Netanyahu wins party vote in boost ahead of Israeli election
By Dan Williams and Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily won a vote to keep the Likud party helm, the party said on Friday, in … Read More
Bolsonaro signs law ending disciplinary detention for military police and firefighters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed into law a bill that eliminates jail time as a punishment for military police and firefighters convicted of disciplinary offenses, … Read More
Japan’s output, retail sales fall, signaling economic strains
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output slipped for the second straight month in November, raising the likelihood the economy will contract in the fourth quarter due to … Read More
South Korea’s top court dismisses “comfort women” petition against deal with Japan
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Constitutional Court dismissed on Friday an appeal by a group of women forced to work in Japan’s wartime military brothels to strike … Read More
Exclusive: Nissan orders drastic spending cuts to stem profit slide and ‘conserve every yen’ – sources
By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) – Japan’s Nissan Motor Co has told its managers to slash non-essential spending as the automaker grapples with slumping car sales and tumbling profits, three … Read More
Norwegian, 71, told to leave India after joining citizenship law protest
By Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) – A Norwegian woman on holiday in India’s southern state of Kerala has been told to leave the country after she joined a protest … Read More
Donations top $30 million for Kyoto Animation arson victims in Japan
By Kevin Buckland (Reuters) – Donations to Kyoto Animation topped 3.3 billion yen ($30 million) to support survivors and bereaved families after an arson attack on the film studio in … Read More
U.S. energy shareholders seek to leave behind a lost decade
By Lewis Krauskopf and Jessica Resnick-Ault NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 2010s was a lost decade for shares of U.S. energy companies overall. Volatile commodity prices amid growing supply, poor … Read More
In an Indian village, a woman’s killing and alleged rape opens caste divides
(This Dec. 13 story corrects syntax in paragraphs 32, 33) By Zeba Siddiqui and Saurabh Sharma HINDU NAGAR, India (Reuters) – When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, … Read More
Japan’s NHK delivers erroneous North Korean ‘Christmas gift’
By Chang-Ran Kim and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese public broadcaster NHK on Friday sent a news bulletin that incorrectly reported North Korea had launched a missile that fell … Read More