SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday called on China to play a “constructive role” in curbing North Korea’s threats, after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week. The remarks were made during a meeting with Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border. On the sidelines of ASEAN meetings in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Wang told Indian External Affairs Minister…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers expressed optimism on Saturday about progress on a long-awaited overhaul of global corporate taxation at a meeting of Group of 20 (G20) nations in India. “There’s been progress made over the years and we want to advance that progress further,” Chalmers told ABC television, referring to the meeting…
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunisia received three billion dinars (about $1 billion) in remittances from their countries during the first half of 2023, an official from the national security council said in a meeting late on Friday. President Kais Saied, who chaired the meeting, said, “This figure is shocking…
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday made public a document purporting to reveal the business dealings of a leading opposition politician vying to succeed him next year, prompting her to accuse him of abuse of power and threaten legal action. Reuters could not verify the authenticity…
(Reuters) – U.S. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded, according to remarks he made during a recent broadcast. Jackson, 81, has been a leader of the U.S. civil rights movement since the 1960s. He fought for the rights of Black Americans and other…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations raised concerns on Friday with a letter from Syria that allows it to resume using a shuttered border crossing to deliver aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after U.N. Security Council approval of that route expired on Monday. In a note to the Security Council, seen…
By James Oliphant (Reuters) -Republican U.S. presidential contenders attending a forum of Christian conservatives in Iowa that typically focuses on social issues found themselves on Friday having to explain their support for Ukraine in its war with Russia to a skeptical crowd. The forum in Des Moines, sponsored by the Family Leader, an influential Iowa…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that the state can enforce its law banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs and hormones for transgender children while it appeals his earlier order blocking the law. Last month, U.S. District Judge David Hale found that the ban likely violated the U.S. Constitution….
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government vowed on Friday to use only appropriate force in protests planned for next week and guarantee demonstrators’ safety, following alleged abuses during the previous series of clashes. President Dina Boluarte met with top officials on Friday to discuss the need to guarantee protesters’ human rights. “We call upon the authorities to…
