Singapore sees running autonomous buses on public roads from 2022
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is hoping to deploy autonomous buses on public roads in three different districts of the city-state from 2022 to provide better connectivity, the country’s Ministry of Transport said in a statement on Wednesday.
Japan special panel to weigh timing of emperor’s abdication
TOKYO (Reuters) – The timing of Emperor Akihito’s abdication, Japan’s first in nearly two centuries, is to be discussed by a special panel that will meet from Dec. 1, the top government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Air China indefinitely suspends flights between Beijing and Pyongyang
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Air China Ltd has indefinitely suspended flights between Beijing and Pyongyang, citing poor demand as North Korea faces growing sanctions from the United States over its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Mexican leftist presidential candidate vows financial crime crackdown
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist presidential frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged in his manifesto to clamp down on financial crime, and tighten money laundering, banking and tax regulations if elected next July.
Ninth Australian lawmaker quits as citizenship crisis widens
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A ninth Australian lawmaker quit parliament on Wednesday after discovering she was a dual national, the latest casualty in a widening constitutional crisis that has already cost the government its majority.
North Korea defector regains consciousness, video shows getaway under fire
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean border guards were only steps behind a fellow North Korean soldier when they opened fire and one briefly crossed the border pursuing the wounded defector as he dashed to the South Korean side, a video released on Wednesda…
Philippines set to keep open pit mining ban as Duterte rejects call to lift it
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine environment minister said on Wednesday that a ban on new open pit mining in the country would remain in place, with President Rodrigo Duterte rejecting government panel recommendations to reverse it.
Italy’s Berlusconi contests ban from office to European court
ROME (Reuters) – Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi will argue on Wednesday to the European Court of Human Rights against his ban on holding public office, hoping for a green light that will allow him to run for premier at Italy’s election early next year.
Australia defends alternative accommodation for asylum seekers against U.N. criticism
SYDNEY/GENEVA (Reuters) – Australia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that asylum seekers occupying an abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea (PNG) can relocate to alternative accommodation, challenging United Nations claims tha…
Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic faces verdict in genocide trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. tribunal on war crimes in former Yugoslavia hands down its verdict on Wednesday in the genocide trial of Ratko Mladic, the ex-Bosnian Serb general accused of ordering the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenic…
