Quake shakes buildings in El Salvador: Reuters witness
EL SALVADOR (Reuters) – An earthquake shook buildings in the El Salvador late on Saturday evening, a Reuters witness in the Central American country said.
Vietnam seeks to pacify China as landmark U.S. carrier visit signals warming ties
HONG KONG/HANOI (Reuters) – The visit of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam for the first time since the end of the Vietnam War is a powerful symbol of the growing strategic ties between the former foes.
South Korea names envoys in bid to arrange U.S.-North Korea talks
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has picked two senior security officials as special envoys to North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, as upcoming joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean troops drew condemnation from…
Trump praises Chinese president extending tenure ‘for life’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday after the ruling Communist party announced it was eliminating the two-term limit for the presidency, paving the way for Xi to serve indefinitely, according…
Italy heads to polls with centre-right ahead but stalemate likely
ROME (Reuters) – Italians go to the polls on Sunday in a vote that could bring political gridlock after an election campaign marked by anger over the listless economy, high unemployment and immigration.
Tasmanian Liberals returned to office in election fought on jobs
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s state of Tasmania has returned the conservative Tasmanian Liberals to office with a clear majority in an election fought largely on jobs and poker machines.
Counting through the night, Germany’s SPD readies coalition verdict
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) began counting the votes of hundreds of thousands of party members who will decide if a new coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel takes office, more than five months after a general election.
Polish group sues Argentine paper under new Holocaust law
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish campaign group is suing an Argentine newspaper it says breached a new law that makes it a criminal offence to suggest Poland was complicit in the Holocaust.
UK police charge three men over shop blast that killed five in Leicester
LONDON (Reuters) – British police investigating a shop blast a week ago which killed five people in the central English city of Leicester, said on Saturday they had charged three men with manslaughter and arson with intent to endanger life.
Iraqi parliament approves budget, Kurdish lawmakers boycott vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament approved a long-delayed budget on Saturday, the first since declaring victory over Islamic State after three years of war, but Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the vote over their region’s diminished allocation.
