Trump-Kim summit fans Japan fears of being sidelined on North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s agreement to meet North Korea’s leader looked likely to fan Japanese angst over being sidelined, although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday there was no diplomatic daylight between Tokyo and Washin…
India’s top court upholds passive euthanasia with guidelines: chief justice
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that individuals had a right to die with dignity, allowing passive euthanasia with guidelines in a landmark verdict.
Seven years after tsunami, Japanese live uneasily with seawalls
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) – When a massive earthquake struck in 2011, Japanese oyster fisherman Atsushi Fujita was working as usual by the sea. Soon after, a huge black wave slammed into his city and killed nearly 2,000 people.
Trump says plans to meet North Korea’s Kim after promise to give up nuclear weapons
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first U.S.-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang.
Trump says prepared to meet North Korea’s Kim in first-ever summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first U.S.-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang.
Mexico plan for army land sale swept into election campaigns
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government said its plan to sell a prime piece of land in the capital that could fetch up to $1 billion will not take place in the short term, meaning it will likely be left to the next administration and could face …
Trump ready to meet North Korean leader Kim by May: South Korean official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed a willingness to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May in response to Kim’s invitation to hold the first meeting between leaders of the United States and North Korea, a South Kor…
Peru’s Congress approves new anti-graft rules
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s opposition-ruled Congress unanimously approved a bill on Thursday that aims to keep a massive corruption probe from paralyzing Peru’s construction sector.
Hong Kong by-elections seen as protest vote against China control
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp is seeking to regain lost turf in crucial legislative by-elections on Sunday that it hopes will draw protest votes against perceived political screening and creeping control from Communist Party rule…
Mexico must strengthen rule of law to fight financial crimes: minister
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico, burdened by warring drug cartels that launder untold millions of dollars every year, needs to improve the rule of law in order to better combat financial crimes, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya said in …
