Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for illegal car-hiring as part of an ongoing clamp down against Uber Technologies Inc’s [UBER.UL] operations in the Asian financial city.
U.S. delivers patrol boats to Vietnam to deepen security ties
HANOI (Reuters) – The United States has transferred six patrol boats to the Vietnam coast guard, to help build security cooperation between the two countries, U.S. embassy in Hanoi said in a statement on Tuesday.
Seven al Qaeda militants killed in Special Forces raid in Yemen: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Seven militants were killed during an intelligence-gathering raid by U.S. Special Forces troops against an al Qaeda compound in Yemen on Tuesday morning, U.S. officials said.
Taiwan activists hope same-sex marriage ruling will be trailblazer in Asia
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan same-sex couple Daphne Chiang and Kenny Jhuang are getting married at the end of the year – even if the government won’t legalize their union.
SNP election policy document launch postponed after Manchester attack
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The launch of the Scottish National Party’s policy offer was suspended on Tuesday after at least 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a concert in the English city of Manchester.
Brazil’s ex-president Lula faces new corruption charges
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been charged by prosecutors who said the leftist politician was the mastermind behind the country’s biggest bribery scheme.
British police name suicide bomber, threat level raised to critical
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester, and said they were trying to establish whether he had acted alone or…
South Korea’s ex-leader Park abused power to gain bribes, prosecutor tells court
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s former leader Park Geun-hye abused her power and pressured companies to pay her tens of millions of dollars in bribes, a prosecutor told a Seoul court at the start of her corruption trial on Tuesday.
Man set on fire during Venezuela protests
CARACAS (Reuters) – Photographer Marco Bello has covered many violent scenes during seven weeks of anti-government protests in Venezuela, but he witnessed a particularly shocking incident at the weekend when a crowd set a man on fire.
Ukrainian hacker gets prison in U.S. insider trading case
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to 2-1/2 years in prison over his role in a global scheme to conduct insider trading based on stolen, yet-to-be-published corporate news releases, U.S. prosecutors said.
