Merkel and EU representatives to go to Turkey next week
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Gaziantep in Turkey on Saturday 23 April along with representatives of the European Union, her spokesman said on Friday.
New Taiwan appointments spotlight China ties, homegrown defense aims
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s independence-leaning government on Friday named a foreign affairs official and a former fighter pilot to the top posts for China policy and defense, underscoring its intention to engage with China and build its own jets and …
Kremlin says sorry to Goldman Sachs, German paper over Panama Papers slip-up
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Friday apologized to U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs and German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, saying aides had mistakenly informed President Vladimir Putin that the American bank owned the newspaper.
U.N. agency to relocate 10,000 Mozambican refugees within Malawi
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday it will begin relocating 10,000 Mozambican refugees to better facilities within Malawi, the neighboring state they have fled to in a bid to escape renewed fighting in their homelan…
Czechs pick ‘Czechia’ as one-word name after decades of hesitation
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic’s leaders have chosen “Czechia” as the one-word alternative name of their country to make it easier for companies, politicians and sportsmen to use on products, name tags and jerseys.
Chinese state TV airs confessions by Taiwan fraud suspects
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Chinese state television has aired confessions by two Taiwanese fraud suspects among dozens deported from Kenya to China, as Taiwan said it would send officials to China to talk about a case that has infuriated Taipei.
Kremlin says no political agenda behind search of tycoon’s offices
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said it had nothing to do with law enforcement searches of the offices of Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov and that there was no connection between the searches and articles published by the RBC media group which Prokhoro…
Merkel to comment on Turkey’s request to prosecute German comedian at 1100 GMT
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a statement at 1100 GMT on Friday on Turkey’s request to seek prosecution of a German comedian who read out a sexually crude poem about Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on German television, …
Crime serial beats French president off prime-time TV podium
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande’s efforts to win over French voters on prime-time TV on Thursday generated few newspaper headlines, criticism on social networks, and a million fewer viewers than a long-running crime serial on a rival chan…
Belgian transport minister quits over airport security: media
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Belgian transport minister resigned on Friday, local media said, after accusations she lied about an EU report that criticized security at Brussels Airport long before last month’s bombing.
