Australia leans toward buying Japan subs to upgrade fleet: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Australia are leaning towards a multibillion-dollar sale by Tokyo of a fleet of stealth submarines to Canberra’s military in a move that could rile an increasingly assertive China, people familiar with the talks said.
South Africa’s Zuma leads talks on Lesotho political crisis
MASERU (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma was due to meet Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane on Monday to try to resolve a political crisis in the small mountain kingdom after an apparent coup there over the weekend, a government spok…
Disruptive Hong Kong protests loom after China rules out democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police used pepper spray to disperse pro-democracy activists on Monday as the Asian financial center braces for a wave of disruptive protests against China’s decision to rule out full democracy.
Three children stabbed to death in Chinese school
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man with a knife killed three children and injured several in a primary school in China on Monday, the first day of a new school term after the summer holiday, state media said.
Top Chinese university warns against criticizing Communist Party: journal
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s top universities has urged students and teachers to “fight against” criticism of the ruling Communist Party, an influential party journal said, in the latest curbs on free expression.
Foreign Minister Timmermans is Dutch EU commissioner candidate: Dutch paper
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has been put forward by the Netherlands as the Dutch candidate for a European Commission post, a newspaper reported on Monday.
North Korea tightens grip on phone SIM cards used by tourists
SEOUL (Reuters) – In a move that makes it harder for North Koreans to gain illicit access to the global Internet, North Korea now only allows mobile phone SIM cards used by tourists to be active for the duration of their visit, tourism sources told Reu…
Dozens of Turkish police detained over ‘anti-government plot’: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Dozens of Turkish police officers, including a former chief of a police financial unit, were detained on Monday in a fresh wave of arrests over allegations that officers were involved in plotting against the government, local media…
China’s AgBank chairman to assume provincial party post: government website
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The chairman of Agricultural Bank of China Ltd (AgBank), the country’s third-largest listed lender, plans to take on the role of deputy party secretary in the country’s northern province of Jilin.
Explosion fells building outside Paris, killing at least four
ROSNY-SOUS-BOIS France (Reuters) – A building in a Paris suburb collapsed after an explosion on Sunday morning, killing two children and two women, and teams were searching the rubble for four other people still missing by evening.
