French police break fuel depot blockade, nuclear plant strike looms
PARIS (Reuters) – Police broke up a fuel depot blockade in France on Wednesday and France’s hardline CGT union prepared for a strike at a nuclear plant, escalating a standoff over proposed new labor laws.
Polish minister says looking for solutions to constitutional row
WARSAW (Reuters) – A leading member of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party signaled on Wednesday it was ready to give some ground to end a constitutional standoff with the EU, including possibly accepting some judges appointed by the last administrat…
Taiwan’s new government has no schedule for resuming China trade talks: minister
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new government has no schedule for re-starting trade talks with China, Economics Minister Lee Chih-kung said on Wednesday, adding that the pro-independence ruling party first wanted to pass a law governing oversight of all n…
Australia immigration policy threatens to hijack election agenda
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s election agenda focusing on jobs and growth is at risk of being hijacked by the country’s harsh immigration policy and controversial network of offshore detention camps for asylum seekers….
Obama prods Vietnam on rights after activists stopped from meeting him
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of its communist-run government were prevented from meeting him in Hanoi, a discordant note on a trip otherwise steeped in a…
Ten killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack on a bus carrying staff from an appeal court killed 10 people and wounded four on Wednesday west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, an interior ministry spokesman said.
Philippine death squads very much in business as Duterte set for presidency
DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) – On May 14, five days after voters in the Philippines chose Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as their next president, two masked gunmen cruised this southern city’s suburbs on a motorbike, looking for their kill.
Iraq forces keep up shelling of Falluja, U.N. concern mounts for civilians
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians.
Japan to press Obama to get strict on crime from U.S. bases
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will ask U.S. President Barack Obama to take strict measures to prevent crime by people from U.S. military bases after the arrest last week of a U.S. worker in connection with the murder of a Japanese woman.
No sign of EgyptAir plane technical problems before takeoff: sources
CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) – The EgyptAir jet that disappeared last week did not show technical problems before taking off from Paris, sources within the Egyptian investigation committee said late on Tuesday.
