China’s Xi calls for appropriate handling of disputes with Britain
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Britain should increase mutual political trust and appropriately handle disputes, Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Theresa May, as the two nations grapple with a delayed $8 billion nuclear power inv…
Attacks in Afghan capital kill at least 24
KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomb hit the center of Kabul late on Monday, just hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defense Ministry killed at least 24 people including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others, officials said.
U.S., Russia work on Syria truce, as Islamic State blasts kill dozens
BEIRUT/HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – The United States and Russia will work in the next few days on a deal to curb fighting in Syria and build cooperation in the fight against terrorism, their leaders said on Monday, as blasts claimed by Islamic State ki…
World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that 40 percent of pupils are being taught in a lang…
Journalist charged in Venezuela after anti-Maduro protest
CARACAS (Reuters) – A prominent journalist and lawyer jailed on Venezuela’s Margarita island was charged on Monday with money laundering, according to family and a rights group, following his arrest after publicizing a protest against President Nicolas…
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles as G20 leaders meet in China
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries said, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main diplomatic all…
Islamic State claims suicide bomb that kills nine in central Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed in Baghdad late on Monday in a car bomb attack claimed by Islamic State near a hospital in a central district, police and hospital sources said.
Gabon opposition leader urges general strike after disputed election
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s opposition leader appealed on Monday for a general strike in response to what he said was a fraudulent re-election of President Ali Bongo, while the justice minister resigned over the government’s failure to organize a re…
Sweden fires board of institution handing out medicine Nobel after scandal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Swedish government has dismissed the board of the Karolinska Institute after an investigation showed it was negligent when hiring surgeon Paolo Macchiarini and letting him operate on patients.
Associates of Russian tycoon Vekselberg held in bribery probe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian law enforcement officers investigating bribery allegations on Monday detained two senior executives who work for billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, one of a dwindling group of tycoons who built their fortunes independently of the…
