Duterte tells Suu Kyi rights activists are ‘just a noisy bunch’
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, heavily criticized abroad for failing to stand up for largely stateless Rohingya Muslims, that she shouldn’t bother about rights activists as they are “jus…
Leaders promise swift end to Germany’s four-month limbo
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives opened coalition talks with their Social Democrat (SPD) partners on Friday, promising swift progress in negotiations aimed at ending four months of political limbo in Europe’s largest e…
Trump says ‘would apologize’ for sharing British far-right videos
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he had not intended to cause offense in Britain by sharing anti-Muslim videos originally posted by a leader of a far-right fringe group and that he would apologize if such people were horrible racists…
China says no objection to planned U.S. carrier visit if it benefits regional stability
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has no objection to a planned visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam as long as such cooperation benefits regional peace and stability, the country’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
Turkey says 14 killed, 130 wounded in operation in Syria’s Afrin
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s health minister said on Friday that 14 Turkish soldiers and Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels were killed and another 130 people were wounded following Turkey’s incursion into Syria’s Afrin region.
South Korean hospital fire kills at least 37, patients walk through fire to escape
SEOUL (Reuters) – A fire in a South Korean hospital that did not have a sprinkler system killed at least 37 people and injured more than 70 others on Friday, officials said, the latest tragedy to raise concerns over the country’s safety standards.
UK defense minister says Russia looking to cause thousands of deaths in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defense minister warned that Russia was looking to damage the British economy by attacking its infrastructure, a move he said could cause “thousands and thousands and thousands of deaths”, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
The final straight: party leaders launch German coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives open coalition talks with their Social Democrat (SPD) partners on Friday, four months after the September election that left Europe’s largest economy in an unprecedented state of politi…
Trump to pitch America First to Davos elites
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to use his maiden speech to the World Economic Forum on Friday to promote his tax cuts, deregulation and trade policies to chief executives, bankers and political leaders.
Blaze in South Korean hospital kills at least 37, more than 70 injured
SEOUL (Reuters) – A fire in a South Korean hospital which did not have a sprinkler system killed at least 37 people and injured more than 70, officials said on Friday, the latest tragedy to raise concerns over the country’s safety standards.
