First post-97 Chinese leader, last governor make pleas for Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s first Chinese leader after the end of British rule appealed to all sides in the democracy dispute to work together on Wednesday as the last colonial governor said China must stand by its promises.
South Korea soldiers die in endurance training in latest mishap for military
SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Korean soldiers have died after apparent suffocation during training to withstand capture by an enemy, a military official said, in the latest mishap to hit armed forces already battling charges of physical abuse and lax ove…
South Korea soldiers die in endurance training in latest mishap for military
SEOUL (Reuters) – Two South Korean soldiers have died after apparent suffocation during training to withstand capture by an enemy, a military official said, in the latest mishap to hit armed forces already battling charges of physical abuse and lax ove…
Deputy PM Bienkowska is Poland’s candidate for EU commission -state agency
WARSAW (Reuters) – Deputy Prime Minister Elzbieta Bienkowska is Poland’s candidate to become one of the new European commissioners, state agency PAP said on Wednesday, heralding further change at the top of the country’s government.
Indonesia’s energy minister made suspect in graft case
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency said on Wednesday the energy minister was a suspect in a case involving extortion and abuse of authority, the latest in a string of cases that have tainted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s fina…
Australia to sign civil nuclear deal with India; imposes Russia ban
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he hoped to sign a deal this week to sell uranium to India for peaceful power generation, but halted uranium exports to Russia over Moscow’s role in Ukraine.
Thailand picks team for talks with Muslim rebels
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will assemble a peace negotiating team by the end of the week to revive talks with Muslim separatists whose insurgency in the south of the country has cost thousands of lives in the past decade, the military junta said on W…
Anonymous research firm says targeted China’s Tianhe for public good
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Secretive stock research firm Anonymous Analytics, which has publicly accused China’s Tianhe Chemicals of falsifying financial statements, said it published the report for the public good, not money.
Malaysia Airlines tweaks its ‘Bucket List’ sales campaign
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines has changed the wording of an online contest called “My Ultimate Bucket List” after Internet users derided the campaign as insensitive following two disasters suffered by the airline this year that claimed 537…
Fukushima workers sue Tepco over unpaid wages, reliance on contractors
IWAKI Japan (Reuters) – A group of Fukushima workers on Wednesday sued Tokyo Electric for unpaid wages in a potentially precedent-setting legal challenge to the utility and its reliance on contractors to shut down a nuclear plant destroyed by the indus…
