Residents evacuated, airport closed and power cut off in Tahiti flooding
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Heavy flooding in French Polynesia has forced many residents to evacuate, cut off power to thousands of homes, and closed Tahiti’s international airport.
China’s Xi to head new commission for military-civilian development
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will head a new commission overseeing joint military and civilian development, state media said, as the country continues with an ambitious military modernization program.
Socialist rebel and ex-PM Valls head for runoff in presidential primary
PARIS (Reuters) – Benoit Hamon, a former Socialist government rebel won the first round of a primary on Sunday and will meet ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in a runoff to decide who will be the candidate of the beleaguered left in a presidential electi…
Mexico president speaks with Canada’s Trudeau ahead of Trump talks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto agreed in a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday to join forces to encourage economic integration in North America, according to a statement from Peña Nieto’s office.
Four more bodies found in rubble of collapsed building in Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian rescuers have recovered four bodies from the rubble of a high-rise building in Tehran that collapsed last week after a fire, bringing the death toll to at least seven, with more than 20 people still missing, state television r…
China claims success from ‘two-child’ policy as 2016 birth rates rise
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s decision to allow all couples to have two children instead of one has resulted in birth rates rising to the highest level since 2000, a government official said.
Gambians celebrate as West African troops enter capital after Jammeh flees
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the capital city of Banjul and took control of the presidential palace, the symbolic seat of ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year auth…
Syria’s warring sides gather for new attempt to break deadlock
ASTANA (Reuters) – Syria’s warring sides meet in Kazakhstan’s capital on Monday with Russia, Turkey and Iran, sponsors of the talks, trying to make progress towards a goal others have repeatedly failed to reach: an end to the six-year-old conflict.
Netanyahu says Trump invites him to Washington in February
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump had invited him to a meeting in Washington in February.
Policeman wounded in Northern Ireland shooting
BELFAST (Reuters) – A policeman was wounded in a shooting at a petrol station in north Belfast on Sunday evening, the police service of Northern Ireland said in a Twitter post.
