Russia blocks China’s social media app WeChat – South China Morning Post
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Russia’s telecoms watchdog has blocked China’s WeChat, the popular social media app developed by Tencent Holdings, the South China Morning Post said on Saturday, citing information posted on the Russian regulator’s website.
Japan, China to boost financial ties amid protectionist, North Korean tensions
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) – Japan and China agreed to bolster economic and financial cooperation, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance and tension over North Korea weigh on Asia’s gr…
Peru prosecutors open probe in case linked to former President Humala
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s national prosecutors office said on Friday it has opened an investigation into allegations of “crimes against humanity” related to the military’s fight against leftist guerrillas in the 1990s, in a case involving former Presiden…
French candidate Macron claims massive hack as emails leaked
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) – Leading French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its campaign emails online 1-1/2 days before voters choose between the centrist …
Syria fighting eases as Russian deal takes effect
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fighting between Syrian rebel and government forces eased on Saturday as a Russian-led effort to shore up a ceasefire took effect, although battles continued on important frontlines near Hama and Damascus, rebels and a war monitor sa…
Trump travel ban back in U.S. courts next week as battles stretch on
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries heat up again next week when two U.S. appeals courts consider whether it is constitutional.
Exclusive: Trump counterterrorism strategy urges allies to do more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A draft of President Donald Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy demands that U.S. allies shoulder more of the burden in combating Islamist militants, while acknowledging that the threat of terrorism will never be totally elimin…
Trump does not think U.S. should copy Australia’s health system: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump was simply saying nice things to an ally when he called Australia’s universal healthcare system better than the U.S. system, and he does not think his country should adopt a similar approach, the White Hous…
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks on billions in arms sales – U.S. sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some new, others in the pipeline, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to the kingdom this month, people famili…
Brazil politicians hit by corruption scandal unlikely to return, former president says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Politicians caught up in a sweeping three-year graft investigation are unlikely to return to their positions of power, former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso said in an interview.
