Japan’s Abe shakes hands with China’s Xi at G20
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and exchanged words on Thursday on the sidelines of a G20 summit, the Japanese government said, in an unexpected show of cordiality.
Mafia hurt by asset seizures but still too strong to beat
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Syringes litter the floor of an abandoned school in the crime-plagued Scampia district of northern Naples, alongside tin foil used for crack cocaine, a filthy mattress and piles of clothing.
South Korea bans more Japan fishery products from near Fukushima on eve of Olympic decision
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korea banned all fishery imports from a swath of Japan around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday, dealing another blow to Tokyo’s credibility on the eve of the capital’s bid to host the Olympics.
China urges U.N. role on Syria after U.S. says gives up
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry urged a role for the U.N. Security Council in resolving the crisis in Syria on Friday after the United States said it had given up trying to work with the council on Syria, accusing Russia of holding it host…
India’s big business want Modi to be next PM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – – Nearly three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the government has mismanaged the economy and want opposition leader Narendra Modi to lead the country after an election due by May next year, according to an opinion poll…
‘Escape from Taliban’ author shot dead in Afghanistan
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Indian author whose story was told in the movie “Escape from Taliban” was shot dead after returning to Afghanistan to make a documentary about women, police said on Friday.
Some South African gold miners end strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Some South African gold miners have ended their strike and are heading back to work after just three days of industrial action in pursuit higher wages, a union and major gold producer both said on Friday.
U.S. intercepts Iranian order for attack on U.S. interests in Iraq: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a military strike in Syria, the Wall Street Jour…
Maldives’ Nasheed confident of return to power after instability
MALE (Reuters) – Voters in the Maldives go to the polls on Saturday to elect a president after nearly 20 months of intermittent protests and sporadic violence triggered when the previous government was ousted.
Millionaire entrepreneur and Internet plan key in Australian election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A popular millionaire technology entrepreneur behind the Australian opposition’s flagship revised plan for a national high-speed internet service is a not-so-secret weapon in Saturday’s federal election.
