Kerry confident of concluding TPP trade pact this year
HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed confidence on Friday that an ambitious Pacific trade pact could be completed this year and said a recent nuclear deal with Iran proved hurdles in international agreements could be overcome….
Two killed, 10 wounded in clashes in Turkey’s southeast: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two people were killed in clashes between police and Kurdish militants in a town in southeastern Turkey on Friday, local sources said, and clashes were continuing, with smoke rising from buildings and shots ringing out.
Japan to send vice-minister to Iran to build economic ties
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is sending a senior trade and industry official to Iran along with executives from the oil, gas and other industries after a landmark agreement reached on the country’s disputed nuclear program.
China Communist Party expels former regulatory official
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has expelled a former official of the country’s securities regulator after an investigation showed he had taken bribes, the anti-graft watchdog said on Friday.
Angry Chinese families seek answers about missing Malaysian plane
KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING (Reuters) – Angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for more than a year clashed with police in Beijing on Friday as French officials extended the search for debris on remote Indian Ocean isla…
Privileges threatened, days may be numbered for Greece’s ‘everyman’ farmers
NAXOS, Greece (Reuters) – A jovial potato farmer whose family has tilled the fertile land on the island of Naxos for over 200 years, Stelios Vathrokilis is unfazed by all that he believes a farmer must inevitably face: God, inclement weather and natura…
Truck bomb in Kabul kills eight, wounds hundreds
KABUL (Reuters) – A truck bomb exploded near an army compound in the center of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding hundreds, police and health ministry officials said.
Turning back the clock: North Korea creates Pyongyang Standard Time
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese rule, the official KCNA news agency said on Friday.
Argentina’s Scioli woos swing voters before presidential primaries
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Daniel Scioli, the presidential candidate for Argentina’s ruling party, on Thursday urged undecided voters to back him in this weekend’s party primaries in a speech designed to reassure the party’s socialist faithful while wooi…
Allies of Brazil’s Rousseff see leadership vacuum as economy sinks
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Allies of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff have begun talking with her opponents about filling what they see as a leadership vacuum and her inability to pull the country out of an economic tailspin, party insiders said on Thursday…
