Australian PM says foreign interference bill has soured ties with China
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged on Thursday that legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference in politics had soured ties with China, putting a biennial Australia-China trade fair in jeopardy.
Chinese ambassador warns U.S. not to drag Latam into trade dispute
LIMA (Reuters) – China’s ambassador to Peru warned on Wednesday that it would be disrespectful for the United States to drag Latin America into its trade dispute with Beijing, but told Reuters a potential trade war between the world’s top two economies…
Renewed sanctions need not mean U.S. exit from Iran deal: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A decision by U.S. President Donald Trump not to renew sanctions relief for Iran on May 12 would not necessarily mean the United States had withdrawn from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on…
Former Mexican President Fox calls for opium poppy legalization
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Former Mexican President Vicente Fox proposed on Wednesday the legalization of opium poppy production as a way to help end bloody turf battles fought by drug cartels in various parts of the country.
Libyan spokesman: No comment on reports of key commander being treated in Paris
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Libyan military spokesman declined on Wednesday to address directly reports that key coalition military commander Khalifa Haftar was in the French capital Paris for medical treatment.
South Korea’s national security adviser in U.S. to meet Bolton: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea’s national security adviser was in Washington on Wednesday for his first meeting with his new American counterpart, John Bolton, U.S. officials said, amid preparations for separate U.S. and South Korean summits with N…
Pope acknowledges his ‘grave mistakes’ in Chile sex abuse crisis
SANTIAGO/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis acknowledged on Wednesday that he had made “grave mistakes” in the handling of a sexual abuse crisis in Chile, saying he felt shame and inviting victims he had once doubted to Rome to seek their forgivenes…
North Korea’s rubber stamp parliament convenes in leader’s absence
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly convened on Wednesday where state finances were discussed, North Korean state media reported on Thursday, while leader Kim Jong Un appeared to be absent from the proceedings.
Trump signals strikes against Syria, lays into Assad ally Russia
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian Presiden…
Colombian candidate Petro seeks to close social gap
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A former Colombian guerrilla insurgent who is trying to become the country’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro said he would focus on narrowing its yawning gap between rich and poor if elected.
