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| Drones are mapping Indian cities - where they're allowed | | | By Rina Chandran MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Officials in one of India's fastest growing cities are using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to update land records in a pilot project that could be rolled out across the country if rules governing the use of drones were simpler, authorities said. Haryana state's Project Udaan, or flight, is mapping the technology hub of Gurgaon, a satellite town of Delhi, and the towns of Sohna and Manesar in northern India. The drone images are being used to update decades-old land records, check encroachments and resolve disputes over land and property. |
| Spy chief adds to warnings of Russian cyber attacks on Germany | |  Germany's spy chief warned that Russian hackers may target next year's German election with campaigns of misinformation that could undermine the democratic process, echoing concerns voiced by the country's domestic intelligence director. U.S. intelligence officials warned in the run-up to the Nov. 8 presidential election won by populist outsider Donald Trump of efforts to manipulate the vote that they believed was backed by Russian authorities. In an interview published on Tuesday in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Bruno Kahl, the new head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service, said there were indications that Russia may be behind the interference.
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| Shamed by scandal, South Korea's Park asks for exit plan | |  By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked parliament to decide how and when she can give up power over an influence-peddling scandal, taking the country's political crisis deeper into uncharted terrain. The main opposition Democratic Party rejected Park's offer, calling it a ploy to escape being impeached, and said it would continue efforts to bring an impeachment motion in parliament, which it has sought to do as soon as Friday. No South Korean president has failed to complete a single five-year term since the current democratic system was introduced in 1987.
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| Philippine bank at centre of $81 million heist says will not compensate Bangladesh | |  Philippine lender RCBC is not liable to compensate Bangladesh for tens of millions of stolen dollars that went missing in Manila, RCBC's lawyer said on Tuesday, pinning the blame on the central bank in Dhaka for being "negligent". Unknown cyber criminals tried to steal nearly $1 billion from the Bangladesh Bank in February, one of the biggest bank frauds ever. RCBC external counsel Thea Daep urged Bangladesh Bank to be transparent and produce the results of its own investigation to shed light on who was behind the heist, saying it was the least Bangladesh's central bank could do.
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| Colombian plane crash killed 76, police say | | | BOGOTA (Reuters) - An airplane crash in Colombia has killed 76 people, the vast majority of the 81 passengers and crew who were on board the plane, the Colombian police said early on Tuesday. The plane was carrying players, coaches and staff from the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, as well as journalists set to covering the team's match in the Sudamericana final, South America's equivalent of the Europa League. (Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Alison Williams) |
| South Africa's Zuma survives move to oust him - media | |  South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma has survived a move by some members of his party to hold a no-confidence motion against him, local media reported on Tuesday without naming sources. Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom had proposed holding the vote to effectively oust Zuma at a meeting of the African National Congress's (ANC's) governing committee over the weekend, Beeld, an Afrikaans-language daily had reported. It was not immediately clear if the committee had actively decided to keep Zuma through a less formal decision-making process, or if it had just dropped the matter all together.
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| FACTBOX: Companies whose suppliers may source tin from a rebel Myanmar mine | |  More than 500 companies list among their suppliers Chinese-controlled firms that indirectly buy tin ore from a mine operated by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, a Reuters examination of the supply chain found. The world's No. 1 tin producer, Yunnan Tin Co Ltd, is one of the Chinese firms that buy tin from the Man Maw mine, through intermediaries. Here is a list of some of the companies who list Yunnan Tin among their suppliers, and their responses to Reuters' requests for comment: - Apple: Apple said in a statement it worked with suppliers to help them meet stringent standards, "and those who are ultimately unable or unwilling to comply are removed from our supply chain".
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| Turkey's nationalists sees 'significant progress' on constitution bill, leader says | | | ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's nationalist opposition has made "significant progress" in talks with the ruling AK Party on its planned constitutional reform bill, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, Devlet Bahceli also said he believed the bill - which would pave the way for the executive presidency long sought by President Tayyip Erdogan - could be sent to the constitutional commission once "one or two" issues are overcome. (Reporting by Gulsen Solaker; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Daren Butler) |
| Trump looks to Obamacare critic, Indiana expert to overhaul health care | |  By Steve Holland NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday he has chosen a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy expert to help him overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, a transition official told Reuters. Trump is set to name Republican Representative Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, as his Health and Human Services secretary, and consultant Seema Verma to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a powerful agency that oversees government health programs and insurance standards. The 2010 law triggered a long and bitter political battle between the Obama White House and Republicans in the U.S. Congress who said it created unwarranted government intervention in personal healthcare and private industry.
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| Turkey's ruling party set to submit constitution bill within two weeks | | | Turkey's ruling AK Party will submit to parliament within two weeks a draft constitution reform law that will expand presidential powers, the head of the assembly's constitutional commission said on Monday. Dogan news agency cited the AKP's Mustafa Sentop as saying Turkey's constitution and parliamentary system needed to be changed for the sake of Turkey's progress. |
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