After Obama visit, India’s Modi heads to China by end of May
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China before his first anniversary in government on May 26, the foreign ministry said on Monday, in the latest symbolic move by the nationalist leader to cement India’s ties with the world’s…
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits northwestern Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 rattled northwestern Argentina on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Cambodia’s ruling party promotes PM’s sons, top allies
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s ruling party named three sons of long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen to its upper ranks on Sunday as part of a bid to rejuvenate its leadership and claw back support lost at the last general election.
Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, sets up battle with Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget for fiscal year 2016 that sets up a battle with Republicans over programs to boost the middle class that are funded by higher taxes on corporations and wealthy Ame…
Egyptian police officer detained over killing of jailed Islamist in hospital
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian police officer has been detained on suspicion of killing a suspected member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in hospital, the Interior Ministry has said.
France’s Sarkozy under pressure to block National Front candidate
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy, the ex-president now heading France’s main conservative opposition, came under pressure from allies and foes on Monday to endorse rival Socialists in a by-election runoff to ensure the defeat of the National Front.
China tells U.S. it’s against Obama meeting Dalai Lama
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Monday that it was opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama “in any manner” after the White House said U.S. President Barack Obama would attend an event with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader…
Indonesia to execute two members of ‘Bali Nine’ drug trafficking ring
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two Australian citizens are next in line to be executed for drug offences in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian nation’s attorney general said on Monday, in a move likely to strain ties between the neighbors.
Working with global community only way to fight terrorism: Japan PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan’s military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist.
Greece will not appoint party officials to run banks: government spokesman
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new left-wing government will not take any actions that would hurt the share values of the country’s banks and does not plan to appoint party officials at key management posts, the government’s spokesman said on Monday.
