For one Chinese city, new ‘Silk Road’ leaves old problems unsolved
HUNCHUN, China (Reuters) – In August, 2014, planners in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun argued in state media that it should be included in the “One Belt, One Road” project, Beijing’s vision laid out the previous year of a new Silk Road across…
New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions ‘urgently’
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to tackle immediately the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and Chi…
Bomb threat causes panic on Saudi airliner
CAIRO (Reuters) – An apparently mentally unstable man caused panic among passengers on a airliner heading for Cairo from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday when he threatened to blow up the aircraft, airport sources said.
Bins, cooking, the bedroom: Britain’s May offers glimpse of private life
LONDON (Reuters) – He takes the garbage out, she cooks at weekends and work never enters the bedroom – British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip offered a glimpse of their private lives in a television interview on Tuesday.
U.N. aviation agency seeks global approach to laptop ban
MONTREAL/PARIS (Reuters) – A United Nations agency has launched an effort to craft global guidance for the use of laptops and other portable electronics in passenger aircraft cabins after selective bans by the United States and Britain upset airline pa…
Trump to meet with Abu Dhabi crown prince on May 15: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi, for a meeting at the White House on May 15, the White House said on Tuesday.
Trump to make decision on Paris climate pact after G7 summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will not make a decision on whether to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement until after he returns from the May 26-27 Group of Seven summit, the White House said Tuesday.
U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting Islamic State, despite Turkey’s ire
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on T…
Brazil on edge as ex-president Lula squares off with judge Moro
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – When Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Judge Sergio Moro meet for the first time in a courtroom on Wednesday, the contrasts – and the stakes – could hardly be greater.
Man held near May’s office in April charged with terrorism offences
LONDON (Reuters) – A man arrested near Prime Minister Theresa May’s office in London last month has been charged with terrorism offences and will appear in court on Thursday, police said.
