Silk roads and chilled beef: how China is trying to fill a Trump vacuum in Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – It was almost a major faux pas in sports-mad Australia – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived at an Australian Rules football match in Sydney wearing the blue, black and white scarf of interstate rival Port Adelaide Power.
Polish consulate attacked in Ukrainian town: media
KIEV (Reuters) – Unidentified attackers have struck the Polish consulate in the western Ukrainian town of Lutsk, damaging the roof and windows, local media said on Wednesday, citing witnesses.
German SPD closing on Merkel’s conservatives, AfD at lowest since November 2015: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) narrowed the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a weekly poll showed on Wednesday, less than six months before a federal election in Europe’s biggest economy.
Two inmates killed in Mexican prison riot, 13 injured
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two inmates were killed and 13 injured during a prison riot in northern Mexico, the government of the state of Nuevo Leon said on Tuesday, the second fatal security breach within a week in the country’s troubled prison system.
Floods in Peru threaten to sweep away rich archaeological legacy – explorer
LIMA (Reuters) – Extreme floods wreaking havoc in Peru are also threatening the South American country’s rich archeological heritage and the tourism that thrives on it, a Peruvian archaeologist said on Tuesday.
Strong quake of 6.9 magnitude hits Russia’s far east: USGS
(Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck near Komandorskiye Ostrava in Russia’s far east on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
China says Taiwan man investigated for harming national security
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan man who had gone missing in China is being investigated on suspicion of harming national security, China’s government said on Wednesday, in a case that has caused alarm on the self-ruled and democratic island Beijing…
Former Mexican ruling party governor wanted over embezzlement
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican judge has issued an arrest warrant for a former state governor from President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ruling party on suspicion of embezzlement, the government of the northern border state of Chihuahua said on Tuesday.
Army assesses damage after storm ‘absolutely smashes’ north Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Cyclone Debbie wrought widespread but moderate damage in Australia’s northeast, authorities said on Wednesday, as flooding rain and fallen trees slowed troops and emergency workers reaching the worst-hit areas.
Paraguay Congress wrestles again with presidential re-election law
ASUNCION (Reuters) – Security forces surrounded Paraguay’s Congress on Tuesday while lawmakers argued over a possible change in law that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election, a move that the opposition says would weaken democrati…
