Both China and Taiwan have an obligation to assert claims to the South China Sea, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a sign of rare political agreement between the old foes on either side of the Taiwan Strait. Rivals China and Taiwan share claims to virtually the entire South China Sea, a legacy of the Chinese civil war when the Communists beat the Nationalists and took control of the
By Ercan Gurses and Nick Tattersall ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Delays in efforts to form a coalition government in Turkey are buying time for President Tayyip Erdogan, heightening the chances of a snap election which could see his AK Party regain its majority and leaving the opposition floundering. Opposition parties are as fragmented as ever, and Erdogan – from the shadows – is calculating how best to maintain his grip. The
By Girish Gupta and Philip Pullella QUITO (Reuters) – Pope Francis flies to Bolivia on Wednesday after drawing about 1.5 million people to Masses in Ecuador on the first leg of a “homecoming” tour, where he urged the world to take better care of the environment and the poor. The Argentine-born pontiff was spending his last few hours at a home for the elderly in Ecuador’s highland capital Quito and
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide to mark the 20th anniversary of the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The vote was delayed a day as Britain and the United States tried to persuade Russia not to veto the resolution, which would have also condemned denial of the
A Turkish opposition leader sparked fury Wednesday by saying a mistaken attack on Korean tourists by anti-Chinese protesters was understandable, given that both peoples have “slitty eyes”. The comments by Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) chief Devlet Bahceli were particularly sensitive at a time when his party is seen as a possible partner for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a government coalition after June 7 elections. Over
Lagos (AFP) – The death toll in a twin attack on the central Nigerian city of Jos has risen to 51, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency said on Wednesday.
AMIENS, France (AP) — German Andre Greipel won the rain-drenched fifth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Wednesday, while countryman rider Tony Martin kept the yellow jersey and the main Tour contenders stayed safe as others tumbled around them in crashes.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A government official hopes to help solve a dispute between Venezuelan labor unions and the country’s largest beer distributor before it begins to leave brew-lovers thirsty.
The comedian’s 2005 admission that he gave Quaaludes to at least one woman he wanted to have sex with creates a ripple effect.
Computer problems prompted widespread delays across the country Wednesday.
