Bangladesh makes ‘exceptional’ health progress despite poverty
LONDON (Reuters)- Bangladesh has had 40 years of exceptional progress in health, with infant mortality down, life expectancy up and good disease control, all despite being one of the world’s poorest countries, researchers said on Thursday.
U.S. says ‘very hard’ to clinch deal as Iran nuclear talks resume
GENEVA (Reuters) – Major powers resumed talks on Wednesday on a preliminary agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program with the United States warning it would be “very hard” to clinch a breakthrough deal this week and Tehran flagging “red lines”.
Colombia’s president to address nation amid re-election talk
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is scheduled to address the nation on Wednesday night amid speculation he will reveal plans to run for re-election next year in hope of finalizing peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels.
Central African Republic held surrender talks with warlord Kony: U.N., A.U.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Central African Republic has been in contact with warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army fighters to urge them to surrender, but Kony’s whereabouts are still unknown, the United Nations and the African Union s…
Afghanistan-U.S. reach draft security agreement
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Afghanistan on Wednesday reached a draft agreement on a crucial security pact, a day before thousands of Afghan elders are set to debate whether to allow U.S. troops to stay in the country after 2014.
Protest planned at Australian embassy in Jakarta as spy row grows
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia warned travelers to Indonesia of a planned demonstration at its embassy in Jakarta on Thursday as anger grows over reports Canberra spied on top Indonesians, including the president and his wife.
France, Italy call for full-time Eurogroup chief
ROME (Reuters) – France and Italy called on Wednesday for euro zone finance ministers to have a full-time chairman after European Parliament elections in May.
Analysis – Beirut blast: jolt from past and omen of dark future
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thirty years after the Lebanese capital gave birth to the modern suicide bomber, a killer has again driven his explosive-packed car towards an embassy in Beirut, hurling charred corpses through the street.
Ukraine’s Yanukovich playing hardball over EU signing – diplomatic source
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is seeking to outmaneuver the European Union in a tussle over the fate of jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko by threatening to pull out of a landmark trade pact next week, a European diplomatic sourc…
French police hold suspect over Paris shootings
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are holding a man on suspicion he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank in Paris, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
