Dalai Lama cancels Botswana visit ‘due to exhaustion’
GABORONE (Reuters) – Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has canceled a planned visit to Botswana because of exhaustion, his office said, a move that is likely to be welcomed by China, a major investor in the African country.
In call with Trump, China’s Xi urges restraint over North Korea
BEDMINSTER, N.J./BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping said there needs to be a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue, and in a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump he urged all sides to avoid words or action that …
Merkel rounds on German auto executives in opening election rally
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her re-election campaign on Saturday with a stinging attack on German auto executives, pressing them to innovate to secure jobs, and win back trust lost by a diesel emissions scandal.
Sixty children die in Indian hospital amid furor over oxygen supplies
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sixty children have died at a hospital in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week, prompting local media to blame the fatalities on a lack of oxygen supplies.
French archbishop admits failings in response to pedophile scandal
PARIS (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic archbishop of Lyon acknowledged shortcomings in his response to a pedophilia scandal in his archdiocese and said more rigorous checks were in place to prevent past errors in the appointment of priests being repeated…
At least eleven dead as post-election unrest erupts in Kenya
NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police have killed at least 11 people in a crackdown on protests as anger at the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums surrounding the capital, officials and wit…
Minutes from missiles, Guam islanders get to grips with uncertain fate
GUAM (Reuters) – Fourteen minutes is not long to prepare for a potential catastrophe. That’s the estimated time taken from a launch of a mid-range ballistic missile in North Korea until impact on Guam, where residents seem resigned to the belief that t…
Storms disrupt Beijing flights, authorities warn of flash floods, landslides
BEIJING (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed Beijing on Saturday, disrupting hundreds of flights at one of the world’s largest airports, while authorities warned that rain and wind could cause landslides in the area where a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck …
Iraq’s Kurds maintain Sept. 25 as date for independence referendum, Kurdish official says
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds will maintain their plan to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, despite a U.S. request to postpone it, a high-ranking Kurdish official told Reuters on Saturday.
Kuwait says arrests 12 convicted in 2015 Iran spy case
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 12 people convicted in absentia of spying for Iran and Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
