Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks to take place on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A meeting of a so-called contact group aimed at ending violence in eastern Ukraine is planned for Wednesday, Russian state television quoted Denis Pushilin, vice speaker of the separatists’ “People’s Council” leadership body, as sayi…
China police stop ‘extremists’ leaving country, one shot dead
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in southwestern China shot dead one person and detained 21 others who were part of a group of “religious extremists” trying to cross the border into Vietnam, state media said on Wednesday.
Dozens of tourists stranded by floods in Malaysian national park
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Nearly 60 foreign tourists are among almost 100 people stranded at a resort in a Malaysian national park lashed by its heaviest rainfall in more than four decades, staff said on Wednesday, and authorities are sending boats and …
Dozens of tourists stranded by floods in Malaysian national park
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Nearly 60 foreign tourists are among almost 100 people stranded at a resort in a Malaysian national park lashed by its heaviest rainfall in more than four decades, staff said on Wednesday, and authorities are sending boats and …
South Korean power supplies to be stable even if reactors close: officials
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea expects power supplies in the peak winter season to remain stable even if some of its 23 nuclear reactors are shut following threats by a hacker, the energy ministry and Korea Power Exchange officials said on Wednesday.
Prosecutors seek detention of Korean Air executive in nut case
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors requested on Wednesday a detention warrant for a former Korean Air Lines executive who delayed a flight because she was unhappy about how she was served nuts in first class.
In plot reversal, Sony sends ‘The Interview’ to 200 theaters
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sony Pictures will allow “The Interview” to play in more than 200 U.S. theaters as of Christmas Day, reversing its decision to pull the film, after coming under criticism from President Barack Obama and others for cav…
A decade of Western aid in Afghanistan – mission unsustainable?
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan has new roads, sections of which many deem too dangerous to use. It has a turbine to fill electricity needs that remains in pieces. Sixteen transport planes given to the Air Force were scrapped having barely flown.
Special Report: Fear and retribution in Xi’s corruption purge
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – Chen Zhenggao, a member of the Communist Party’s elite Central Committee, clearly has enemies.
Australian foreign minister hopeful Egypt will release Al Jazeera journalist
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Wednesday the case of jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste is “under consideration” by high levels of the Egyptian government and she is hopeful of his release by the end of the y…
