China charges former senior military officer with graft: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has charged former senior army officer Gu Junshan with corruption, state news agency Xinhua said, in what is likely to be the country’s worst military scandal since a vice admiral was jailed for life for embezzlement in 2006.
Russia plans to build undersea gas pipeline to Crimea: newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to build an undersea gas pipeline to Crimea and could construct three power stations on the Black Sea peninsula following its annexation from Ukraine, Energy Minister Alexander Novak was on Tuesday quoted as saying.
Mexican security forces kill Michoacan cartel leader
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces killed a leader of the violent Knights Templar drug cartel on Monday, officials said.
In Brussels, China learns ‘eurospeak’ to seek influence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – At the height of the euro zone crisis, a Chinese official quipped that Europe was being reduced to a “wonderful theme park” for tourists. That view no longer has much currency as Beijing recalibrates links with the world’s biggest …
Protest-hit China city says no plant without public support
BEIJING (Reuters) – A city in southern China which has been the site of violent protests against a proposed chemical plant said it will not go ahead with the project if a majority of residents object to it, as authorities seek to head off more unrest.
Special Report: The bishop who stood up to China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – It was shaping as a win in the Communist Party’s quest to contain a longtime nemesis, the Roman Catholic Church.
Russian prime minister angers Ukraine by visiting Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev flaunted Russia’s grip on Crimea by flying to the region and holding a government meeting there on Monday, angering Ukraine and defying Western demands to hand the peninsula back to Kiev.
Japan relaxes arms export regime to fortify defense
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan eased its weapons export restrictions on Tuesday in the first major overhaul of arms transfer policy in nearly half a century, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to fortify ties with allies and bolster the domestic defense indus…
Australia PM vows to continue hunt for missing Malaysia plane
PERTH (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching….
NATO plans more support for east Europeans worried by Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine’s armed forces.
