China tells Mongolia to bar Dalai Lama visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China told Mongolia to forbid the Dalai Lama’s planned arrival there on Friday, suggesting the Tibetan spiritual leader’s trip could harm Beijing’s relations with its northern neighbor.
Philippine dictator Marcos buried with military honors at heroes’ cemetery
MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was buried with military honors at a heroes’ cemetery in the capital Manila on Friday, almost 30 years after his death in Hawaii, amid small protests by human rights groups and a politician…
I’m no Clinton, French presidential favorite says
PARIS (Reuters) – The man opinion pollsters tip to become France’s next president said on Friday it would be an error to compare him to Hillary Clinton, who was widely expected to become U.S. president but lost to Donald Trump.
Terminally ill British girl wins right to freeze her body: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – A 14-year old girl who died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope she could be brought back to life in the future after winning a landmark court case shortly before her death, the BBC reported on Friday.
British PM’s changing vocabulary signals shift from ‘hard Brexit’
LONDON (Reuters) – There is a recognizable repetition in Theresa May’s speeches about Britain’s decision to leave the European Union: “Brexit means Brexit”, making “a success of it” and getting “the best deal” for Britain are some of her stump phrases….
U.N. investigator says Australia responsible for children suffering in detention
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is responsible for children detained for years in an offshore immigration center developing post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments, a United Nations investigator into the human rights of migrants said on Friday.
Fire in Melbourne bank branch injures 27, one man under police guard
(Reuters) – A fire in a Melbourne branch of Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Friday, which police said was allegedly set by a man, injured 27 people, including six critically.
Aid convoy reaches quake-hit New Zealand town as damage bill mounts
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A convoy of 27 military trucks reached the quake-stricken New Zealand town of Kaikoura on Friday, five days after the seaside community was completely cut off by huge landslides caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed tw…
Rescue teams try to free 13 workers trapped in southeast Turkey copper mine
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Rescue teams sought to free 13 workers trapped in a copper mine in southeast Turkey on Friday after it was hit by a landslide which killed at least three people, the local governor’s office said.
Duterte says Philippines would welcome refugees: ‘They can always come here.’
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out at the “hypocrisy” of the West for closing borders to an exodus of refugees he said he would welcome to his country and accept until it was “filled to the brim”.
