Knight riders to the rescue: Vietnam vigilantes bust crooks
HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) – Vietnam’s “street knights”, hurtling through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, are not your typical medieval warriors.
North Korean leader Kim sends letter to Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior North Korean official will hand over a letter from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un to U.S. President Donald Trump in a rare visit to the White House on Friday as the two sides try to put a derailed summit meeting back o…
North Korea proposes joint celebration of 2000 summit during talks
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea suggested during high-level talks on Friday that the two Koreas hold a joint celebration of the anniversary of a historic 2000 inter-Korean summit this month in the South, an official in Seoul said.
New Zealand push on clean power comes with high political, economic risks
WELLINGTON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – New Zealand has set out to burnish its clean, green image by becoming Asia Pacific’s first developed economy to stop using fossil fuels to generate power, although the pitfalls encountered by a Maori iwi, or tribe, may …
Inflation in Philippines a faultline for Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’ ambition
MANILA (Reuters) – In hundreds of hours of speeches during his nearly two years in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has rarely talked about the economy, something he says is best left to the “clever guys” in his cabinet.
Fifteen killed in Nicaragua protests, including Mother’s Day march attack
MANAGUA (Reuters) – At least fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured on Wednesday in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on Thursday.
Backstory: Using satellites to count buildings in South China Sea
HONG KONG – Shrouded in Chinese military secrecy and hidden from the eyes of journalists, Beijing’s build-up of man-made islands on reefs deep in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia is a vexing story to report.
Trump plays down chances of quick breakthrough as North Koreans bring letter
NEW YORK/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday played down the chances of a quick deal to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons as a delegation from Pyongyang headed to meet him with a letter from North Korea…
Brexit secretary plans to give Northern Ireland joint UK, EU status: The Sun
(Reuters) – Brexit Secretary David Davis is creating a Brexit plan that would give Northern Ireland joint UK and European Union status so it could trade freely with both, as well as a buffer zone to eliminate the need for border checkpoints with Irelan…
U.N. Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions through mid-July
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to renew some sanctions on South Sudan through mid-July and to consider imposing travel bans and asset freezes on six South Sudanese leaders if the country’s conflict does not stop …
