India’s Modi invites Chinese president to visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday to visit, seeking greater engagement between the world’s two most populous nations on trade and regional security.
As Asia frets over China, warmer welcome likely for Japan PM’s push
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s message of a bigger global security role for Japan when he speaks at a regional forum this week is likely to find a receptive audience as concerns grow in Asia about China – although some will ref…
EU sends soldiers to help in relief operations after Bosnia floods
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Around 400 soldiers from Austria, Slovenia and the United Kingdom will join the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia this week to help conduct relief operations after the worst floods in living memory hit the country, EUFOR said on We…
Political horse trading grips Afghanistan before election run-off
KABUL (Reuters) – Old-style power-broking dominated the first week of campaigning for the run-off round of Afghanistan’s presidential election, with the two candidates vying for support from former warlords and powerful tribal leaders ahead of the June…
Hungary’s deputy PM hints he may be nominated EU commissioner
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s deputy prime minister, Tibor Navracsics, has hinted he could be nominated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban as a commissioner in the new EU executive.
India’s Modi to unveil top 10 policy priorities: aide
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to unveil his top 10 policy priorities on Thursday, seeking to unblock an investment logjam and setting deadlines for action in order to revive the economy.
East Ukraine city largely calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Relative calm returned to the streets of Donetsk on Wednesday after the biggest battle of the pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine, a conflict transformed by the landslide election of a pro-European leader who …
Election rout could weaken Hollande’s reform drive, tilt growth debate
PARIS (Reuters) – Sunday’s European election rout will make it even harder for Francois Hollande to reform the French economy but his weakness at home could prove to be a bargaining chip in building support for an EU growth drive.
Doubt raised over whether ‘pings’ came from missing Malaysia jet
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy described as “speculative and premature” a media report on Thursday that said four acoustic pings at the centre of the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner are no longer believed to be from the aircraft’s bla…
Snowden: ‘no relationship’ with Russian government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden told a U.S. television interviewer on Wednesday he was not under the control of Russia’s government and had given Moscow no intelligence documents after nearly a year…
