Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill in intensive care
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, remains critically ill in intensive care, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
Dutch ruling parties pledge to continue despite Senate loss
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Leaders of the Dutch ruling coalition pledged to remain in government on Thursday despite losing provincial elections that will leave them scrambling to command a majority in the country’s Senate.
Multiple deaths after restaurant shooting in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Several people were killed in a restaurant shooting in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on Wednesday in what police say was likely to be a gang-related shooting.
Myanmar jails two journalists for defamation
YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar court has jailed two reporters for two months for defamation, a newspaper editor said on Thursday, in a case likely to raise concern about a reform program after half a century of strict military rule.
‘The people survived’: Vanuatu says death toll won’t jump
PORT VILA (Reuters) – The death toll from the devastating storm that pummeled Vanuatu last weekend will not rise significantly, the prime minister of the South Pacific island nation said on Thursday.
Thai Supreme Court accepts criminal case against former PM Yingluck
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Supreme Court accepted a criminal case against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday on a charge of mishandling a multibillion dollar rice subsidy scheme, and she could be jailed for 10 years if fou…
Indonesian court delays decision on Australian death row convicts
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two Australian drug convicts on death row in Indonesia will not be executed this month after a court on Thursday postponed their appeal hearing against the rejection of a request for presidential clemency.
Pakistan convict dressed in white for hanging before last-minute stay
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani man charged as a child with murder was dressed in a white uniform, ready for hanging, and told to write his will before the execution was postponed, his family said on Thursday.
South Pacific’s Vanuatu provides lessons in cyclone survival
PORT VILA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Villagers in Vanuatu buried food and fresh water as one of the strongest storms on record bore down on them, fleeing to churches, schools and even coconut drying kilns as 300 kph winds and massive seas tore their flimsy hou…
Putin to meet top aide to Chinese president in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will meet a close aide to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, the Kremlin said, underlining Russia’s increased effort to establish closer ties with Beijing as its relations with the West have deteriorat…
