UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain gave the go-ahead for a $24 billion nuclear power plant on Thursday, ending weeks of uncertainty that had strained ties with China, which will help pay for it, and France, which will build it.
Dalai Lama, in Europe, urges ‘constructive criticism’ of China
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said on Thursday the European Union should offer “constructive criticism” of China.
Philippine hitman says he heard Duterte order killings
MANILA (Reuters) – A self-confessed hitman testified on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte personally issued assassination orders while mayor of a city where activists say hundreds of summary executions took place.
Right-wingers and asylum seekers clash in eastern Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German right-wingers and asylum seekers clashed in an eastern town, police said on Thursday, in the latest sign that the mood towards migrants is deteriorating around a year after they started arriving in Germany in large numbers.
Austrian woman among two people killed by Indonesia ferry blast
DENPASAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – An explosion on a ferry carrying 35 tourists between the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and Lombok killed two people on Thursday and injured several, police said.
Anti-corruption prosecutors raid office of Greek cenbanker’s wife
ATHENS (Reuters) – Anti-corruption prosecutors probing the finances of a Greek state entity raided the office of the wife of Greek Central Banker Governor Yannis Stournaras and confiscated documents and electronic data, court sources said on Thursday.
EU court upholds sanctions on Ukraine’s Yanukovich
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s second-highest court upheld on Thursday sanctions imposed on Ukraine’s ousted president Viktor Yanukovich, who fled the country in 2014 after a popular uprising.
Frontex says 23,000 migrants reached Italy in August
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Some 23,000 irregular migrants arrived in Italy in August, the European Union’s border agency said on Thursday, most crossing the Mediterranean on what has become the main immigration route into Europe.
Hollande, Merkel urge clear vision for addressing Europe’s weaknesses
PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that it was crucial an upcoming European Union summit, the first since Britain voted to leave the bloc, addressed the EU’s weaknesses with a plan …
Malaysia confirms debris found in Tanzania is from MH370
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Thursday that a large piece of aircraft debris discovered on the island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania, in June, was from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet MH370.
