China’s geopolitical play in debt-ridden Samoa
Samoa’s courting investors on both sides of the China-U.S.divide. That’s unsettling Washington and its allies, who are weary of Beijing’s growing influence on island nations...
Oh rats! Japan convenience store apologizes after viral rodent video
Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart apologized after video went viral on social media of rats scurrying about one of its stores in Tokyo’s popular Shibuya...
Brazil’s top court denies extradition of Erdogan opponent
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a request for the extradition of an opponent of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan saying there was no guarantee he...
Thousands protest against Honduran president after drug link surfaces
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday to urge Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down, just days after...
Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
Tunisia’s biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the moderate Islamist party has put up a nominee...
Silk Road sweeteners: China woos Myanmar’s NLD with junkets
The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar’s military junta. But since...
Armed robbers in Mexico steal $2.5 million in gold coins
Armed robbers broke into a Mexican government coin manufacturer on Tuesday and filled a backpack with more than $2 million worth of gold coins from...
Drug assistance programs offer little charity to uninsured
(Reuters Health) – Many patients who receive assistance from charities set up to defray prescription drugs costs may already have insurance that covers most the...
North Korea’s Kim says missile launches are warning to U.S., South Korea over drill: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the launch of tactical guided missiles on Tuesday were a warning to the U.S. and South Korea’s joint...
Canadian police find evidence of teen fugitives on banks of river
Canadian police said on Tuesday they found “several items directly linked” to two teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the...