Gunman injures four policemen in shooting in southern Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – A man opened fire at police in the southern state of Bavaria on Wednesday, injuring four policemen before he was arrested, police said in a statement.
China angered as Japan withholds UNESCO funding in history row
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Wednesday that Japan had acted irresponsibly by withholding its 2016 funding for the UN heritage body UNESCO in a row over how the 1937 Nanjing Massacre is remembered.
Czech police arrest Russian in connection with U.S. hacking attacks
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police have detained a Russian man wanted in connection with hacking attacks on targets in the United States, the police said, without giving further details.
Britain’s finance minister told PM May he will not quit: Telegraph
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond has told Prime Minister Theresa May that he will not quit the government after media reports of a split among senior ministers over Brexit, the Daily Telegraph said, citing an unidentified Hamm…
Rocky politics, slow growth loom as Obama, Italy’s Renzi meet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi to the White House on Tuesday, using the pomp of the formal state visit to highlight the link between the sluggish European economy and populist discontent …
Crisis looms as HK legislators walk out to shun independence activists
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dozens of pro-Beijing lawmakers walked out of the Hong Kong legislature on Wednesday to prevent the swearing-in of two pro-independence activists, setting the scene for a new constitutional crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.
Exclusive: China may give Filipino fishermen access to Scarborough – sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the presidents of the two countries meet in Beijing this week, two Chinese sources with ties to the leadership said.
Bad winter delays MH370 search by up to two months, say authorities
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An undersea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be delayed by up to two months because of bad weather in the Indian Ocean during the southern winter, authorities said on Wednesday.
Venezuela delays state elections to 2017, opposition angry
CARACAS (Reuters) – Elections for Venezuela’s state governorships will be held in 2017 rather than December as expected, the election board said on Tuesday, giving the unpopular socialist government more breathing space before going to the polls.
U.S. expects Islamic State to wield chemical weapons in Mosul fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expects Islamic State to use crude chemical weapons as it tries to repel an Iraqi-led offensive on the city of Mosul, U.S. officials say, although adding that the group’s technical ability to develop such weapon…
