BEIJING, Dec 22 (Reuters) – China has lodged a diplomatic complaint with Japan regarding the visit by a high-ranking official of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party to Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. “China is firmly opposed and has lodged solemn representations with the Japanese side,” spokesperson Lin Jian said, urging Japan to…
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) – CBS News pulled a “60 Minutes” report on El Salvador’s CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it would air at a future time. “The broadcast lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated,” the program posted on social media. “Our report ‘Inside CECOT’…
PARIS (AP) — Three men will stand trial next year after a silver steward employed at the official residence of the French president was arrested this week for the theft of items of silverware and table service worth thousands of euros, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The Élysée Palace’s head steward reported the disappearance, with…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Jordan confirmed Saturday that its air force took part in strikes launched by the United States on Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. citizens earlier this month. The U.S. launched military strikes Friday on multiple sites in in Syria to “eliminate” Islamic State…
LAHORE, Dec 20 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison each in a corruption case involving the alleged under-priced purchase of luxury state gifts, local media outlet Geo News reported. (Reporting by Mubasher Bukhari in Lahore; writing by Ariba…
WARSAW, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, on a visit to Warsaw on Friday, said his country could offer advice to Poland on how to defend against drones and ensure better security in the Baltic Sea region. Speaking at a joint press conference with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Zelenskiy also invited Polish businesses…
LA PAZ, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, who took office last month, announced his government would remove long-standing fuel subsidies in a bid to shore up public accounts. “This does not mean abandonment (by the government), it means order, justice; redistribution that’s real, clear and transparent,” he said in a nationwide address….
MEXICO CITY, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday asked the United Nations to “fulfill its role” to avoid bloodshed in Venezuela, as tensions escalate between the South American country and the United States. Sheinbaum said during her morning press conference that Mexico is against intervention and against foreign interference in Venezuela. …
Dec 17 (Reuters) – Debris from a downed Ukrainian drone briefly set fire to processing equipment and a pipeline at an oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region overnight, authorities there said on Wednesday. There were no casualties reported at the Slavyansk refinery, which Kyiv has repeatedly targeted since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Two…
LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ordered a probe into foreign election interference after a former senior member of Reform UK was jailed for taking bribes to promote Russian interests in the European Parliament, The Times reported on Tuesday. (Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William…