Thousands stage ANZAC Day memorials in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of people in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey and Britain attended dawn services on Tuesday to commemorate ANZAC Day, the Gallipoli landings during World War One and the Thai-Burma “death railway” of World War Two….
China says fewer graft suspects fleeing as controls stepped up
BEIJING (Reuters) – The number of corruption suspects fleeing China in the last four years has fallen dramatically as the government steps up controls on things like passport issuance for officials, the ruling Communist Party’s anti-graft watchdog said…
Spy agencies from ‘Five eyes’ gather in New Zealand: PM, sources
WELLINGTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English was flying to the mountainous resort city of Queenstown on Tuesday to meet intelligence officials from the “Five Eyes” network, which includes the U.S. FBI, CIA and National Sec…
Chile rocked by 6.9-magnitude quake; no major damage reported
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck off the west coast of Chile on Monday, rocking the capital Santiago and briefly causing alarm along the Pacific Coast but sparing the quake-prone nation of any serious damage.
Radioactive material stolen in Mexico, search on: officials
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An unknown amount of stolen radioactive material has prompted an alert in nine Mexican states, the head of national emergency services said on Monday.
Scots don’t want another independence vote: Kantar poll
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Most Scottish voters do not want another referendum on independence from the United Kingdom and support for secession itself appears to have weakened, according to a Kantar survey.
Netanyahu will skip talks if German minister meets left-wing group: Israeli official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday threatened to cancel a meeting with Germany’s foreign minister if he sits down with a left-wing rights group, an Israeli official said.
Sudan accuses South Sudan president of meeting rebels
Khartoum (Reuters) – Sudan on Monday warned South Sudan to cease its support of rebel groups at war with Khartoum, accusing its president of meeting with rebels last week in a rare public statement from Khartoum’s intelligence agency.
EU executive urges change of tack in relations with Turkey
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive urged EU governments on Monday to consider changing its relationship with Turkey after a referendum that handed President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers put Ankara’s stalled membership talks deeper into…
Le Pen’s run-off campaign targets far left and right
PARIS (Reuters) – Warnings against the dangers of globalization and terrorism and efforts to portray rival Emmanuel Macron as the establishment candidate will be at the heart of Marine Le Pen’s campaign for the May 7 French election run-off.
