Japanese climber dies on eighth attempt on Everest: official
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Japanese climber, who lost nine fingertips to frostbite in a previous expedition, died on Monday during an attempt to climb Mount Everest, an official said, the second person to die on the world’s highest mountain during the current climbing season.
Russian agency offers fake restaurant reviews ahead of World Cup
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian marketing agency has offered to help restaurants in cities hosting the soccer World Cup use fake reviews to bump up ratings on review site TripAdvisor, the agency’s owner has confirmed.
Mexican rivals attack leftist in second debate, Trump hovers over exchanges
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The chasing pack of Mexican presidential candidates attacked front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a second televised debate on Sunday without landing major blows in exchanges that often returned to fraught relations with …
Thai police declare no-go zones for anti-junta march
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police declared Bangkok’s Government House and surrounding streets a no-go zone for Tuesday’s planned opposition march marking four years since a May 22, 2014, coup, warning protesters not to defy a junta ban on public gatherin…
Saudi air defenses destroy ballistic missile fired from Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement over the southern city of Jazan, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday.
Philippines expresses ‘serious concern’ over Chinese bombers in disputed South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines expressed “serious concerns” over the presence of China’s strategic bombers in the disputed South China Sea and its foreign ministry has taken “appropriate diplomatic action”, the spokesman of President Rodrigo Dutert…
Venezuela’s re-elected Maduro faces foreign backlash
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro faced fresh international censure on Monday after re-election in a vote foes denounced as a farce cementing autocracy in the crisis-stricken OPEC nation.
Abuses pushed Malaysia’s debt over 1 trillion ringgit says Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is saddled with over 1 trillion ringgit ($251.70 billion) in debt, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday, blaming the previous government led by former protege Najib Razak who now faces domestic graft investig…
Venezuela’s Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship.
Saudi air defenses destroy a ballistic missile over Jazan: Saudi TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi air defenses destroyed a ballistic missile over the southern city of Jazan, Saudi TV reported early on Monday.
