China says it will promote trade deals regardless of TPP, RCEP direction
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it will actively participate in bilateral and multilateral trade deals, with the goal of deepening reform and opening up its economy, regardless of the direction the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) or the China-backed Reg…
Twelve bodies found in southwestern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – As many as 12 bodies have been uncovered in hidden graves in Mexico’s violent state of Guerrero, the state government has said, and authorities will continue to investigate on Thursday.
Thai election roadmap on course: deputy PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military government has no plans to push back a return to democratic rule, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said on Thursday, in comments that came little over a month after the death of revered King Bhumibol Adulya…
South Korean investigators raid Lotte and SK offices amid political scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean investigators raided the offices of Lotte Group, SK Group and government agencies on Thursday, officials said, as part of a widening probe into alleged influence-peddling that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye.
Peru slams U.N. agency for hiring former first lady under investigation
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru rebuked the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Wednesday for hiring former first lady Nadine Heredia as a Geneva-based director while she is a suspect in a money laundering inquiry.
Civilians flee as Shi’ite fighters near flashpoint town near Mosul
ERBIL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi’ite paramilitary groups close in around the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group’s self-styled caliphat…
Intelligence gaps may have helped Afghan Taliban breach NATO fortress
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) – In the year before Qari Naib blew himself up on Nov. 12 inside a NATO base near Kabul killing four Americans, Afghan intelligence warned the U.S. military at least twice that a worker could be planning an attack, governm…
Venezuela opposition says Vatican-brokered talks ‘frozen’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said on Wednesday talks with the government were “frozen” after officials failed to attend meetings, throwing cold water on Vatican-brokered attempts to bridge the country’s deep political crisis.
Venezuela refinery network operating at roughly a third: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Oil-rich Venezuela’s refinery network was operating at about a third of capacity, according to union sources and workers, as state oil company PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] struggles with equipment issues after years of underinvestment.
Four workers dead in Cuba bridge collapse: Canada miner Sherritt
TORONTO (Reuters) – Four workers at a Sherritt International Corp joint venture in Cuba died on Tuesday, when a municipal bridge they were repairing collapsed, the Canadian miner said on Wednesday.
