South Korea political scandal puts corporate decisions on ice
SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Korea Inc is moving in slow-motion, mired by the country’s political crisis, with a vacuum in planning and decision making as corporate giants such as Samsung and Lotte delay traditional year-end management reshuffles, compa…
Hollande seeks EU summit call for Aleppo ceasefire
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said he wanted a summit of EU leaders on Thursday to issue a call for a ceasefire in Aleppo to allow civilians and the wounded to be evacuated.
Israel’s parliament moves to quell anger over short skirt ban
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament speaker went on national radio on Thursday to try to quell anger over a ban on female staff wearing skirts deemed too short, a move that has caused a scandal in a legislature where informal dress has long been …
Tsipras calls for breakthrough to help Greece with migrants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he would press fellow EU leaders at a summit on Thursday to end deadlock over plans to distribute some of the more than 60,000 asylum-seekers now in Greece.
French presidential candidate Fillon holds talks with Germany’s Merkel: spokesman
PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate currently seen as most likely to win next year’s French Presidential election, met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels on Thursday for bilateral talks, his spokesman Thierry Solere s…
Dutch PM Rutte: ‘a bit more optimistic’ on Ukraine deal at EU summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday he was “a bit more optimistic” that EU leaders would back additional caveats to the bloc’s landmark agreement with Ukraine, key to helping the former Soviet state move out of Russia’…
Russia says loss of Iran nuclear deal would be unforgivable: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – It would be unforgivable if a deal over Iran’s nuclear program was lost, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, the Interfax news agency reported.
Philippine Duterte’s admission he killed criminals an impeachable offense: senators
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte risks impeachment after he admitted “personally” killing criminals when he was the mayor of Davao City, said two Philippine senators.
France’s Valls would give more power to parliament if elected president
PARIS (Reuters) – Would-be Socialist French president Manuel Valls on Thursday proposed to hand more power to parliament by limiting a government’s rights to force through legislation without a parliamentary vote.
China installs weapons systems on artificial islands: U.S. think tank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported, citing new satellite imagery.
