Japan hotel to remove books denying Nanjing Massacre
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese hotel chain under fire for books its president wrote denying the Nanjing Massacre in wartime China will remove them from a hotel hosting athletes at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games, organizers said on Wednesday.
U.S. to apply ‘extreme vetting’ in refugee swap deal with Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will apply ‘extreme vetting’ to up to 1,250 asylum seekers it has agreed to resettle as part of a deal with Australia, a spokesman for President Trump said in the United States on Tuesday.
New Zealand PM calls national election for Sept. 23
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English called an election on Wednesday for Sept. 23 after taking over as premier in December following the unexpected resignation of his predecessor, John Key.
Germany’s Schulz calls Trump ‘un-American’, warns against lifting Russia sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left chancellor candidate Martin Schulz has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies as “un-American” and warned against lifting sanctions imposed against Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis.
Brazil and Colombia pledge to fight drug trafficking
BOGOTA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Defense ministers from Brazil and Colombia agreed to step up their fight against drug traffickers at a meeting on Tuesday in the Brazilian city of Manaus, where feuding drug gangs set off a recent string of deadly prison ri…
U.N. Security Council expresses ‘grave concern’ over Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The UN Security Council expressed its “grave concern” on Tuesday over the “dangerous deterioration” in eastern Ukraine and called for a halt to the violence.
U.S. protectionism would hurt all sides: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy decisions are going in “a totally wrong direction,” German Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said in a newspaper interview on Wednesday, warning that protectionism would cost growth and jobs in bo…
U.N. plans next round of Syria peace talks February 20
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The next round of United Nations-based peace talks on Syria have been scheduled for Feb. 20, diplomats told reporters on Tuesday.
Israel says will build 3,000 new homes in West Bank settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 3,000 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the third such declaration in eleven days since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
U.N. chief warns border control policies must not discriminate
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday emphasized the need for nondiscriminatory border controls, comments widely seen as a criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump’s temporary freeze on U.S. entry for all refugees and citizens from seven Muslim nations.
