Abe to become first Japanese PM to visit Pearl Harbour
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Pearl Harbour this month with US President Barack Obama, becoming his country’s first leader to travel to the site of the Japanese attack…
South Korea’s President Park faces crucial week amid impeachment push
South Korea’s embattled President Park Geun-hye faces a pivotal week, with an effort to impeach her gaining support from within her own party and the heads of the country’s biggest…
John Key resigns as NZ prime minister
John Key has resigned as prime minister of New Zealand, in a surprise announcement. He made the decision days after celebrating eight years as Prime Minister and a decade as leader…
Italy PM Renzi says he will resign following referendum defeat
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has said he would resign following a stinging defeat in a referendum over his proposals for constitutional reform. “The experience of my government ends here,”…
Demonstrators march in Brazil to support corruption crackdown
Demonstrators have protested across Brazil to denounce corruption and a congressional vote perceived as an effort to intimidate judges and prosecutors leading graft probes. Dressed mostly in the national colors…
Death toll in California loft fire rises to 30
The death toll in a fire that devastated a California loft building during a weekend dance party has climbed to 30 people and will likely rise further as recovery teams…
Floods kill at least 13 people in central Vietnam
Floods brought by torrential rain since late November have killed at least 13 people in central Vietnam while more heavy rain is expected in coming days, the government and state…
Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning
SANTIAGO, Cuba – Fidel Castro’s ashes have been laid to rest, capping nine days of official mourning when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said farewell with a combination of tears,…
Philippines vice president quits cabinet, citing plot to ‘steal’ job
Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo announced on Sunday she would resign from her cabinet post, citing “major differences” with President Rodrigo Duterte and suspicions that a plot was underway to…
Politician, two journalists dead in Finnish town shooting
HELSINKI – Three women including a local politician and two journalists were shot dead with a rifle in front of a restaurant in the small Finnish town of Imatra around…
