Bangladesh seizes $1.4 million in gold from North Korean diplomat
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s customs officers caught a North Korean diplomat trying to smuggle an estimated $1.4 million worth of gold into the country, a senior official said on Friday.
‘Made in China’ nuclear reactors a tough sell in global market
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – As China signs global deals to export its nuclear power technology, it faces a huge obstacle: it still needs to show it can build and safely operate these reactors at home.
Australia complains over Indonesia’s treatment of death row prisoners
SYDNEY/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Australia has complained about the treatment of two drug smugglers, who face execution in Indonesia, and wants to lodge a formal protest after a smiling Indonesian police chief was photographed posing with the men, officials …
Knife attack wounds nine at Chinese train station
BEIJING (Reuters) – Knife-wielding attackers slashed and stabbed people at a railway station in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, wounding at least nine before police shot dead one of the suspected assailants and arrested another.
UK lawmakers say China eroding freedoms in Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers banned from entering Hong Kong last year said Chinese regulations were eroding freedoms in the former British colony and urged their government to take a harder stance against Beijing.
EU says U.S. policy change helps its own talks with Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – The sudden U.S. engagement with Cuba has helped the European Union’s own bilateral talks on improving relations with the Communist-led island, a top European diplomat said on Thursday at the conclusion of two days of negotiations in …
UK lawmakers say China eroding freedoms in Hong Kong
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers banned from entering Hong Kong last year said Chinese regulations were eroding freedoms in the former British colony, and urged their government to take a harder stance against Beijing.
Ukraine military says one soldier killed in past 24 hours in east
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian soldier was killed and another wounded fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east, a military spokesman said on Thursday, as Kiev accused rebels of increasing violations of a ceasefire deal.
U.N. Security Council to vote on chlorine arms use in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday on a U.S.-drafted resolution to condemn the use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria and threaten to take action if such arms are used again in the conflict.
Australia backs farmers on foreign ownership gripes
CANBERRA (Reuters) – The Australian government has sided with farmers who say official data vastly underestimates foreign ownership of the nation’s farmland, as it moves to clamp down on overseas purchases of agricultural land.
