Channeling national pride, Mexican front-runner to campaign by U.S. border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s presidential front-runner launches his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday amid tension over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to put up a wall between the countries.
A divided Costa Rica votes in runoff fought over gay rights
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – An Easter Sunday vote will decide whether conservative Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz can capture Costa Rica’s presidency, a result that would mark a sharp turn from the current government’s embrace of gay rights.
Senator Warren, in Beijing, says U.S. is waking up to Chinese abuses
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. policy toward China has been misdirected for decades and policymakers are now recalibrating ties, Senator Elizabeth Warren told reporters during a visit to Beijing amid heightened trade tensions between the world’s two largest …
Hotel collapse in central India kills 10, two injured
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ten people were killed and two were injured when a four-storey hotel collapsed in a crowded part of the central Indian city of Indore late on Saturday, a local police official said.
Governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region resigns after deadly shopping mall fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Aman Tuleyev, the governor of Russia’s Kemerovo region that suffered a fire last month that killed more than 60 people at a shopping mall, said on Sunday he was resigning from his post.
China to complete formation of new government departments by mid-April: media
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will complete by mid-April the formation of new government departments announced as part of a sweeping restructuring plan ratified by parliament, state television reported late on Saturday citing comments from Vice Premier Han…
Namibia president says China not colonizing Africa -China state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – Namibia President Hage Geingob said China is not colonizing Africa and that growing cooperation between the world’s No. 2 economy and Africa benefits both sides, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
Anxious Hong Kong Catholics told to make leap of faith over China deal
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A looming deal between the Vatican and China is causing divisions between the church hierarchy and Catholics in Hong Kong, which has long been a vital beachhead for the faith on the southern edge of officially atheist China.
U.S., South Korea kick off annual joint military exercises after month-long delay
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Sunday after they were delayed by about a month for the Winter Olympics and to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and So…
Venezuela arrests five police officials over deadly jail disaster
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela arrested five state police officials for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell, the country’s public prosecutor said on Saturday.
