Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida set to take key ruling party post: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida is set to take a key policy position in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, NHK public broadcaster said on Wednesday.
China expels anti-graft inspector from party for corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s anti-graft watchdog said on Wednesday one of its former senior inspectors had been expelled from the Communist Party after an investigation found he had abused his position to receive bribes.
China promises support to new African ally Gambia
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will offer its new African ally Gambia support in infrastructure, agriculture, tourism and other areas, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his visiting Gambian counterpart, after the nation ditched ties with self-ruled Taiw…
Former Brazil President Lula faces sixth trial for corruption
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, already found guilty of corruption in one graft trial, will now face a sixth trial on charges related to a sweeping political kickback scheme that sent Latin America’s biggest …
UK sets out new powers to impose sanctions after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government published plans on Wednesday for a bill that would give it the legal power to impose sanctions after it leaves the European Union, including making it easier to cut off terrorism funding and freeze assets.
Tillerson says he and Trump disagree over Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Tuesday that he and President Donald Trump disagree over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and said the two men discuss how to use the international agreement to advance administrat…
Australia police free one of four suspects in ‘Islamic-inspired’ plot
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police said on Tuesday they had released one of four men arrested in raids last weekend that foiled an “Islamic-inspired” plot to bring down a plane.
Three mountain climbers die on snowy summit in Peru’s Andes
LIMA (Reuters) – Two Chileans and a man with dual U.S.-Russian citizenship died in Peru while trying to climb a snow-capped mountain in the Andes, a spokesman for a mountain climbing group said Tuesday.
Brazil, Argentina prosecutors say governments interfering in Odebrecht probe
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The top prosecutors of Brazil and Argentina are accusing their governments of interfering in the creation of a joint anti-corruption task force to investigate bribes by the Odebrecht engineering group so that politicians, many of w…
Tillerson says U.S. wants North Korea dialogue ‘at some point’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States does not seek to topple the North Korean government and would like dialogue with Pyongyang at some point, but only on the understanding that it can never be a nuclear power, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said…
