Tight security in Hong Kong as top-ranked Chinese leader attends summit
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of police were deployed across Hong Kong on Wednesday as a top-ranked Beijing official addressed an economic summit, with tensions high amid calls for greater autonomy in the Chinese-ruled city or even independence from …
German coalition partner dips below 20 percent for first time in 24 years
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, fell to their lowest level in 24 years in a poll published on Wednesday, underscoring the need for possible new alliances after the next…
Exclusive: Trump would talk to North Korea’s Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.
Four-nation talks on Afghan peace begin amid dim hopes, blame
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A fifth round of four-nation talks aimed at laying the ground for a negotiated end to the Afghan war began in Pakistan on Wednesday, as hopes faded for bringing the Taliban insurgents to the table quickly.
Turkish plan to strip MPs’ immunity could go to referendum
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party has won initial support in parliament for a constitutional change that could see pro-Kurdish and other lawmakers prosecuted, but failed to secure a strong enough majority for now to avoid a referendum.
‘In’ camp extends lead ahead of UK’s Brexit vote: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign to keep Britain in the European Union has widened its lead over the “Out” camp, according to an opinion poll by YouGov which was reported by a journalist at The Times newspaper.
Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in Turkey, northern Iraq, 10 killed: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, killing at least ten fighters, security sources said on Wednesday.
China says military drills ahead of Taiwan inauguration part of annual plan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Defense Ministry said recent military drills on its southeastern coast were annual exercises, after Chinese media had suggested they could have been timed ahead of Taiwan’s inauguration of a new president from a pro-independ…
Australian minister warns against ‘illiterate, innumerate’ refugees
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s immigration minister brought border security and immigration to the center of the 2016 election campaign, warning that resettling “illiterate and innumerate” refugees would strain the social safety network and take Austra…
China sends graft inspectors to armed forces, academies: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Central Military Commision, the country’s top military leadership body, has dispatched corruption inspectors to the armed forces and its military academies to conduct “re-examinations,” state news agency Xinhua said.
