North Korea offers deep apologies to China over deadly bus crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered his deep apologies to China after a bus crash in his isolated country killed 32 Chinese tourists, state media said on Thursday.
South Korea’s Moon to meet North Korea’s Kim at border for summit
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in will greet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday as the latter crosses a military demarcation line to enter the South for the first summit between the two sides in more than a decade, South Korea…
North Korea offers deep apology to China over deadly bus crash
BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered his deep apologies to China after a bus crash in his isolated country killed 32 Chinese tourists, state media said on Thursday.
Migrant ‘caravan’ at U.S.-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Hundreds of Central American migrants from a caravan that crossed Mexico reunited in Tijuana on Wednesday and planned to cross the border together this weekend in defiance of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to repel t…
Japan PM Abe: not considering calling snap election
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that he was “not considering at all” calling a general election now, while pledging to do the utmost to clarify facts over scandals including document alterations related to a contro…
European powers say they are nearing plan to save Iran nuclear pact
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron called on the United States on Wednesday not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as Western envoys said Britain, France and Germany were nearing a package that seeks to persuade U.S. Preside…
Trump may meet with South Korea’s Moon before summit with Kim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump may meet with South Korea’s president before his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to seek a denuclearization deal, a White House official said on Wednesday.
Dutch PM survives censure vote over handling of dividend tax
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte survived a censure vote in the early hours on Thursday, called by lawmakers who believe he withheld information about how his Cabinet reached an unpopular decision to scrap a tax on dividends.
A ‘new Koreatown’ silenced by Canada van attack
TORONTO (Reuters) – The van that killed 10 in Toronto on Monday plowed through the heart of a vibrant Korean community in Canada’s largest city, barreling past a cluster of Korean restaurants, a grocery store and a popular street vendor that sells red …
Iran detains British-Iranian academic: New York-based rights group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A British-Iranian academic was detained in Iran by the country’s Revolutionary Guards in mid-April, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) reported on Wednesday.
