South Korea should say how many nuclear reactors to be added: public hearing
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea should reduce its reliance on nuclear power as advised by a working group last month but should clarify how many new reactors will be added in absolute terms, participants at a public congressional hearing said on Thursday…
Iran says nuclear deal possible this week in Geneva
GENEVA (Reuters) – An agreement that would open the door to ending a decade-long nuclear standoff between Iran and six world powers is possible this week if negotiators exert maximum effort, Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday.
Thai Senate brings forward debate on controversial amnesty bill
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s senate will on Friday begin deliberations on an amnesty bill that has sparked mass protests, beginning its reading of the draft law earlier than planned and stirring expectations of a decision that could end the demonstra…
Maldives to hold fresh presidential poll, uncertainty lingers
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives is set to hold a presidential election on Saturday after two recent polls were abruptly aborted, blocking the country’s first democratically elected leader from returning to power.
Scots have kilts, what do Catalans have?
MADRID (Reuters) – When Catalonia’s local language was reintroduced in the northern Spanish region’s schools three decades ago, Nati Grabiel was on the frontlines of the effort, training teachers to educate in the Catalan tongue.
Al Qaeda claim for French journalist killings ‘plausible’: minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) claim of responsibility for the killing of two French journalists in northern Mali last week is plausible, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday.
Philippines braces for super typhoon, the strongest this year
MANILA (Reuters) – Authorities grounded ferry services and called in fishing boats on Thursday as an approaching super typhoon, the most powerful to hit the western Pacific this year, gained strength on a path set for the central Philippines.
Powers seek ‘first-step’ nuclear deal with Iran in Geneva talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – World powers will seek to hammer out a breakthrough deal with Iran to start resolving a decade-old dispute over its nuclear program in two-day talks that begin on Thursday, although both sides say an agreement is far from certain.
Colombia, FARC agree on rebels’ future if peace signed
BOGOTA/HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a “fundamental agreement” on the guerrillas’ future in politics, one of the thorniest issues addressed in peace talks in Cuba, according to a joint statement on Wednesday.
UK spy chiefs to be quizzed in public for first time, on Snowden
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s intelligence chiefs will give their first ever public testimony on Thursday when they are cross-examined together in parliament about the case of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
