China to open high-speed rail link to North Korean border
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will open a high-speed rail line to the North Korean border on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua said, the latest effort to boost economic ties despite tension between the countries.
U.S. considering sanctions over Chinese cyber theft: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is considering applying sanctions against companies and individuals in China it believes have benefited from Chinese hacking of U.S. trade secrets, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
Two U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrive in Poland as part of European training mission
WARSAW (Reuters) – Two advanced U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrived in Poland on Monday for a one-day working visit, the Polish army said, a part of Washington’s efforts to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian actions in Ukraine.
Japan eyes defense budget hike to fortify island chain facing China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Ministry of Defense is seeking a fourth straight annual military budget hike to help fortify the country’s far-flung island chain in the East China Sea, close to ocean territory claimed by Beijing.
China party says no disrespect meant with Jiang sign removal
BEIJING (Reuters) – The removal of a stone plinth sign written by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin at the entrance of a key Communist Party training center is not a sign of disrespect, a senior official said on Monday, after rumors of destabilizing…
Refugee crisis suddenly Merkel’s biggest challenge
BERLIN (Reuters) – Returning from her summer break in mid-August, German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised some eyebrows by describing Europe’s refugee problem as a bigger challenge than the Greece crisis, which had overshadowed all else in the first hal…
Cambodia says no plan to take more refugees from Australian detention camp
PHNOM PENH/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Cambodia said on Monday it did not intend to accept any more refugees from a South Pacific detention center under an agreement with Australia, dealing a blow to the controversial resettlement scheme criticized by rights gr…
China property developers to buy back Tianjin blast homes: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – People whose apartments were damaged in explosions in the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin can sell their homes to a group of property developers or choose to have the government renovate them, the official Xinhua news agen…
Philippine Christian group ends protest blocking Manila highway
MANILA (Reuters) – An influential Christian group in the Philippines ended a protest on Monday over the prosecution of its leaders, calling off a blockade by 20,000 members of a main road in the capital after talks with the government.
‘The Storm Makers’ puts Cambodia’s sex-trafficking under spotlight
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cambodians say that when human traffickers arrive in a village, they bring a storm and tears with them, an experience that Aya, sold into slavery when she was 16, will never forget.
