Indonesia rejects U.S. research estimate of 100,000 ‘haze’ deaths
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Harvard and Columbia university research showing smoke from land fires in Southeast Asia led to more than 100,000 premature deaths last year “makes no sense at all,” an official at Indonesia’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Japan PM stresses importance of TPP trade pact in Clinton meeting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday and stressed it was important for the United States to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that she opposes, Japanese of…
U.S., China to step up cooperation on North Korea
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang agreed on Monday to step up cooperation in the United Nations Security Council and in law-enforcement channels after North Korea’s fifth nuclear test, the White House said….
Austria lays groundwork for Hungarian border fence
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria has begun laying a base on which a fence could quickly be erected along a 1.8 kilometre (1.2 mile) stretch of its border with Hungary, next to the crossing that hundreds of thousands of migrants used during a wave of arrivals…
Syrian rebel evacuation from Homs postponed for 2-3 days: governor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The governor of Homs said late on Monday the planned evacuation of several hundred Syrian rebels from their last foothold in the city would be postponed for several days because it was difficult to guarantee their safe passage.
Turkey kills four Kurdish militants in north Iraq: army sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish armed forces shelled a Kurdish militant target in northern Iraq on Tuesday and killed four rebels, military sources said.
Thai court finds British rights activist guilty of defamation
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A British rights activist was found guilty by a Thai court on Tuesday of criminal defamation and given a three-year suspended sentence, a move rights groups said sets a worrying precedent.
Air strikes hit aid convoy as Syria says ceasefire over
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian or Russian aircraft struck an aid convoy near Aleppo on Monday and killed 12 people, according to a war monitor, as the Syrian military declared a one-week truce brokered by the United States and Russia over.
Typhoon Malakas hits southern Japan, heading toward Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong typhoon made landfall on southwestern Japan on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain that caused floods, forcing flight cancellations and prompting local authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than 600,000 residents.
Chinese police repatriate first fugitive from France: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police repatriated a fugitive from France for the first time since the two countries signed an extradition treaty which came into effect in 2015, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua said.
