Indonesian presidential election suddenly looks like a real race
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s presidential election abruptly turned into a tight two-horse race on Monday after the country’s second-largest party suddenly switched its support away from frontrunner Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to his main rival.
France’s Strauss-Kahn to sue over Cannes sex addict film
PARIS/CANNES (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has instructed lawyers to sue the makers of a movie in which veteran French star Gerard Depardieu plays a sex addict who commits a sexual assault on a hotel maid, his lawyer said on Monda…
Vietnam’s commitment to investors in doubt after riots: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam last week have raised doubts about its commitment to foreign investment, the state-run China Daily newspaper said on Monday, as China reported it had evacuated about 4,000 people from its southern neig…
Families of missing British sailors call on U.S. to resume search
LONDON (Reuters) – The families of four British sailors missing since their yacht capsized in the Atlantic Ocean three days ago appealed to the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday to resume its search.
Castles in the air: Afghans pay a heavy price for uncertainty
KABUL (Reuters) – A bored security guard, a Kalashnikov rifle over his shoulder, stands guard alone outside an idle construction site for a 10-storey building in downtown Kabul, one of more than a dozen concrete shells with not a single construction wo…
South Korea’s Park weeps as she apologises for ferry disaster
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tears rolling down her cheeks, South Korean President Park Geun-hye formally apologized on Monday for a ferry disaster that killed about 300 passengers, mostly school children, and said she would break up the coast guard for failing i…
At least 162,000 killed in Syria conflict: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 162,000 people have been killed in Syria’s three-year-old conflict, a monitoring group said on Monday, and thousands more are missing after being captured by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels trying to overthrow …
Thai PM rules out resigning as protesters move to oust him
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s acting prime minister on Monday ruled out resigning as a way out of a protracted political crisis that is stunting economic growth, as anti-government protesters stepped up pressure to remove him and install a new adminis…
Philippines’ Aquino says China violates informal code on sea
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino accused China on Monday of violating a 12-year-old informal code of conduct in the South China Sea with land reclamation work in a disputed shoal.
China ‘uses channels’ to warn North Korea against nuclear test: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has used diplomatic channels to warn North Korea against conducting a fourth nuclear test, multiple China-based diplomatic sources told Reuters, after the reclusive state renewed its threat of “counter-measures” against percei…
