China says does not need Taiwan’s permission to open new air route
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government said on Wednesday that it does not need Taiwan’s permission to open new air routes, after Taipei complained that a new route over the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the two was a security and safety risk….
Nations at North Korea meeting commit to considering more sanctions
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A 20-nation meeting on North Korea agreed on Tuesday to consider imposing unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang that go beyond those required by U.N. Security Council resolutions, the United States and Canada said in a joint statement…
El Salvador eyes work scheme with Qatar for migrants facing exit from U.S.
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador is discussing a deal with Qatar under which Salvadoran migrants facing the loss of their right to stay in the United States could live and work temporarily in the Middle Eastern country, the government of the Centra…
Iranian oil tanker wreck produces two slicks in East China Sea: China
BEIJING (Reuters) – An Iranian oil tanker that sank in the East China Sea has left two oil slicks covering a combined 109 square km (42 square miles), the Chinese government said, as maritime police scoured for damage and prepared to explore the wreck….
Indonesian president to reshuffle cabinet: presidential palace
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will swear in new members of cabinet on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, in what will be the third reshuffle of his five-year term.
Ex-U.S. Navy officers face negligent homicide charges over ship collisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The commanding officers of two U.S. Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face courts-martial and military criminal charges including negligent homicide, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on…
Pope meets victims of child sexual abuse in Chile, ‘cries with them’
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Pope Francis publicly expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over the rape and molestation of children by priests in Chile and later listened, prayed and cried at a private meeting with victims.
Back Brexit law or risk chaos, British PM May’s Conservatives tell lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party urged lawmakers to back the government’s Brexit legislation at a vote in parliament later on Wednesday, warning opponents that trying to block the plan would bring chaos.
Canada judge tells jury in deadly oil derailment trial to press on
MONTREAL (Reuters) – A Canadian judge on Tuesday told jurors to continue deliberations, despite their difficulty in reaching a verdict in the joint trial of three former rail employees in the 2013 Lac Megantic train derailment that killed 47 in Quebec,…
Kosovo Serb leader shot dead in divided town of Mitrovica
PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, who was standing trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead on Tuesday in what Serbia called an act of terrorism.
