Australia’s Qantas will change Taiwan website reference after Beijing request
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd said on Monday it plans to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory, not an independent nation, but it needed extra time to comply with the request from Beijing.
G7 summit complicated by U.S. stance on trade, foreign policy: French presidency source
PARIS (Reuters) – The work agenda for the G7 summit in Quebec, Canada this week has been complicated by the United State’s stance on trade, climate change and foreign policy, a source at the French president’s office said on Monday.
South Africa’s Zuma behind backlash against Ramaphosa, ANC ally says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s former leader Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party said.
Police clear out two more migrant camps in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) – French police began on Monday to clear out two illegal refugee camp sites in Paris, following a similar operation last week, in the government’s latest attempt to deal with a migrant influx that France has been facing for the past thr…
Hong Kong former lawmakers sentenced to one month in jail
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced two former lawmakers to four weeks in jail for unlawful assembly inside the legislature while they were still lawmakers, further sapping the energy of political activists in the Chinese-ruled …
North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit – U.S. official
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said, a move analysts said on Monday could support efforts by the North’s young leader to jump-start economic development…
Five dead in Indonesian illegal gold mine accident
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Five illegal gold miners in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi died after the mine they were working in collapsed and buried them during heavy rain on Sunday afternoon, Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said.
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades, officials said.
Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts, several killed, hundreds injured
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least seven people, including three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in over four decades, officials said.
U.S. urges China to come clean on Tiananmen anniversary
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States urges China to make a full public account of those killed, detained or who went missing during a crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, Secretary of State …
