TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely pick a former Olympic speed skater to prepare for the 2020 Games and keep allies in key posts in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday as he readies a tax rise and aims to revise the pacifist constitution. FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who
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ROME (Reuters) – Facebook and Instagram on Monday blocked the social media accounts of two Italian neo-fascist groups and some of their activists because they had violated the platforms’ policies against spreading hate, Facebook said. FILE PHOTO: A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken
By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Kuzmin A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost a slew of seats in the Moscow parliament, RIA news agency
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington, U.S., August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hopes to get back to denuclearization talks with North Korea in the coming days or weeks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister is eyeing plans for a cashless debit card for welfare recipients and defended a proposal to drug test some job seekers, setting the government on a collision course with opposition lawmakers and welfare groups when parliament returns on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at the
KUTAMA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – In the dusty village where Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe grew up, family members speak of the deep bitterness Mugabe felt from his ousting as head of state two years ago until his death in Singapore on Friday. Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s nephews, Leo Mugabe and Philip Chiyangwa, are consoled
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police searched public transport heading for the airport on Saturday ahead of another “stress test” of road and rail links by anti-government protesters, the latest in 14 weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city. Police patrol at a MTR station as they keep a lookout for protesters
CALGARY, Alberta/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cast himself as a champion in the fight against climate change while pushing to expand an oil pipeline to help struggling producers, a contradiction that may hurt his re-election bid next month. FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about a watchdog’s report
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s defeats in parliament on Tuesday and Wednesday leave Brexit up in the air. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn (bottom) speaks in the House of Commons in London, Britain September 3, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Lawmakers
FILE PHOTO – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior Iranian official confirmed on Wednesday that Tehran would return to its nuclear deal commitment only if it gets $15 billion for oil sales over four
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian presidential candidates began campaigning on Monday for the Sept. 15 election against a backdrop of economic troubles and a militant shooting that underlined the challenges facing the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 Arab uprisings. A man looks election posters of presidential candidates in Tunis, Tunisia September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers opposed to a no-deal Brexit will seek to take control of parliamentary time on Wednesday to pass legislation which would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a three-month delay to Brexit. A member of the media sets up a TV camera in front of the Houses of the Parliament
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong university and school students boycotted class and rallied peacefully for democracy on Monday, the latest acts of defiance in an anti-government movement that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis. The boycott followed a weekend marred by some of the worst violence since unrest escalated more than
East Timor’s President Francisco Guterres talks as he attends the 20th Popular Consultation Day, to commemorate the referendum of East Timor, in Tasi Tolu, Dili, East Timor, August 30, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dhemas Reviyanto/ via REUTERS (Reuters) – The story headlined “Thousands celebrate East Timor’s 20th anniversary but the
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong’s international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. Demonstrators wait near a burning barricade during a protest in Hong Kong, China August 31,
SEOUL (Reuters) – A recent remark by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about “North Korea’s rogue behavior” will make talks with the United States more difficult, the North’s KCNA news agency on Saturday quoted its vice foreign minister, Choe Son Hui, as saying. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks following a meeting of