Japan postpones foreign minister’s trip to Russia
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has postponed a visit to Russia by Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida that had been planned for later this month, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, as bloodshed in an eastern city in Ukraine threatened to overshadow crisis talk…
Japan’s Abe dubs China vital partner amid territorial disputes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe criticized Beijing for trying to “change the status quo” with force in maritime disputes but said China was a vital economic partner, as a series of visits suggested a possible thaw in ties between t…
Chinese police shoot man dead at checkpoint in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang have shot dead a man who drove through a security checkpoint, the local government said on Thursday, the latest violence to hit the troubled area with a large Muslim population.
China’s Xi purging corrupt officials to put own men in place: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to use a purge of senior officials suspected of corruption to put his own men and reform-minded bureaucrats into key positions across the Communist Party, the government and the military, sources s…
Guinea-Bissau run-off vote pits ex-finance minister Vaz against Nabiam
BISSAU (Reuters) – Jose Mario Vaz, Guinea-Bissau’s former finance minister, will face Nuno Gomes Nabiam, a candidate seen closest to the army, in a May 18 presidential run-off due to complete the country’s return to civilian rule.
China releases blogger on bail, jails another amid rumor crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese-American venture capitalist known for his controversial blogs has been released on bail after nearly eight months in detention because of a “serious illness”, Beijing police said amid a crackdown on online dissent.
Graft trial of son of Senegal’s ex-president to start in June
DAKAR (Reuters) – Karim Wade, son of Senegal’s ex-president, will go on trial in two months to face corruption charges, a year after he was accused of illegally amassing a fortune of $1.4 billion during his father’s rule, a government official said.
U.S. calls for more investment-friendly Indian government
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday urged the Indian government that emerges from ongoing elections to follow economic policies that encourage investment, saying Washington would like to see bilateral trade grow to $500 billion a year…
Survivors still alive on South Korean ferry: father
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – Several people appear to have survived in an air pocket of a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the school children aboard the boat told a Reuters reporter accompanying families out to the scene of the disa…
Putin risks upstaging talks on defusing Ukraine crisis
GENEVA/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from East and West will try to defuse the Ukraine crisis on Thursday in Geneva, once frequently the scene of Cold War negotiations, but will risk being upstaged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
