Exclusive: Mexico front-runner’s lead widens a month before vote – poll
(Reuters) – Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has extended his lead well beyond his nearest rivals with just a month to go before the July 1 election, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
Korean Air HQ raided by prosecutors over suspected embezzlement by owning family: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co Ltd over suspected embezzlement and breach of trust by members of its owning family, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.
KCNA says Russian foreign minister has arrived in North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s state-run news agency said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in the North on Thursday at the invitation of North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho.
High-level U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks get underway in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – High-ranking officials of the United States and North Korea met in New York late on Wednesday in the first of two days of talks about the future of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and a possible summit between U.S. President Do…
China shunned Australia’s minister during recent visit: diplomat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – China rejected a request for a senior bilateral meeting during a recent visit by Australia’s trade minister, a high-ranking diplomat said on Thursday, as relations between the two major trading partners fray.
UAE jails activist for 10 years over social media posts: report
RIYADH (Reuters) – Prominent Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and fined 1 million AED ($272,000) on charges of criticizing the United Arab Emirates government on social media, The National newspaper reported late on…
Brazil oil worker strike gains steam in another blow to government
RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A 72-hour strike by Brazilian oil workers halted refineries and rigs on Wednesday, union leaders said, a new blow to President Michel Temer on the heels of a trucker protest that has strangled Latin America’s larges…
In symbolic nod to India, U.S. Pacific Command changes name
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Wednesday renamed its Pacific Command the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in a largely symbolic move underscoring the growing importance of India to the Pentagon, U.S. officials said.
The man sent by North Korean leader to U.S. for high-level talks
WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – Kim Yong Chol landed in New York on Wednesday as the most senior North Korean envoy to hold talks with American officials on U.S. soil in 18 years.
Islamic State claims Belgian attack as city mourns
LIEGE, Belgium/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack the previous day in the Belgian city of Liege in which two policewomen and a bystander were killed, but provided no proof.
