Italian state TV says 41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia
ROME — Forty-one people are believed dead after a migrant boat capsized off Tunisia, Italian state RAI television reported, citing four survivors who were rescued and brought to land Wednesday. According to RAI and ANSA news agency, the four were…
Profit at Japan’s Honda doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
TOKYO — Honda reported Wednesday that its April-June profit more than doubled on healthy sales of its motorcycles and cars, as the Japanese company also received a perk from favorable exchange rates. Honda Motor Co. said its fiscal first quarter…
India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemns the Modi government over violence in Manipur
NEW DELHI — India’s top opposition leader unleashed a strong condemnation Wednesday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its failure to control bloodshed in a remote northeastern state that he said has been split in two. Rahul Gandhi told…
Sri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president said Wednesday he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation. The…
Sri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president said Wednesday he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation. The…