Sri Lanka minister to make first China visit post election
BEIJING (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister will visit China next week in the highest-level trip to Beijing by a member of the new government, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, as China seeks to ensure the safety of its investments the…
Indonesia delays transfer of two Australian drug offenders for execution
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has postponed the transfer of five convicts, two Australian drug offenders among them, to another prison for execution, prompted by medical concerns and families’ requests for more time with the prisoners, authorities said…
China says thousands forced to flee Myanmar fighting
BEIJING (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been forced to flee Myanmar into the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan following fighting between Myanmar’s army and insurgents, the Chinese government said, repeating a call for restraint.
Malawi bans child marriage, lifts minimum age to 18
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in a country where half of girls end up as child brides.
Separatists to battle on for east Ukraine town: senior rebel
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists cannot “morally” stop fighting for control of a town in east Ukraine where they have encircled government troops despite a peace deal, a senior rebel representative said on Tuesday.
Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko agree steps on ceasefire: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on concrete steps with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to allow the OSCE to observe the situation in eastern Ukraine given the fragility of the agreed ceasefire, a German government spokesman …
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning
TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted northern Japan on Tuesday, hours after an earlier quake triggered evacuation warnings in towns along the coast.
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire
VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels pounded encircled Ukrainian government forces on Monday and Kiev said it would not pull back heavy guns while a truce was being violated, leaving a European-brokered peace deal on the verge of collapse…
China sacks city police chief over slap-up salamander feast
BEIJING (Reuters) – A police chief in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has been sacked after colleagues roughed up a group of reporters who had tried to report on a group of officers feasting on a giant salamander, an endangered animal in China.
Defiant Danes march after gunman attacks Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Danes gathered at torch-lit memorials around the country on Monday, commemorating victims of deadly attacks on a synagogue and an event promoting free speech that shocked a nation proud of its record of safet…
