Thai police investigate Line stickers lampooning royal family
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police are investigating stickers lampooning Thailand’s royal family which appeared briefly on the popular Japan-based Line instant messaging service, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
China asking for terror suspects list ahead of G20 summit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is asking countries participating in this year’s G20 summit in the Chinese city of Hangzhou to provide lists of possible terror groups and terrorists who might target the meeting, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday.
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in Iraq: Anadolu
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes conducted air strikes on Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, destroying caves and shelters used by the rebels, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday.
Venezuela decrees Fridays a holiday to ease energy crisis
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has decreed that all Fridays for the next two months will be holidays, in a bid to save energy in the blackout-hit OPEC country.
Earthquake of 7 magnitude strikes northwest of Vanuatu: USGS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake of 7 magnitude struck 191 km (118 miles) northwest of the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Vietnam gets new PM with tough task and big shoes to fill
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s parliament approved a new prime minister on Thursday, handing former bureaucrat and legislator Nguyen Xuan Phuc the challenge of maintaining the momentum of one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.
China pushes Marxism for party members to root out wrongdoing
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has begun a year-long campaign to reassert the importance of Marxism and ensure members’ ideological “consistency” to root out bad behavior, state media reported.
Turkey, Germany herald progress as migrant flow to Greece slows
ATHENS/DIKILI, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey and Germany said on Wednesday an agreement between Ankara and the EU meant to stem the flow of migrants to the Greek islands was showing signs of success, but many were still trying to cross the sea and the rout…
Brazil congressional report favors impeaching President Rousseff
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff moved closer to impeachment when a key member of a Congressional committee said on Wednesday there were grounds for the Senate to put her on trial for manipulating budget accounts in 2014 to boost…
Dutch ‘No’ to Ukraine pact forces government rethink
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Wednesday it could not ignore the resounding “No” in a non-binding referendum on the European Union’s association treaty with Ukraine, but that it may take weeks to decide how to respond.
