Thais Face an Anxious Wait to See How Their New King Will Wield His Power
An army of canary-colored bulldozers has already begun clearing the land, though construction won’t begin until Jan. 10. The ornate, wooden structure has been designated 12 hectares in front of Bangkok’s golden-spired Grand Palace, with ponds at its corners and a quintet of gradated stupas. Measuring up to 50 m high, these represent Mount Sumeru, the mythical five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmology. The complex will be completed around September. And gone soon after. The fu..>> view originalA Subdued Vladimir Putin Calls for 'Mutually Beneficial' Ties With US
Those remarks had to surprise Western officials who have frequently accused the Kremlin of stirring up and supporting precisely those anti-establishment forces so as to sow disorder and weaken liberal democracies. Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Bruno Kahl, warned in an interview published on Tuesday that Russia, seeking to create “political uncertainty,” was bombarding his country with disinformation before elections next year. Mr. Putin did not mention Mr. Trump by name, saying only tha..>> view originalSouth Korean Opposition Vows to Impeach Park Geun-hye Next Week
Photo A protester wearing a mask of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea at a rally this week in Seoul, the capital, calling for the leader to step down. Credit Ahn Young-Joon/Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s three opposition parties said Friday that they would vote Dec. 9 on a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye over the corruption scandal that has paralyzed her administration.Ms. Park’s party hopes she will agree to resign by April instead, ..>> view originalAir Pollution Becomes Israel-Palestinian Wedge Issue
YABED, West Bank — For years, residents of central Israel have been complaining about air pollution from Palestinian factories in the nearby West Bank. Now that authorities have finally cracked down, shutting a group of the worst offending charcoal plants in one notorious town, Palestinians complain that hundreds were thrown out of work by their military occupiers.The story of the northern West Bank town of Yabed, and its now-idle collection of charcoal plants, illustrates how for Israelis and..>> view originalAdulation of Fidel Castro Runs Deepest in Rural Eastern Cuba
EL GUAYABO, Cuba — The single dirt street in El Guayabo runs past a few dozen cinderblock homes, the medical clinic and the primary school to a grove of 76 trees planted to honor Fidel Castro on his 76th birthday.On Friday, residents of El Guayabo will walk that street a mile to Cuba's central highway to bid a final farewell to the man they credit for bringing medical care, education and basic comforts to this hamlet in the farming and ranching country of arid, sun-scorched eastern Cuba."We ow..>> view originalSenate Votes to Extend Sanctions Against Iran
Photo Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, after a Republican caucus at the Capitol on Tuesday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to extend the president’s authority to impose sanctions on Iran for another decade, a largely symbolic move intended to keep pressure on Tehran to abide by the landmark nuclear accord struck last year.Many of the sanctions have been suspended since the deal went into effec..>> view originalWith Presidency in Play, Can France Embrace Economic Change?
While the French economy has become more open and competitive in recent decades, resistance breaks out almost anytime the government tries to reshape France’s way of life, especially the vaunted social model, designed to protect citizens from the ravages of the free market. When the focus is on whittling hard-fought human and worker rights — a concept whose roots reach back to the French Revolution — tensions can boil over. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets this year when President..>> view originalSouth Korea, Japan announce new sanctions on North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and Japan on Friday announced their own fresh, unilateral sanctions on North Korea as their nuclear-armed neighbor warns of retaliation against toughened U.N. sanctions over the nuclear and missile tests it conducted this year. It's still unclear if and how much the South Korean and Japanese measures will sting North Korea, which has been under multiple rounds of U.N. sanctions for years. Trade and exchange programs between the rivals Koreas also largely remain..>> view originalNie Shubin: China clears man 21 years after execution
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The supreme court says there was not enough evidence to convict Mr Nie A Chinese man has had his conviction for rape and murder overturned, 21 years after he was executed.Nie Shubin was killed by firing squad in 1995 at the age of 20 after being found guilty of killing a woman in Shijiazhuang, in Hebei province.The supreme court ruled that the facts used in Mr Nie's trial were "unclear and the evidence insuff..>> view originalControversial Syrian cleric denies Russian atrocities
The Grand Mufti of Syria has claimed at a meeting in Dublin on Thursday that Russian forces involved in the country’s brutal civil war have not been responsible for any civilian atrocities. Dr Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun has attracted criticism for inflammatory speeches and was one of a delegation of senior Syrian clerics and doctors who addressed the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee this morning. The delegation strongly backed the regime of Bashar al-Assad and none of its members criticised..>> view original
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