Analysis: How South Sudan leaders squandered nation-building effort
JUBA/NAIROBI (Reuters) – At a well-attended investor conference in South Sudan’s capital in early December, President Salva Kiir declared that the world’s newest country was “at last safe” and open for business.
Exclusive: China commits $6.5 billion for Pakistani nuclear project
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – China has committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi as it seeks to strengthen ties with its strategic partner, Pakistani officials said.
Any corruption in Turkey will not be covered up: President Gul
ANKARA (Reuters) – Any corruption in Turkey will not be covered up and will be subject to independent court adjudication, President Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday in his first comments about a week-long graft scandal that has shaken the government.
Three big Yemeni parties reject federation proposal
SANAA (Reuters) – Three leading Yemeni parties have rejected a proposal to turn the country into a federation of semi-autonomous regions, in the latest blow to a national dialogue designed to put Yemen on track to democratic elections.
Thai protesters vow to hound PM, cling to promise to thwart poll
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai anti-government protesters abandoned efforts to block candidates from signing up for a February election on Tuesday but vowed to hound Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and thwart a poll she is expected to win.
Exclusive: Iran official got job in Khamenei conglomerate after approving deal
(Reuters) – In the fall of 2009, two of Iran’s most powerful entities teamed up to participate in the largest deal in the history of the country’s stock exchange.
Philippine typhoon survivors struggle to salvage Christmas
PALO, Philippines (Reuters) – Filipino mother Rhodora Tonningsen has no tinsel or baubles for her Christmas tree this year so she’s decorated it with packets of instant noodles and empty sardine cans from relief supplies handed out to survivors of Typh…
China to ease one-child policy early next year
BEIJING (Reuters) – Changes to China’s strict one-child policy, which will allow more parents to have a second child, will begin to roll out early next year, state media said.
Russia says preparing to lift Lithuanian dairy ban: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is preparing to lift a suspension it imposed on the import of Lithuanian dairy products in October, Russian news agency RIA reported on Tuesday.
South Sudan rebel leader sets out conditions for talks
JUBA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought urgently on Monday to nearly double the size of the U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan, while rebel leader Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir both indicated they were ready…
