Blunt instrument? What a list of banned articles says about China’s censors
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – An old review of an academic monograph on agrarian revolutionaries in 1930s China is hardly a political third rail in Beijing today, even by the increasingly sensitive standards of the ruling Communist Party.
Egypt’s Sisi meets Kushner after U.S. holds back aid
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met U.S. presidential adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday after the United States decided to withhold millions of dollars in aid.
Merkel assuming leadership role in world of erratic strongmen
BERLIN (Reuters) – Alarmed by the rise of unpredictable strongmen around the world, Angela Merkel feels she must do more to defend the Western order on which Germany depends.
Turkey says it conveyed concerns about Iraqi Kurdish referendum to Erbil
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday he had conveyed Turkey’s concerns about northern Iraq’s decision to hold an independence referendum to Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and his delegation.
In economic crisis, Angola votes for first new leader in 38 years
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolans headed to the polls on Wednesday in a parliamentary election expected to usher in the ruling party’s defense minister as the first new leader of Africa’s second-biggest oil producer for 38 years.
Suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand kills five people, dozens wounded
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 42 wounded when a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a police headquarters in Afghanistan’s Helmand province on Wednesday, officials said.
U.S., Gulf officials hold talks on Mideast peace; Qatar-Saudi rift not discussed
DOHA (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials including presidential adviser Jared Kushner have met with leaders in Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians, the state news agencies of the two Gulf countries sa…
Netanyahu to Putin: Israel may act to curb Iran’s clout in Syria
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Israel was prepared to act unilaterally to prevent an expanded Iranian military presence in Syria as Moscow works to end the c…
The People’s Princess, Britons work to keep memory alive
LONDON (Reuters) – Abdul Daoud spilt most of the cappuccino into the saucer the first time he served Princess Diana, his nerves getting the better of him.
Typhoon batters Hong Kong and south China, three dead in Macau
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong on Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with wind and rain that uprooted trees and forced most businesses to close, while in some places big waves flooded seas…
