Japanese minister admonishes South Korea’s envoy as row deepens
Japan’s foreign minister publicly admonished South Korea’s ambassador on Friday in a deepening row over compensation for Korean forced laborers that has spilled over into...
EDF could shut power output at Golfech nuclear plant due to hot weather
French utility EDF could shut down production at its 2,600 megawatt capacity Golfech nuclear power plant in the south of France from Tuesday July 23,...
Swedish prosecutor asks to keep U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky in custody
Swedish prosecutors on Friday asked to keep U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky in custody for six more days while they investigate him for aggravated assault over...
UK’s Johnson will resist calls for Brexit delay, lawmaker Rees-Mogg says
Boris Johnson, the favorite to be the next British prime minister, has the backbone to resist pressure from parliament to delay Brexit again even if...
ITV, BBC agree to offer BritBox at 6 pounds/month in UK
(Reuters – British broadcaster ITV said on Friday it had finalised an agreement with public broadcaster BBC to launch streaming service BritBox in the UK...
South African soldiers deployed in Cape Town to help fight gangs
South African soldiers were deployed to gang-ridden Cape Town suburbs on Thursday to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year and that...
Vietnam says preserved corpse of Ho Chi Minh in great condition
The embalmed corpse of Vietnam’s founding leader, Ho Chi Minh, is in great condition, state media said on Friday, a month after the government recruited...
Two killings symbolize reach of Kashmir conflict as death toll surges
More than 300 people died in the Kashmir region claimed by India and Pakistan in the first half of the year, according to previously unreported...
Allies play hard to get on U.S. proposal to protect oil shipping lanes
The United States is struggling to win its allies’ support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of...
Italy’s Di Maio calls for meeting with Salvini in peace offering
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio called for a meeting on Friday with government partner and co-deputy PM Matteo Salvini in a peace offering...