Nepal bans Polish climber over illegal Everest traverse
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Polish man has been banned from climbing any mountain in Nepal for 10 years after he made a rare traverse of Mount Everest last month without the correct permit, a Nepali official said on Thursday.
EU seeks to expedite police requests for data from tech firms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union wants to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to get electronic evidence directly from tech companies, such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, even when stored in another European country.
Montana congressman-elect settles with reporter he assaulted
(Reuters) – Montana Republican Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte pledged on Wednesday to donate $50,000 to a journalism advocacy group as part of an out-of-court settlement he reached with the reporter he physically assaulted on the eve of his election….
Dominican Republic imprisons suspects in Odebrecht case pending trial
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – A judge in the Dominican Republic ordered several suspects awaiting trial in a bribery scandal engulfing Brazilian company Odebrecht to be sent to prison on Wednesday until their case is heard.
Bodies, debris from missing army plane pulled from sea off Myanmar
YANGON/SANLAN, Myanmar (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled 29 bodies from the sea off Myanmar’s southern coast on Thursday, after a military plane went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew, prompting bitter tears from several relatives of those a…
Japan ruling party heavyweight to visit South Korea June 10-13
TOKYO (Reuters) – The secretary-general of Japan’s ruling party will visit South Korea at the weekend and is likely to meet new president Moon Jae-in, a party official said on Thursday, just days after North Korea conducted its fourth missile launch in…
Colombia’s FARC rebels have handed over 30 percent of weapons
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group said on Wednesday it has handed in 30 percent of its weaponry to the United Nations, part of a peace deal signed with the government last year to end more than 52 years of war.
Violence engulfs Venezuelan capital, teenage protester dies
CARACAS (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Venezuelan protester died in ferocious clashes between security forces and protesters in Caracas on Wednesday, taking the death toll from unrest since April to at least 66.
Mexico files extradition request for ex-governor with Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala said on Wednesday it had received a formal request from Mexico to extradite former Veracruz state Governor Javier Duarte, who was arrested in the Central American country on April 15 after several months on the run…
North Korea fires suspected land-to-ship missiles as South Korea delays THAAD
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after the South postponed full deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system designed to d…
