2017年1月14日星期六

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On sensitive U.S. stopover, Taiwan leader connects to Twitter

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:07 PM PST

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a luncheon during a stop-over after her visit to Latin America in BurlingameBy Jane Lanhee Lee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, carving a careful diplomatic path on her stopovers in the United States, visited the headquarters of micro-messaging service Twitter Inc on Saturday and created a new account. A source with knowledge of the president's travel through San Francisco told Reuters she opened a Twitter account in English. Another source at the meeting said Tsai met with Twitter General Counsel Vijaya Gadde and that CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey was not present.


Iraqi forces advance at Mosul University, take areas along Tigris: officials

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:07 PM PST

A member of Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) carries a rocket launcher at the University of Mosul during a battle with Islamic State militants, in MosulBy Isabel Coles and John Davison MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces drove back Islamic State militants in the Mosul University campus on Saturday, while elite police units took over large areas along the east bank of the Tigris river, military officials said. The head of Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said security forces were close to seizing the entire east bank of the Tigris, which bisects Mosul north to south.


At Paris meeting, major powers to warn Trump over Middle East peace

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 12:54 PM PST

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York CityBy John Irish and Lesley Wroughton PARIS (Reuters) - Major powers will send a message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians is the only way forward, and warn that his plan to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, are due in Paris for a meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected as "futile" and "rigged". Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians will be represented.


Trump team struggles for cohesion on tougher China policy

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 10:51 AM PST

U.S.President-elect Donald Trump gestures to people in the lobby after speaking to the news media with television personality Steve Harvey and businessman Greg Calhoun after their meeting at Trump Tower in New YorkYork,By David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming U.S. administration's tough talk against China has set the stage for showdowns on everything from security to trade and cyberspace, but contradictory signals are sowing uncertainty over how far President-elect Donald Trump is prepared to go in confronting Beijing. Highlighting the contested South China Sea as a potential flashpoint, Trump's Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson threw out an explosive challenge to Beijing on Wednesday by calling for it be denied access to artificial islands it is building in the strategic waterway. A Trump transition adviser told Reuters that Tillerson, Trump's pick to be America's top diplomat, did not mean to suggest the new administration would impose a naval blockade, which would risk armed confrontation with China, something the new administration was not seeking.


Venezuela's Maduro oversees military drill to guard 'socialist fatherland'

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 12:40 PM PST

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro takes part in a military drill in CharallaveBy Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - His finger on a rifle trigger and wearing an olive green hat, President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday oversaw military exercises in crisis-wrought Venezuela, which he says is under threat of imperialist" invasion due to its oil wealth. State television broadcast footage of soldiers camouflaged as bushes shouting "socialist fatherland!" while commanders brandished Russian-made military equipment. "We're ready to defend our land, inch by inch, neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street," said Maduro during a drill in Miranda state.


Police take three for questioning after anti-terror raids in Brussels

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:53 PM PST

Belgian police officers stand guard at the scene of a security operation in the Brussels district of MolenbeekBelgian police detained three people for questioning after carrying out house searches in Brussels that were related to an anti-terrorism investigation, prosecutors said on Saturday. The house searches were carried out in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, which gained international attention when locals with links to Syria took part in the November 2015 attacks that killed 130 people in Paris. "The searches were carried out as part of an investigation by Brussels prosecutors," a spokeswoman for Brussels prosecutors said.


At least 3 killed in new Brazil prison beheadings

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 05:35 PM PST

Special Operations Command personnel keep watch during a visit to the Anísio Jobim Penitentiary Complex, where 56 inmates were killed during a riot two weeks ago, in Manaus, Brazil, on January 14, 2017At least three inmates were brutally executed and decapitated Saturday in a prison in Brazil's north, just days after 100 detainees died in prisons during gang-related bloodletting, officials said. The violence erupted at the Alcacuz correctional center, the biggest in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, when members of one gang were able to storm into another where rival gang members were held. "There are at least three inmates dead because we were able to see their heads," state prisons manager Zemilton Silva told local media.


Reports: Fighting in Brazil prison leaves at least 10 dead

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 05:18 PM PST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fighting between rival gangs in a prison in northern Brazil on Saturday has reportedly left at least 10 inmates dead in the latest in a series of massacres in the South American country's penitentiaries. Three of the victims were beheaded.

Dolce&Gabbana court millennials, Plein launches activewear

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 05:14 PM PST

Models wear a creation for the Versace men's Fall-Winter 2017-2018 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)MILAN (AP) — If turmoil brings innovation and renovation, Italian menswear is in for a creative burst.


Top Asian News 12:53 a.m. GMT

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:53 PM PST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Counterterrorism police in Bangladesh have arrested another suspected mastermind of a July attack on a restaurant in the capital, officials said. The suspect, Jahangir Alam, was picked up on Friday night in a raid in Tangail district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital, Dhaka, said Monirul Islam, head of the Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Details of the arrest procedures were not clear. The July 1 attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, a popular restaurant frequented by foreigners and wealthy Bangladeshis, left 20 hostages, including 17 foreigners, dead. Five young men belonging to the domestic militant group Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, or JMB, stormed the restaurant, sprayed bullets and threw grenades, and slaughtered the hostages.

Cuban migrants steps from US border hope for Trump solution

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:53 PM PST

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Dozens of Cuban immigrants remained stranded in Nuevo Laredo across the border from Texas on Saturday, uncertain what would happen following Washington's decision to end their privileged immigration access this week.

Another suspected mastermind in Bangladesh attack arrested

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:53 PM PST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Counterterrorism police in Bangladesh have arrested another suspected mastermind of a July attack on a restaurant in the capital, officials said.

New Zealand 402-6 at lunch on day 4, 1st test vs. Bangladesh

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:34 PM PST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham was out for 177 and Henry Nicholls made a slow but timely half century as New Zealand edged past the follow on mark before lunch Sunday on the fourth day of the first cricket test against Bangladesh.

Emission probes could widen beyond Renault in France: Minister

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:21 PM PST

Raindrops cover the logo of French car manufacturer Renault on a automobile seen in ParisA judicial investigation into diesel emissions testing in France could widen beyond Renault after tests showed other carmakers had exceeded the authorized levels, the French environment minister said on Sunday, without elaborating. Shares in Renault fell more than 4 percent to their lowest level in around a month on Friday after a source at the Paris prosecutor's office said it had launched a judicial probe into possible cheating on exhaust emissions at the French carmaker. Volkswagen's admission that some of its diesel vehicles were fitted with software designed to hide the true level of emissions they produced has highlighted that most cars spew out far greater amounts of health-threatening nitrogen oxide (NOx) in everyday driving conditions than in laboratory tests.


Iraq makes swift territorial gains against IS in Mosul

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:11 PM PST

Iraqi special forces advance inside Mosul University grounds, during fighting against Islamic State militants in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces have won a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of slow progress, with a senior officer on Saturday laying claim to a cluster of buildings inside Mosul University and another edge of a bridge.


Police hold 3 after Brussels anti-terror raids: reports

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:06 PM PST

A photo shows police cars during searches on rue Delaunoy (Delaunoystraat) in Molenbeek late on January 14, 201Belgian police were holding three people for questioning after anti-terror raids late Saturday in central Brussels, reports said. Four raids took place in the Molenbeek district but no arms or explosives were found, the Belga news agency said, citing a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor's office. The gritty Molenbeek area was home to several of those who took part in the deadly Islamic State-claimed November 2015 attacks in Paris and the suicide bombings of Brussels airport and the metro in March 2016.


Japan, Australia to strengthen defense ties, stress importance of TPP

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:06 PM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a media conference as Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull listens on after their bilateral meeting at Kirribilli House in Sydney, AustraliaBy Harry Pearl SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday where the pair agreed to deepen defense ties and stressed the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Abe's visit comes amid heightened regional tension in the South China Sea and fears U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will push ahead with his pledge to kill the trade agreement once he takes office on Jan. 20. "We have confirmed our commitment to the rule of law, free trade and open markets in our region," Turnbull told reporters at a joint press conference.


Twenty years after Diana campaign, new landmine crisis plagues Iraq and Syria

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:03 PM PST

By Astrid Zweynert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Twenty years after Princess Diana's iconic visit to a minefield in Angola, the world faces a new landmine crisis in Syria and Iraq on a scale not seen for decades, campaigners said on Sunday. The Mines Advisory Group said it had cleared and destroyed more than 9,000 newly laid landmines in both countries in the past six months in areas formerly occupied by the Islamic State militant group. Jane Cocking, the group's chief executive, said at least $100 million of additional funding will be needed per year to tackle both newly laid land mines and those still in the soil from previous conflicts in more than 60 countries.

An NBA franchise in Mexico is not yet on the horizon

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:02 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An NBA franchise in Mexico City? Not so fast.

Britain's May to call for national unity in major Brexit speech

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 04:02 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after giving a speech on mental health, in central LondonPrime Minister Theresa May will use a major speech on Brexit next week to call on Britons to reject the acrimony of last year's referendum and unite around the vision of a Britain more open to the world, her office said on Sunday. May intends to kick off the formal process of negotiating the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union by the end of March, but has given little away about what deal she will be seeking, frustrating some investors, businesses and lawmakers. "Now we need to put an end to the division and the language associated with it – 'Leaver' and 'Remainer' and all the accompanying insults – and unite to make a success of Brexit and build a truly Global Britain," May is expected to say.


Trump unleashes attack on US civil rights icon

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:55 PM PST

US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony will be held next weekPresident-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is skipping next week's inauguration ceremony because he sees the New York businessman's election as illegitimate. Trump aimed his latest Twitter blast at longtime congressman John Lewis and the majority-black district in Georgia he represents, drawing widespread criticism just days before the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A park near the monument to King was the endpoint Saturday of the first major protest in Washington ahead of Trump's January 20 inauguration: nearly 2,000 people rallied both in honor of King and against the president-elect.


Australia names 4 spin specialists for India test series

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:48 PM PST

SYDNEY (AP) — Uncapped legspinner Mitch Swepson was named among four specialist spinners in the Australia cricket squad for a four-test series in India from Feb. 23.

Major winter storm brings ice, freezing rain to central U.S.

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:38 PM PST

Chris Korinek clears snow from his driveway after a heavy winter storm in Incline Village, Nevada(Reuters) - Freezing rain fell across much of the Great Plains and Midwest on Saturday as a major ice storm already blamed for the death of a motorist in Missouri and dozens of canceled flights threatened to wreak further havoc. Ice, freezing rain and winter weather warnings and advisories were in effect for a vast swath of the country stretching from northern Texas east across parts of the Midwest and into the Washington D.C. area, according to the National Weather Service.


Blackout hits western and southern Libya

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:22 PM PST

Western Libya was plunged into darkness late on Saturday as a blackout already affecting the south spread to the capital, Tripoli, and other major cities, the national power company said. The blackout extended from Libya's western border with Tunisia to the city of Ajdabiya, nearly 900 km (560 miles) to the east, national power company GECOL said in a statement. The electricity grid had collapsed because a number of cities in western Libya had rejected terms for sharing out power cuts, it said.

Munster join Leinster in European Cup quarter-finals

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:11 PM PST

Munster Rugby's fullback Simon Zebo (R) is congratulated by teammates after scoring a try during the European Champions Cup rugby union match between Racing 92 and Munster Rugby, on January 7, 2017Paris (AFP) - Two-time winners Munster joined fellow Irish side Leinster in the European Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday with a fractious 14-12 win over Glasgow.


Emission probes could widen beyond Renault in France: Minister

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 03:04 PM PST

FILE PHOTO: French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris following the weekly cabinet meetingA judicial investigation into diesel emissions testing in France could widen beyond Renault after tests showed other carmakers had exceeded the authorized levels, the French environment minister said on Sunday, without elaborating. Shares in Renault fell more than 4 percent to their lowest level in around a month on Friday after a source at the Paris prosecutor's office said it had launched a judicial probe into possible cheating on exhaust emissions at the French carmaker. Volkswagen's admission that some of its diesel vehicles were fitted with software designed to hide the true level of emissions they produced has highlighted that most cars spew out far greater amounts of health-threatening nitrogen oxide (NOx) in everyday driving conditions than in laboratory tests.


Alvaro Ortiz, Toto Gana share Latin America Amateur lead

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:39 PM PST

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico and Toto Gana of Chile handled the breezy conditions Saturday to share the lead in the Latin America Amateur Championship and go into the final round with a spot in the Masters at stake.

Icardi scores to help Inter fight back to beat Chievo 3-1

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:35 PM PST

Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi, right, celebrates after scoring his side first goal during a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Chievo, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) — Serie A's top goalscorer will not be moving to the Chinese Super League anytime soon.


Puerto Rican lawmakers pass controversial labor reform

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:31 PM PST

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's House of Representatives approved on Saturday a controversial labor reform called for by a federal control board overseeing the island's finances as part of efforts to improve economic conditions on the U.S. territory.

IOM: Only 4 survivors from migrant shipwreck off Libya

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:28 PM PST

ROME (AP) — A migrant ship carrying around 100 people capsized in the frigid waters off Libya on Saturday and only four survivors had been rescued after hours of searching, aid groups said.

On sensitive U.S. stopover, Taiwan leader connects to Twitter

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:16 PM PST

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives for a luncheon during a stop-over after her visit to Latin America in BurlingameBy Jane Lanhee Lee SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, carving a careful diplomatic path on her stopovers in the United States, visited the headquarters of micro-messaging service Twitter Inc and opened her official account on Saturday. A source with knowledge of the president's travel through San Francisco told Reuters she met with the "head of Twitter" but declined to confirm if that person was CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not provide further details of her meetings in the U.S. tech capital.


Benfica rallies from 3 goals down in Portuguese league

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 02:14 PM PST

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese league leader Benfica salvaged a 3-3 home draw against Boavista after conceding three times in the first 25 minutes on Saturday.

Ricardo Lagos, ex-Chile president, runs to lead country again

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:56 PM PST

Former Chilean President Lagos speaks during the 20th anual meeting of the Circulo de Montevideo Fundation in city LuqueRicardo Lagos, a leading opponent of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet who later went on to serve as president from 2000 to 2006, on Saturday accepted his party's nomination to run in the 2017 presidential election. The 78-year-old, who will represent the center-left Party for Democracy (PPD), vowed to improve communication between politicians and the public, invest in infrastructure, push forward with pension and education reform and tackle low productivity. Lagos is well-known in Chile for his central role in the battle to bring democracy to the country in the 1980s.


Thousands rally in Spain for ETA prisoner amnesty

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:46 PM PST

Thousands of people march during a demonstration called by the citizens' network Sare, protesting against dispersion of Basque prisoners, in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao on January 14, 2017Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bilbao in northern Spain on Saturday, calling for amnesty for prisoners of the ETA Basque separatist group. Protesters in the Basque country, who hold this demonstration every January, held up placards of a finger pointing to the sky as they denounced the prison conditions endured by Basque separatists. Almost all members of ETA, a group that gave up armed resistence to Spain in 2011, have been jailed but the movement has refused to disband.


Mexico arrests man linked to murder of Honduran activist

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:46 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they have arrested a member of the Honduran military wanted in connection with the March 2016 murder of a prominent environmental activist in Honduras.

Chile city in state of emergency over wildfires

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:43 PM PST

Local residents live in tents while they work to rebuild after the damage caused by the January 2 forest fire in Puertas Negras, Valparaiso, Chile, on January 12, 2017Chile on Saturday declared a local state of emergency over wildfires plaguing the landmark tourist-draw city of Valparaiso. The hilly Pacific city, part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been put under military authority to coordinate firefighting and government asset deployment efforts.


Mali urges Gambia's leader to avoid 'bloodbath' and step down

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:39 PM PST

Gambia's President Yahya JammehMali's president called Saturday for Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to step down and avoid an unnecessary "bloodbath" by clinging to power and forcing a potential military intervention. The Gambia's political crisis dominated a summit co-organised by Mali and France as Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow made a surprise appearance to meet with west African leaders seeking their help to end the impasse. "On January 19, I dare to hope that African wisdom will convince our brother (Jammeh) that the good Muslim that he claims to be understands the greater good for The Gambia, which does not need a bloodbath," President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita told journalists.


F1 great Stirling Moss, 87, in hospital with chest infection

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:37 PM PST

FILE - A Sunday, June 21 2009 photo from files of Stirling Moss, the legendary British Racing driver attending the British Formula One Grand Prix at the Silverstone racetrack, in Silverstone, England. The family of Stirling Moss says the British motor racing great is recovering from a severe chest infection in a Singapore hospital Saturday, Jan 14, 2017. The 87-year-old Moss, a four-time runner-up in the Formula One championship, was taken ill on Nov. 22. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)LONDON (AP) — The family of Stirling Moss says the British motor racing great is recovering from a severe chest infection in a Singapore hospital.


Costa, Payet absent but Chelsea, West Ham still both win 3-0

Posted: 14 Jan 2017 01:32 PM PST

Chelsea's Marcos Alonso, centre, celebrates scoring his second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Chelsea at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)LONDON (AP) — Top-scorer Diego Costa wasn't missed by English Premier League leader Chelsea.


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