Clothes, suitcases on Sri Lanka beach recall war’s bloody endgame
PUTHUMATHALAN, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Scraps of clothes, rusting cooking pots and broken medicine bottles are scattered across Puthumathalan beach, the litter of 300,000 civilians who crowded into the hamlet in the final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
China president: China, U.S. should strengthen policy coordination
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s president, Xi Jinping, told visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew that China and the United States should strengthen policy coordination during their respective reform and restructuring processes, state media reported on…
China party reform full document to be released Friday: state TV
BEIJING (Reuters) – The full document giving details of reforms agreed at the recent plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s top leadership will be released later on Friday, state broadcaster CCTV said on its account on the Twitter-like Weibo …
China claims credit for blind activist’s U.S. studies
BEIJING (Reuters) – China took credit on Friday for its “humanity” in allowing blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng to study in the United States, after he fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing following months of house arrest.
Gambia to cut ties with Taiwan, China says unaware
BANJUL/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Gambia’s government will cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan with immediate effect, President Yahya Jammeh’s office said, a move which could threaten warming ties between China and Taiwan, though China expressed little interest in…
Analysis: Hero to zero? Philippine president feels typhoon backlash
MANILA (Reuters) – Two days before one of the world’s most powerful typhoons rammed into the Philippines, President Benigno Aquino had a simple but ambitious target for all government agencies: zero casualties.
Insight: As powers push for talks, Syria balance tilts towards Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than two and a half years into the civil war devastating Syria, the United States and Russia are pushing the combatants to the negotiating table in Geneva, but on terms that mark a shift in favor of Bashar al-Assad against the i…
Zimbabwe’s rusting factories put Mugabe in a bind
CHEGUTU, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Across Zimbabwe, dozens of factories lie idle with peeling paint, rusting machines and broken roofs in once bustling industrial districts, symbols of the huge economic challenge facing President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-…
Slovenian PM wins confidence vote, but bailout risk remains
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia’s government won a confidence vote on Thursday over its efforts to avert an international bailout, even as the imminent cost of a bank clean-up risks tipping the euro zone country’s finances over the edge.
China’s reform agenda ‘unprecedented’, official says
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s reform plan approved by party leaders is “unprecedented” and fundamental changes are expected following the decision to upgrade the role of markets in the economy, a senior party official said in comments published on Friday…
