Japan docks top finance bureaucrat’s pay for sexual harassment
Tokyo (Reuters) – Japan’s finance ministry said on Friday it would dock the pay of its top finance bureaucrat for sexual harassment and apologized for betraying public trust in a scandal that has further damaged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ratings.
Acting Armenian PM rejects talks with opposition leader
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s acting prime minister, Karen Karapetyan, has rejected a proposal by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to hold talks on Friday as anti-government protests continue to rock the country.
Hours after winning job, Pompeo in Brussels in show of support for NATO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Barely 12 hours after being sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters in Brussels in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called o…
Bulgaria will be next euro zone member, but should not rush: EU’s Moscovici
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will become the euro zone’s 20th member, but it should not rush through the process, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said on Friday.
‘A new history starts now’ as North Korea’s Kim meets South Korean leader
SEOUL (Reuters) – Smiling and holding hands, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries on Friday, pledging to pursue peace after decades of conflict.
India’s Modi to get museum tour, dinner with Xi as China trip begins
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a tour of a museum and dinner with President Xi Jinping on Friday, the first day of an ice-breaking visit to China in which the giant neighbors will seek to re-set a troubled relati…
New Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Brussels to meet NATO allies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A day after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo landed in Brussels for talks with key allies in Europe on heightened Russian aggression and ways to strengthen the NATO military alliance.
‘A new history starts now’ as leaders of two Koreas meet
SEOUL (Reuters) – Smiling and holding hands, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between the countries on Friday in the first summit for the two Koreas in over a decade….
Migrants in caravan at U.S. border bide time ahead of crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Central American migrants from a caravan through Mexico languished in shelters in the border city of Tijuana on Thursday, waiting for promised legal advice ahead of a planned crossing together to the United States to seek as…
Selling the country to China? Debate spills into Malaysia’s election
KUANTAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – When Malaysia’s political parties unfurled their election flags and banners this month, Prime Minister Najib Razak’s critics sniggered on social media that the manufacturer named on banners of his ruling coalition was Chin…
