Mexico eyes border, migration as leverage in talks with Trump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico aims to defend free trade with the United States by using border security and immigration policy to gain leverage in talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump after he takes office next month, senior officials say.
China upset at name change of de facto Japan embassy in Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China expressed dissatisfaction on Wednesday after Japan’s de facto embassy in self-ruled Taiwan, which Beijing considers a breakaway province, said it would change its name to include the word Taiwan.
Number of migrants who left Germany voluntarily rises sharply in 2016
BERLIN (Reuters) – Around 55,000 migrants who were not eligible for or were refused asylum left Germany voluntarily between January and November 2016, up by 20,000 from the total number who left voluntarily in 2015, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Russia opens criminal case after bear’s killing causes outcry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators said on Wednesday they had opened a criminal case into a group of men who filmed themselves crushing a bear to death by repeatedly driving over it in off-road vehicles in the Siberian tundra.
On Pearl Harbor visit, Abe pledges Japan will never wage war again
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, commemorating the victims of Japan’s World War Two attack and promising that his country would never wage …
‘Brexit – We’re making a mess of it’: mashup artists lampoon Britain’s leaders
LONDON (Reuters) – In a satire of the 2016 Brexit vote, mashup artists lampoon Britain’s leaders in a video which re-edits their words to say the European Union referendum was dumb and Prime Minister Theresa May is making a mess of Brexit.
Iran says it warns off foreign planes near war games
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has warned off foreign surveillance planes that have tried to approach its forces during air defense exercises on the Gulf coast, an Iranian military spokesman said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh arrests five suspected Islamists ‘plotting New Year attack’
DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected Islamist militants believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief said on Wednesday.
Turkish military ‘neutralises’ 44 Islamic State militants in northern Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish military said on Wednesday it had “neutralised” 44 Islamic State militants and wounded 117 as part of its operation in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab.
Explosion kills local official in northern Lebanon: NNA
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion killed a local official in Lebanon’s northern Bekaa Valley region on Wednesday, the National News Agency (NNA) said.
