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…
Ahead of EU vote, a struggle to close the ‘democratic deficit’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As exercises in democracy go, this week’s EU election rivals the United States, India and Brazil for sheer numbers.
Two Chinese workers abducted at protest-plagued mine in Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) – Two Chinese workers have been abducted at a copper mine in Myanmar at the centre of a long-running dispute over land rights and their company said on Monday it was worried they would be harmed unless it stopped work.
Pakistan scraps case against FBI agent arrested at airport
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Monday dropped a case against a U.S. law enforcement agent charged with weapons offenses for trying to board a flight while carrying bullets and a knife in his luggage.
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…
