China detains feminist activists ahead of Women’s Day
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has detained at least two feminist activists, a lawyer said, as the country escalates a crackdown on dissent ahead of planned rallies this weekend to mark International Women’s Day.
China border province says did not host Myanmar rebel leader
BEIJING (Reuters) – The government of the Chinese border province of Yunnan has not played host to an ethnic Chinese Myanmar rebel leader and does not support him in fighting Myanmar’s government, the province’s top official said on Saturday.
China could struggle to meet 2020 nuclear targets: executive
BEIJING (Reuters) – China could struggle to meet its 2020 nuclear energy targets with the industry still waiting on a cautious government to speed up the approval process, a senior industry executive said on Saturday.
Four workers at Mexico Goldcorp mine missing, may be kidnapped: prosecutor
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Four workers at a Mexico mine owned by Goldcorp Inc. have gone missing and were possibly kidnapped, the state attorney general’s office said in a statement on Friday.
Japan, North Korea could resume abduction talks this month: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and North Korea could resume talks as early as this month over an investigation North Korea is conducting into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday.
Syria to West: Accept that Assad is here to stay
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Syria’s envoy to the United Nations says it’s time for the United States and other Western powers to accept that President Bashar al-Assad is here to stay, and to abandon what he suggested was a failed strategy of trying to split t…
Gunman’s video says Parliament attack spurred by Canada military action
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The gunman who shot and killed a soldier in Canada’s capital and then stormed Parliament last year said he was retaliating against Canadian military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a video recording released on Frid…
Militants attack Libyan oilfield, 11 guards dead
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Militant gunmen attacked Libya’s al-Ghani oilfield on Friday, killing 11 guards, beheading some of them, before local forces fought back to retake control, an oil security official said.
Brazil political leaders probed in Petrobras graft scandal
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to investigate dozens of politicians, including the top leaders of Congress, in connection with a multibillion-dollar kickback scam at state-run oil company Petrobras, a court official said on Frid…
U.S. missionary kidnapped in Nigeria freed, church says
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An American missionary who was kidnapped in central Nigeria in February was safely released to authorities and church leaders on Friday, her Free Methodist Church said in a statement.
