China to enshrine Xi’s thought into state constitution amid national ‘fervor’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party will enshrine President Xi Jinping’s political thought into the country’s constitution, state media said on Friday, further solidifying his power following its addition last year to the party constitut…
Desperate Cubans seek U.S. visas in Colombia after Havana embassy cutbacks
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban actress Aniet Hernandez lost all hope that she and her two children would ever join her husband in Miami when the Trump administration slashed staffing at the U.S. embassy in Havana in September and stopped almost all visa proc…
Turkish shelling marks start of Afrin operation, minister says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region has “de facto” begun with cross-border shelling, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday.
Russian student injures six in an ax attack at his school
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian teenager attacked a group of younger students with an ax, injuring six people, before setting his school on fire, investigators said on Friday.
British police cordon off roads near London’s Kings Cross station due to suspicious package
LONDON (Reuters) – British police cordoned off roads around Kings Cross railway station due to a report of a suspicious package on Friday, though the busy rail hub continued to operate as normal.
Turkish operation in Syria’s Afrin has started ‘de facto’, minister says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region has started “de facto” with cross-border shelling, but no troops have gone into Afrin, Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Friday.
Taiwan stymies new China flights amid route row, official says
TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s aviation regulator has stalled applications for new flights from China Eastern Airlines and Xiamen Airlines amid a row between Beijing and the self-ruled island over air routes, a regulatory official said on Friday….
Former South African ‘homeland’ leader Mangope dies
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Lucas Mangope, a leader of one of South Africa’s tribal homelands who resisted the end of apartheid, died on Thursday at the age of 94, local media reported on Friday.
Let’s build a bridge to Europe after we Brexit, Britain’s Boris Johnson suggests
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s most prominent campaigner for leaving the European Union, Boris Johnson, has suggested building a giant bridge across the English Channel to France after Brexit, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Exclusive: Rohingya refugee leaders draw up demands ahead of repatriation
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp have drawn up a list of demands they want Myanmar to meet before authorities begin sending back hundreds of thousands in a repatriation process expected to begin next week…
