Japan to bolster military, boost Asia ties to counter China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will boost its military spending in coming years, buying early-warning planes, beach-assault vehicles and troop-carrying aircraft, while seeking closer ties with Asian partners to counter a more militarily assertive China.
Main Thai opposition party divided over running in election
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party reappointed former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva as its leader on Tuesday but members could not agree on whether to run in an early election or stick with street protesters who want to reform th…
British police rule out military involvement in Princess Diana death
LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Tuesday ruled out reopening an investigation into the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997 after examining an accusation the elite SAS commando regiment was involved in her death.
China continues rights abuses even as labor camps ditched -Amnesty
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is increasingly using extra-judicial “black jails” and drug rehabilitation centers to punish people who would formerly have been sent to forced labor camps, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Syria region where polio found excluded from 2012 vaccination drive
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government excluded the largely rebel-held province of Deir al-Zor – where polio broke out this year – from a 2012 vaccination campaign, arguing that most residents had fled although hundreds of thousands were still there,…
Analysis: China needs Western help for nuclear export ambitions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s investment in Britain’s 16 billion pound Hinkley Point project is its first foray into Europe’s nuclear power market and a marker of its global ambitions, but its firms will depend on foreign partners if they are to fulfill …
Kerry arrives in Manila to strengthen U.S. ties with old ally
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Philippines on Tuesday, seeking to modernize economic and political ties with one of America’s oldest allies in South East Asia.
Mexico’s president says he will enact energy reform soon
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Monday he would soon enact a sweeping overhaul of Mexico’s ailing energy sector which is aimed at boosting growth in Latin America’s No. 2 economy.
Russian navy ready to escort Syrian chemical weapons: Lavrov
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday its navy was ready to escort ships removing Syria’s deadly chemical stockpile, which is due to be destroyed at sea under an international deal.
China says six arrested after deadly riot in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested six people they suspect of taking part in a riot near the old Silk Road city of Kashgar, in the restive far western Muslim region of Xinjiang, in which 16 people were killed, the regional government said…
