Exclusive: Malaysia mistook slain Kim Jong Nam for South Korean
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities wrongly identified the slain half-brother of North Korea’s leader as a South Korean national and first alerted Seoul’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur soon after his death, sources familiar with the incident told …
Majority of French want Socialist Hamon to bow out of election race: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – More than one in two French voters believe struggling Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon should drop out of the presidential race in favor of a rival left-winger who has overtaken him in surveys of voting intentions, a poll showed on Th…
Britain not threatening Europe over security cooperation-Davis
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain was in not seeking to threaten Europe when it said cooperation in fighting terrorism would be weakened if it left the European Union without a comprehensive deal, Brexit minister David Davis said on Thursday.
U.S. arrest of Turkish banker ‘completely political’: justice minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – The arrest in the United States of a top Turkish banker charged with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate sanctions against Iran is a “completely political” move, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday.
Japan ruling party urges government to acquire capability to hit enemy bases
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party on Thursday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government to consider acquiring the capability to hit enemy bases and to beef up missile defense, as North Korea defies U.N. sanctions with its nuclear and missile de…
Trump says trade gap will make China meeting ‘a very difficult one’
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump set the tone for a tense first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week by tweeting on Thursday that the United States could no longer tolerate massive trade deficits and job losses….
EU says China, EU must show joint leadership on climate as U.S. pulls back
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the European Union need to show joint leadership on climate change and cannot expect the “same leadership” from the new administration in the United States, European climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in Beijing…
Britain does not expect 50 billion pound Brexit bill: Davis
LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit minister David Davis said he did not expect Britain to have to pay 50 billion pounds ($62 billion) to the European Union as part of the Brexit process and said the era of huge sums being paid to Brussels was coming to an end.
Exclusive: Trump’s ‘big data’ consultant to meet Australian government
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The big data company credited with helping Donald Trump win the U.S. presidency has registered a company in Australia and plans to meet the country’s ruling conservative Liberal Party next week, according to documents and a…
Hong Kong protest leaders appear in court smiling after surprise summons
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Nine leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 democracy protests appeared in court on Thursday after their surprise summons, charged with inciting the street occupation that paralyzed parts of the city for months in what some expect to be a lo…
