With energy high on agenda, China’s no.3 leader visits Norway
With energy projects high on the agenda, China and Norway will mark a further thaw in relations on Wednesday when Beijing’s third-ranked politician arrives in Oslo.
Cargo ship on fire near Spain’s Mallorca, crew being evacuated
Spanish emergency services were evacuating the crew of Italian-flagged vehicle transport ship “Grande Europa”, which caught fire 25 miles south of the main city of Palma on the island of Mallorca on Wednesday, the services said in a tweet.
U.S. pulls some government employees from Iraq
Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq on Wednesday, after repeated U.S. expressions of concern about threats from Iranian-backed forces.
Brother of Australian militant attacker pleads guilty to another plot
The brother of an Australian man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders and stabbed a person to death in Melbourne in 2018 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to planning another attack in the city’s main square.
The big Shorten: Investors in Australia position for a Labor government
As Australia’s real-estate prices fall at the fastest rate in a generation, some investors are buying property stocks in a bet that the opposition Labor Party will win Saturday’s national election.
Washington orders some U.S. government employees to leave Iraq
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered the departure of “non-emergency government employees” from Iraq, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said in a statement.
Message undelivered: Weak election campaign hurts India’s Congress
In January, India’s main opposition Congress party seemed poised for a strong fight back against Prime Minister Narendra Modi after victories in three heartland states late last year.
In India election, a $14 software tool helps overcome WhatsApp controls
WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as $14 are helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions set up by the world’s most popular messaging app, Reuters has found.
Malaysian teen who reportedly jumped to death after Instagram poll sparks calls for probe: media
Malaysian lawmakers on Wednesday called on authorities to investigate reports of a teenager who allegedly jumped to her death after asking her social media followers to vote on whether she should take her own life.
Bangladesh police kill two suspected Rohingya traffickers in clash
Bangladesh police have clashed with suspected people smugglers sending Rohingya Muslim refugees to Malaysia, killing two of the traffickers, a police official said on Wednesday.
