Ending standoff with North Korea boosts South’s President Park
SEOUL (Reuters) – Beset by crisis, scandal and a sluggish economy in the first half of her single five-year term, South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating soared in a poll released on Friday after a pact with North Korea brought back the …
Turkish poll shows falling level of support for AK Party
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party is not seen winning enough votes to form a single-party government in a Nov. 1 snap election with 38.9 percent support, down from 40.7 percent in the June election, the latest survey from pollster Gezici indi…
Nepal says will not let protests derail constitution
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s government has vowed that protests in which 14 people have been killed will not derail a constitutional process that is in the final stretch, even though pressing ahead could further anger ethnic minority groups on the sou…
Higher prices dent Putin’s sky-high popularity: paper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians’ concern about rising prices has eroded President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings but these remain extremely high, the daily Vedomosti reported on Friday.
Japan protests against Chinese media call for emperor’s apology
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has lodged a protest with China over a call by China’s Xinhua state news agency for Japan’s Emperor Akihito to apologize for its past military aggression, a Japanese government spokesman said on Friday.
Japan student group injects new exuberance into anti-war protests
TOKYO (Reuters) – Wearing shorts and a baggy T-shirt and clutching a microphone, Aki Okuda stands before a crowd, the pyramid-shaped roof of Japan’s parliament lit up against the night sky behind him.
South Sudan rebels, army again accuse each other of attacks after pact
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebels and the army have accused each other for the second time this week of attacks, this time barely a day after President Salva Kiir signed a peace deal that looks increasingly fragile.
Thai opposition slams draft constitution week before vote
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s main opposition party denounced a military-backed draft constitution on Friday saying it “totally disregards the sovereignty of the Thai people”, a week before a junta-appointed council is due to vote on it.
Thai opposition slams draft constitution week before vote
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s main opposition party denounced a military-backed draft constitution on Friday saying it “totally disregards the sovereignty of the Thai people”, a week before a junta-appointed council is due to vote on it.
More than 70 bodies found in Austrian refugee lorry: government
VIENNA (Reuters) – Investigators have found more than 70 bodies in a lorry full of refugees discovered abandoned on an Austrian motorway on Thursday, the interior ministry said on Friday.
