Top Japanese bureaucrat resigns amid sexual harassment allegations
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top finance bureaucrat resigned on Wednesday after a weekly magazine said he had sexually harassed several female reporters, the latest blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe whose ratings have been hit by a series of scandals.
Syria chemical weapons visit postponed after gunfire: sources
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The arrival of international chemical weapons inspectors at the location of a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma has been delayed after gunfire at the site during a visit by a U.N. security team on Tuesday, so…
Top Japanese bureaucrat resigns after allegation of sexual harassment
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top finance bureaucrat resigned on Wednesday, Finance Minister Taro Aso said, after a weekly magazine reported that he had sexually harassed several female reporters.
Russian news agencies say U.S. told Moscow no new sanctions for now
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration had informed the Russian embassy in Washington that the United States had no immediate plans to impose new sanctions.
OPCW experts unlikely to enter Syria’s Douma on Wednesday – UN source
BEIRUT/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – International chemical weapons inspectors will probably not go into the Syrian town of Douma on Wednesday, a U.N. source in Syria told Reuters, marking a further delay to efforts to investigate a suspected poison gas attack …
China leapfrogs New Zealand as Australia’s top tourist source
SYDNEY (Reuters) – China has leapfrogged New Zealand to become the top source country for travelers to Australia in the 12 months to February, Australian official data showed on Wednesday, as overall visitor numbers hit a record high.
More Thais die on new year roads despite new safety campaign
BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than 400 people died in road accidents in Thailand over the traditional new year holiday, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, higher than the year before despite a new road safety campaign.
Iran says will make or buy any weapons it needs, lambasts ‘invading powers’
LONDON (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would make or buy any weapons it needed to defend itself in a region beset by “invading powers”, as the military paraded missiles and soldiers in front of him on National Army Day.
Iran says its military power no threat to neighbors
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran will produce or buy any weapons necessary for its defense, President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech on National Army Day on Wednesday, adding that the armed forces were no threat to neighboring countries.
‘We are watching you’: Political killings shake Mexico election
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Magda Rubio had just launched her campaign for mayor of a small city in northern Mexico, when a chilling voice came through her cell phone. “Drop out,” the caller warned, “or be killed.”
