIJING (Reuters) – A sweep on illegal religious activity in the capital of China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang has resulted in 190 children being “rescued”, along with the detention of dozens of people, a state newspaper said on Monday.
Post-war counseling awaits Gaza children going back to school
GAZA (Reuters) – Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological counseling before regular studies begin after a devastating 50-day war between Palestinian militants and Israel.
Obama to detail plans on Ebola offensive on Tuesday: WSJ
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to detail on Tuesday a plan to boost his country’s involvement in mitigating the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
China police detain 24 after anti-incinerator protest: newspaper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police detained 24 people for disturbing social order during a protest on Saturday against a proposed trash incinerator in southern China, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported.
Sweden votes for minority left government, far right surges
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven emerged as victor in Sunday’s general election after a voter backlash against tax cuts and trimmed welfare by a centre-right government, but faced challenges forming a stro…
Bulldoze or preserve? Croatia ponders fate of notorious prison
GOLI OTOK Croatia (Reuters) – The clear blue waters of the Adriatic and the happy cries of tourists visiting Goli Otok (Barren Island) off Croatia’s coast help obscure its dark past as a hard-labour detention camp for political prisoners in formerly co…
Governments hold key to unlocking billions for social good: G8 report
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Governments can unleash billions of dollars to tackle social problems more effectively if they take bold steps to reduce barriers to investing for both profit and social good, a task force set up by the world’s ric…
Libyan PM accuses Qatar of sending planes with weapons to Tripoli
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Sunday Qatar had sent three military planes loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group, accusing a second country of interfering in the la…
