Exclusive: Mexican leftist’s lead edges higher before Sunday presidential vote
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s left-wing presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador widened his lead slightly to 26 percentage points ahead of the country’s election on Sunday, according to a new poll.
Exclusive: Myanmar rejects citizenship reform at private Rohingya talks
YANGON (Reuters) – A senior Myanmar official has told Western diplomats that a proposal to review a citizenship law that effectively renders most Rohingya Muslims stateless could not be implemented, five people present at the meeting in Denmark in earl…
Australia to pass foreign interference bill amid tensions with China
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is expected to pass new legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing interference by foreign governments, a move likely to further stoke tensions with major trading partner China.
Rescue teams battle high water to find boys missing in Thai cave
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) – Thai soldiers, volunteers and members of a navy “seal” unit including a team of divers worked through the night to try to find a group of young soccer players trapped inside a cave, as the search for the team entered a …
Fighting for second place, Mexican candidates ignore favorite
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Days before Mexico’s presidential election on Sunday, the two mainstream candidates remain mired in a knock-down fight to be the second-place challenger to the anti-establishment favorite, hoping they can mount a last-minute sur…
Top Myanmar military officers should be tried for crimes against humanity: Amnesty International
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Senior Myanmar military officials, including the commanders of its defense services and army, should face trial for crimes against humanity over the treatment of Rohingya minorities, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesda…
Moroccan court sentences Rif protest leader to 20 years in jail
RABAT (Reuters) – The Moroccan leader of protests over economic and social problems in the Rif region and the northern city of Al Hoceima was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday by a Casablanca court.
U.S. defense chief in China amid rising tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis kicks off his first day of talks with Chinese officials on Wednesday, part of an effort to bolster security dialogue as Sino-U.S. tensions rise.
Chinese telco Huawei lobbies hard to allay Australia’s security concerns
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese telecom firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s [HWL.UL] network equipment is “safe and secure”, its Australian chairman said on Wednesday, ramping up the company’s public lobbying against concerns that its links to China pose a se…
Indonesia on high alert as voting starts in regional elections
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of millions of Indonesian voters headed to the polls under tight security on Wednesday to cast ballots in regional elections across the world’s third-largest democracy and biggest Muslim-majority country.
