How ties to an ‘equestrian princess’ landed Samsung at center of a scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co’s sponsorship of the equestrian-athlete daughter of a long-time friend of President Park Geun-hye has helped to land South Korea’s top company in the center of the country’s influence-peddling scandal.
EU’s Schulz gives up run at German chancellery – Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Martin Schulz, the European Parliament president who is returning to German politics, does not expect to run as the Social Democrats’ (SPD) candidate for chancellor next year, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday.
Malaysian NGOs plan to send aid flotilla to help Rohingyas in Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON (Reuters) – An aid flotilla carrying food and emergency supplies for Rohingya Muslims will sail from Malaysia for Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State next month, the Malaysian organizer said on Friday.
Five killed, many trapped in Indian coal mine collapse – police
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – At least five Indian miners were killed and nearly two dozen trapped when mine waste collapsed at a mine run by state-owned Coal India Limited, police said on Friday.
Duterte delegates Philippines into economic sweet spot but misgivings rising
MANILA (Reuters) – After six months at the helm in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has been touting just two achievements of his presidency – a vicious war on drugs and a surprise alliance with his country’s bitter rival, China.
Cubans surf the web at home in Havana pilot project
HAVANA (Reuters) – Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest internet penetration rates in the world.
China official dealing with Taiwan accused of bribery
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state prosecutor on Friday formally accused a former deputy head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office with bribery and abuse of power, setting the stage for his trial.
Catholics in China should integrate into socialist society – senior party official
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Catholics must run their church independently, implying at arms length from the Vatican, and guide believers on a “Sinicisation path”, said a senior Communist Party official, as China and the Vatican seek to improve relation…
Argentine court revives bombing cover-up case against Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine appeals court on Thursday revived a case accusing former President Christina Fernandez of trying to cover up Iran’s alleged role in the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994.
Obama sanctions Russia for intervening in 2016 election
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday authorized a series of sanctions against Russia for intervening in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and warned of more action to come.
