Cambodia’s Hun Sen challenges EU and U.S. to freeze assets
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the United States and European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of Cambodian leaders abroad in response to his government’s crackdown on the opposition and civil society.
South Africa’s governing ANC to announce party leader on Sunday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will announce current president Jacob Zuma’s successor as party leader on Sunday as it looks to conclude a bruising leadership battle and focus on policy, a party spokesman …
Beijing evictions leave migrant workers in limbo as winter deepens
BEIJING (Reuters) – Winter is bringing a frigid existence and an uncertain future for migrant workers in Beijing deprived of electricity and heating as they resist a month-long campaign to evict them from the city’s urban villages.
Peru’s Kuczynski says will not resign over Odebrecht scandal
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said late on Thursday that he would not resign over a scandal involving payments that Brazilian builder Odebrecht paid a decade ago to a company he controlled while holding public office.
Australian abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including Catholic priests told of abuse in the confessional, said a report on Friday which detailed institutional abuse, particularly in the Catholic …
Australian child abuse report calls for end to sanctity of confession, voluntary celibacy for clergy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse, including Catholic priests who are told of abuse in the confessional, according to a report into institutional child abuse released on Friday.
EU leaders clash over refugees
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis blew a hole in the European Union, a tentative effort to patch up differences over what to do with refugees underlined continuing rifts among the bloc’s leaders.
Chile presidential hopefuls end campaigns before Sunday vote
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns in downtown Santiago on Thursday ahead of an uncertain runoff election whose outcome will determine whether the world’s top copper producer turns to the right or maintains its cen…
May wins applause from EU leaders for Brexit efforts
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European leaders applauded British Prime Minister Theresa May for her work so far on Brexit, assuring her at a summit in Brussels that sufficient progress has been made to allow Britain to move on to the next stage of leaving the u…
Trump discusses North Korea situation with Putin: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Trump spoke by phone on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea,” the White House said in a statement.
