Guinea-Bissau votes in poll aimed at turning page on coup
BISSAU (Reuters) – Voters in Guinea-Bissau began casting their ballots on Sunday to elect a new president and lawmakers in an election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military coup that plunged the West African nation into chaos.
South Korea, Japan to hold rare official talks on ‘comfort women’
SEOUL (Reuters) – Senior South Korean and Japanese officials will meet this week to discuss Japan’s wartime sexual enslavement of Korean women, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.
Senior official from China’s Sichuan under graft probe: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A senior government official in China’s Sichuan province is under investigation for “severe discipline violations”, which is often a euphemism for corruption, state media said.
Fire engulfs parts of Chile’s Valparaiso, two dead
VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – An enormous fire ripped through parts of the Chilean port city Valparaiso on Saturday and into Sunday, killing two people, destroying at least 500 houses and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Macedonians vote for new president as general election nears
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonians were voting for a new president on Sunday in a ballot largely overshadowed by an upcoming parliamentary election in the small Balkan country, due in two weeks’ time.
Indonesian parties in pact, clear way for top presidential candidate
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A small Indonesian political party has struck a deal with the main opposition party, clearing the way for its popular presidential candidate to run for the top job in July, a senior official of the smaller party said on Sunday.
Japan confirms first bird flu case since 2011
TOKYO (Reuters) – Two chickens have tested positive for avian influenza at a farm in Japan where more than 1,000 chickens have died, marking the country’s first case of bird flu in three years, the Agricultural Ministry said on Sunday.
Mexico prepares first illegal drug financing blacklist
(Reuters) – Mexico is preparing to implement new regulations that will allow the government to identify individuals and businesses linked to drug trafficking and ban financial firms from doing business with them, the finance minister said on Saturday.
In Assad’s coastal heartland, Syria’s war creeps closer
LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) – For three years, residents of Syria’s Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further inland tore the country apart, killing tens of thousands of people and devastating historic c…
Fire engulfs parts of Chile’s Valparaiso port, 100 houses destroyed
VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – A fire pushed by strong Pacific coast winds ripped through parts of the Chilean port city Valparaiso on Saturday, destroying at least 100 houses and causing the evacuation of thousands of residents as authorities battled t…
