North Korea’s Dear Respected Comrade leader gets a new title
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s parliament awarded Kim Jong Un a new post on Wednesday, adding to a long list of titles for the young leader.
U.S.-led strikes pound Islamic State in Iraq, kill 250 fighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 suspected fighters ki…
North America leaders mount strong defense of trade despite threats
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the United States and Mexico on Wednesday mounted a fierce defense of free trade, vowing to deepen economic ties despite an increasingly acrimonious debate about the value of globalization.
U.S. says Russian ship raised false signal in incident
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of deliberately displaying the wrong naval signals and interfering with a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean Sea, in the latest salvo about a June incident that both countries bla…
EU tells UK single market access requires full free movement
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders met for the first time without Britain on Wednesday less than a week after it voted to leave, delivering a tough message that London can access the bloc’s lucrative single market only if it agrees to a…
No fanfare as Philippines’ Duterte prepares to take office
MANILA (Reuters) – There will be no fancy ‘vin d’honneur’ at Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration as president of the Philippines on Thursday, just simple fare at a low-key event. Then he will get straight down to the business of crushing crime, drugs and la…
Western Sydney takes centerstage in close-run Australian election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Twenty-two-year-old forklift driver Mitchell Beckwith is living the dream. Or he’s living Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s dream anyway.
Islamic State suspected after suicide bombers kill 42 at Istanbul airport
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey pointed the finger at Islamic State on Wednesday for a triple suicide bombing and gun attack that killed 42 people at Istanbul’s main airport, and President Tayyip Erdogan called it a turning point in the global fight agains…
China risks ‘outlaw’ status if it rejects South China Sea ruling: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An international ruling next month is expected to deprive China of any legal basis for its claim to most of the South China Sea, and Beijing risks being seen as an “outlaw state” unless it respects the outcome, the Philippines’ chief lawyer in the case said on Wednesday.
Brazil could dismiss Rousseff the day before Olympics ends
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate could take its final vote on the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff the day before the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.
