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.
Taiwan military tells veterans to avoid Beijing’s World War Two parade
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan’s military on Friday urged war veterans to stay away from a victory parade in Beijing next week marking the end of World War Two, saying Nationalist forces led the war, after China announced old soldiers from Taiwan wo…
Arms treaty conference fails to set reporting rules in Mexico
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) – Countries backing a major accord to regulate the international arms industry on Thursday failed to agree on a definitive format for reporting arms sales, kicking the issue down the road and disappointing advocates of arms con…
Thailand issues arrest warrant for suspect in second blast
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An arrest warrant has been issued for an unnamed suspect in a bomb blast at a Bangkok pier that took place a day after Thailand’s worst ever-bombing killed 20 people at a popular shrine, Thai police said on Friday.
