WORLD HEADLINES
China and the United States stressed the positives in their complex relationship on Friday during meetings between U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Chinese officials ahead of a U.S. visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping next month. While the world’s two largest economies have important mutual interests, like trying to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program, deep disagreements exist over everything from Internet security to China’s claims in the
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition killed 10 people in air raids in central Yemen on Friday, local officials said. One air strike targeted the home of a retired army brigadier in the central city of Ibb, killing him and five members of his family, the officials said. Four more people were killed in separate air strikes on military and security buildings in the city, the officials said.
The United Nations plans a new round of talks between Libya’s warring factions next week in Geneva in an effort to form a unity government and end the country’s crisis, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Western governments see a U.N.-backed peace deal as the only solution to chaos in Libya where two rival governments battle for control, leaving a security vacuum which has been exploited by migrant smugglers and
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Players who have flourished in the iconic No. 7 jersey at Manchester United have had three attributes in common: attitude, ability and aura.
U.S. stocks drifted between small gains and losses in midday trading Friday, at the end of a volatile week.
BEIJING (AP) — Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov knows all about his country’s doping scandals, he’s just not paying attention to any to it.
By Yoruk Bahceli AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A U.N. body called on the Netherlands on Friday to revamp its “Black Pete” Christmas tradition, where white performers black up to entertain children, as many saw it as a “vestige of slavery”. Prime Minister Mark Rutte quickly dismissed the recommendations, saying it was not the government’s job to shape folklore. What Christmas songs you should sing, how you celebrate Christmas and Easter –
By Karin Strohecker PARNDORF, Austria (Reuters) – As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked truck in Austria near the Hungarian border on Thursday, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the discovery had shaken European leaders discussing the migrant crisis at a Balkans summit. Police made the grisly discovery in the 7.5-tonne truck stopped on the A4 motorway near the town of Parndorf, apparently since Wednesday, Hans
By Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran appears to have built an extension to part of its Parchin military site since May, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report on Thursday delving into a major part of its inquiry into possible military dimensions to Tehran’s past atomic activity. A resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Parchin file, which includes a demand for fresh IAEA access to the site,
By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leaders of the European Union declared this week that it has “failed” in the face of human agony on its frontiers. But the migrant crisis may now be forging a better way forward. The failure is evident. Of millions fleeing war, oppression and misery, hundreds of thousands have been desperate enough to brave the sea to reach Europe; thousands have died but their numbers
