No laughing matter: China regulator bans TV parodies amid content crackdown
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi J…
France’s president sees popularity hit record low: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity has fallen to its lowest point so far in his presidency, a poll showed on Friday, a day after nationwide protests against his reform drive brought tens of thousands of public workers on th…
Mexican president defends energy reform from leftist’s attacks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s president on Thursday defended his decision to open the energy sector against attacks from the man currently favorite to succeed him, saying a rollback of the measure could cost the country billions of dollars in lost i…
Apartment blaze in Ho Chi Minh City kills 13, injures 27
HANOI (Reuters) – A fire in a Ho Chi Minh City apartment block killed 13 people in the early hours of Friday, state media and a fire department official in the Vietnamese economic hub said.
China hosts Visegrad group, calls them ‘dynamic force’ in EU
BEIJING (Reuters) – China believes the Visegrad group in the European Union – Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland – is the bloc’s most dynamic force, China’s top diplomat said, praising a grouping which has had strained ties with Western Europ…
Record number of U.S. Marines to train in Australia in symbolic challenge to China
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will deploy a record number of Marines to train in Australia, the Australian defense minister said on Friday, as Washington seeks to counter what it describes as Chinese aggression in the region.
EU backs Britain in blaming Russia for spy attack, recalls envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders backed Britain on Thursday in blaming Moscow over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England and recalled their envoy to Moscow in a symbolic protest.
Seize on ‘new dynamic’ to agree Brexit deal, May tells EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May urged EU leaders to seize on “a new dynamic” in Brexit talks and solve differences over a future border with Ireland to agree a deal on their future partnership.
EU backs Britain in blaming Russia for spy attack, recalls Moscow envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders backed Britain on Thursday in blaming Moscow over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England and recalled their envoy to Moscow in a symbolic protest.
In Indonesia, a shadowy campaign to stoke unrest as elections loom
BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in Indonesia in recent weeks has ramped up tensions as the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country heads into provincial elections and a presiden…
