Visitors flock to China memorial to Japanese official’s assassin
BEIJING (Reuters) – A memorial to a Korean who assassinated a Japanese official more than a century ago has drawn a flood of visitors since it opened in China in January despite Japanese criticism.
China activist missing after trying to help striking workers
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A prominent Chinese labor activist has been missing for more than 24 hours and his wife suspects he was detained by state security agents after trying to help workers involved in China’s biggest strike in years organize their case….
Thai court gives PM time to defend herself; economy rudderless
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra until early May to defend herself against charges of abuse of power, as the central bank warned that the political crisis threatened another cut in…
Australia unmoved by U.N. critique of asylum seeker policy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s immigration minister dismissed on Wednesday United Nations’ criticism of its asylum seeker policy, even as fresh evidence emerged of abuses at one of its detention centers in Papua New Guinea.
Nepal moves to ease tension among Sherpas after Everest disaster
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s government decided on Wednesday to send a delegation of officials to the base camp of Mount Everest to cool anger among Sherpas over its response to last week’s deadly ice avalanche in which at least 13 guides were killed….
Import tariffs strain rich-poor gap in ‘madly expensive’ Luanda
LUANDA (Reuters) – In Luanda’s Jumbo supermarket, a half-liter tub of imported vanilla ice-cream used to cost $25, testament to the Angolan capital’s rank as one of the world’s most expensive cities.
Serendipity aids Egypt in struggle to recover stolen heritage
CAIRO (Reuters) – When French Egyptologist Olivier Perdu saw a fragment of a pharaonic statue on display in a Brussels gallery last year, he assumed it was a twin of an ancient masterpiece he had examined in Egypt a quarter of a century earlier.
China military says faces ‘complex’ task keeping secrets
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military faces a “severe and complex” task in maintaining secrecy, especially given the widespread use of the internet and mobile communications, and needs to ensure security is tightened, a top military paper said on Wednes…
Russia holds snap military drills in Caspian Sea: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s navy launched snap military exercises involving its fleet in the Caspian Sea, Interfax reported the Defense Ministry as saying on Wednesday.
U.S. to deliver Apache helicopters to Egypt, relaxing hold on aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it will deliver 10 Apache attack helicopters to Egypt, relaxing a partial suspension of aid imposed after Egypt’s military ousted President Mohamed Mursi last year and cracked down violently on p…
