South Korea foreign minister to make first trip to Japan in four years
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will visit Tokyo on Sunday, the first such trip in four years, as the U.S. allies prepare to mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of ties amid a chill because of feuds over t…
Chinese police kill Uighur man at station in suspected attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police at a train station in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian shot and wounded an ethnic Uighur man who had charged into a ticket line holding a brick, police said on Wednesday, adding the man later died of his injuries.
In Danish election, campaign turns personal in tight race
BORNHOLM, Denmark (Reuters) – Dressed in a denim shirt and black jeans, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt cracked jokes and took selfies with supporters on the island of Bornholm, just days before a June 18 election that could end her politi…
Hong Kong starts debate on contentious electoral reform plan
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong legislators began a debate on a Beijing-backed electoral reform proposal on Wednesday, as hundreds of people gathered outside government buildings ahead of a contentious vote that is expected by the end of this week.
Cost of violence hits $14 trillion in increasingly divided world
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, a global security report said on…
Niger says 33 migrants have died in desert this year
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A total of 33 migrants have died in the Sahara desert in Niger while en route to Europe this year, including 18 found dehydrated last week near a road to the border with Algeria, the government of Niger said on Tuesday.
Bahrain sentences opposition leader to four years in jail
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain sentenced opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in jail on Tuesday on charges of inciting unrest, a decision that an opposition group said could stoke more protests in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom.
Venezuela to get $5 billion in funding from China in next few months: PDVSA official
MARACAIBO (Reuters) – Venezuela will receive a loan of $5 billion from China in the coming months for crude oil projects, a director at state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela said on Tuesday.
Argentina’s Scioli wants president’s right-hand man on ticket
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Daniel Scioli, the front-running candidate for the ruling party in Argentina’s presidential election, said on Tuesday he wanted Carlos Zanini, an adviser from President Cristina Fernandez’s inner circle, on his ticket as vice p…
Venezuela gives landing permission for Brazil senators
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Venezuela gave landing permission on Tuesday for a Brazilian Air Force plane set to carry a group of Brazilian senators to visit jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders, the head of Brazil’s opposition party said.
