Japan hotel won’t remove books that deny Nanjing Massacre during Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese hotelier who denies that a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops in the Chinese city of Nanjing ever took place has “no intention” of removing books with his revisionist views from his hotels during the 2020 Summer Olympics in T…
Mass rallies end Cambodian election campaign; local polls a test for strongman PM
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of supporters of both Cambodia’s ruling party and the opposition held rallies in Phnom Penh on Friday ahead of local elections on Sunday seen as a test of support for veteran strongman Hun Sen ahead of a 201…
Mattis says U.S. committed to Asia-Pacific as allies seek clear policy
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday the United States remains committed to its Asia-Pacific allies, as he arrived in Singapore for the region’s premier defense and security forum.
General leading Philippine battle with Islamists relieved of command
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – The general leading an offensive against pro-Islamic State militants holed up in a southern Philippine town has been relieved of his command, an army spokesman said on Friday, the 11th day of the country’s biggest s…
Afghans protesting after truck bomb killed in clash with police
KABUL (Reuters) – Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week’s devastating truck bomb clashed with riot police in Kabul on Friday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four deaths.
Top Merkel aide rejects Trump’s call to renegotiate global climate deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office on Friday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to renegotiate a landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change.
British Airways I.T. outage caused by contractor who switched off power: Times
LONDON (Reuters) – A contractor doing maintenance work at a British Airways data center inadvertently switched off the power supply, knocking out the airline’s computer systems and leaving 75,000 people stranded last weekend, the Times newspaper report…
Abdication of Japan’s emperor moves a step closer
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito’s abdication moved a step closer on Friday when the lower house of parliament approved a bill paving the way for the first such abdication in nearly two centuries.
EU, China to unite on global warming after Trump withdrawal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – China and the European Union will show unity in fighting global warming at a summit in Brussels on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from an international climate pact.
Greece clears out makeshift migrant camp in old Athens airport
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police on Friday began clearing out a makeshift migrant camp which sprung up in the former Athens airport over a year ago.
