Taiwan president warns China against military aggression
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday China’s military ambitions are becoming more apparent and tension between Taiwan and the mainland must not be resolved through military force.
Special Report: In a hospital ward in Yemen, the collapse of a nation
ADEN (Reuters) – Nahla Arishi, chief pediatrician at the al-Sadaqa hospital in this Yemeni port city, had not seen diphtheria in her 20-year career. Then, late last month, a three-year-old girl with high fever was rushed to Arishi’s ward. Her neck was …
After Trump criticism, China says no illicit oil sales to North Korea
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China on Friday denied reports it has been illicitly selling oil products to North Korea, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not happy that China had allowed oil to reach the isolated nation.
India’s federal auditor slams Modi’s slow Ganges clean-up
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has spent less than a quarter of the funds available for a program to clean up the Ganges river over the last two years, a federal audit has found, citing lapses in planning and financial management of a flagship scheme.
Taiwan president says island’s defense budget to grow, given China pressures
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday China’s military ambitions are becoming more apparent and that the island’s defense budget would “grow steadily” each year.
Hong Kong lawyers ‘appalled’ by move to enforce China law in rail station
HONG KONG (Reuters) – An association representing Hong Kong barristers said it was “appalled” by the Chinese parliament’s move to enforce mainland laws inside a Hong Kong railway station, denouncing it as the most retrograde step since the 1997 handove…
Cambodia’s Sam Rainsy found guilty of defamation, ordered to pay $1 million
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A Phnom Penh court on Friday found veteran opposition chief Sam Rainsy guilty of defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen and ordered him to pay damages of $1 million, the latest blow to an opposition crippled by legal cases this year.
Thousands of Peruvians march against Fujimori pardon
LIMA (Reuters) – Thousands of Peruvians marched on Thursday to protest the president’s recent pardoning of former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori, calling for new general elections as a graft scandal ensnares established politicians.
Current, former Singapore transit employees charged in $7.3 million cheating scheme
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Current and former employees of Singapore’s SMRT were charged in court on Friday of duping the transit operator into awarding millions of dollars of contracts to companies in which they had a financial interest.
Turkish police detain 29 Islamic State suspects in Ankara: agency
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 29 suspected Islamic State members in Ankara on Friday, state media said, in a fresh operation after arresting some 120 suspects across Turkey a day earlier as security is tightened ahead of the New Year.
