China’s Guangzhou halts construction projects after deadly accident
BEIJING (Reuters) – The southern China city of Guangzhou on Sunday suspended all construction projects after a crane at a construction site collapsed on Saturday killing seven people.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as heavy rains hit northeast Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links, authorities said.
Marawi standoff enters third month, underlining crisis in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Two months after Islamist militants launched an assault on one of the biggest southern cities in the Philippines, the fighting is dragging on, and President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for it to end.
Syrian warplanes strike near Damascus despite ceasefire – Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government warplanes carried out several air strikes in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus on Sunday, a day after the Syrian military declared a cessation of hostilities in the area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Righ…
Mexican former state governor to be tried for organized crime
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A former state governor from Mexico’s ruling party will stand trial for engaging in organized crime and handling funds of illicit origin after a judge reviewing evidence approved the case, the attorney general’s office said on S…
Senior Australian minister calls for postal vote on same-sex marriage
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – One of Australia’s most senior ministers on Sunday reignited debate on whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, proposing a national postal vote on the issue.
Germany says Crimean turbine scandal souring relations with Russia: paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany has warned Russia that breaches of sanctions including the relocation to Crimea of four gas turbines delivered to Russia by Siemens are straining political relations between the two countries, Bild am Sonntag reported on S…
Russian envoy, at heart of U.S. investigations, ends tenure in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to Washington Sergei Kislyak, a key figure in ongoing U.S. investigations into Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election, ended his tenure on Saturday.
France’s far-right National Front party reaffirms anti-EU stance
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front party reaffirmed on Saturday its anti-European Union stance while admitting voters’ concerns over its policy to quit the euro, at the end of a two-day meeting aimed at analyzing its defeat in this yea…
Hundreds of Islamic State corpses await repatriation from Libya
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Seven months after Libyan forces defeated Islamic State in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign militants still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do w…
