Scottish independence vote looking inevitable, FT cites unidentified UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) – A second Scottish independence referendum is now looking inevitable and ministers in London have now concluded it is a question of when such a vote will be held, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
Malaysia PM Najib calls for unity amid North Korea row
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for unity on Friday as he tried to bring home nine Malaysians stuck in North Korea amid a growing row over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, while warning Pyongyang not to abuse Malaysia’s …
Australian parties rally behind ban on foreign political donations
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Major Australian political parties backed a ban on foreign donations on Friday, which will bring the country in line with western nations such as the United States, Britain and Canada, which ban or restrict such payments, if it b…
Cruise control: China squeezes South Korea as boats and planes stay away
SHANGHAI/SEOUL (Reuters) – Pressure in China on travel firms forced airlines and cruise operators to cut routes to South Korea, as the fallout spread on Friday from a diplomatic row over Seoul’s plans to deploy a U.S. missile defense system against Bei…
Vietnam’s PM says ready to visit U.S. to promote ties
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s prime minister says he is ready to visit the United States to promote ties between the two countries and work with President Donald Trump’s new administration, particularly over trade.
Six years on, Fukushima child evacuees face menace of school bullies
Gesturing as if with guns, two boys in Tokyo repeatedly taunted a girl whose family fled to Japan’s capital to escape radioactivity unleashed by the Fukushima nuclear crisis of 2011.
Peruvian president criticizes U.S. proposal to separate immigrant families
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski criticized a proposal being considered by the Trump administration to separate women and children crossing illegally into the United States, saying it was “something that shouldn’t be happening …
Amal Clooney to Iraq: Allow U.N. probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters pushed Iraq on Thursday to allow a United Nations investigation into crimes by the militant group.
South Korean court throws president out of office; two die in protest
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country’s conglomerates at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and China.
China stealth jet enters service, navy building ‘first class’ fleet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, as senior naval officers said the country was building a “first class” navy and developing …
