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Trump's comment on land serves only to 'polarize debate': South Africa

South Africa has told the U.S. charge d'affaires to convey to Washington that it is disappointed about the U.S. failure to use diplomatic channels after President Donald Trump commented on Twitter about the issue of land. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MuWYoA

Australian Treasurer wins ballot to be next prime minister

Treasurer Scott Morrison will become Australia's new prime minister after winning a Liberal party leadership vote on Friday, ending an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Muqc6R

More than 3,000 Vietnamese fell victim to human traffickers in 2012-2017

More than 3,000 people in Vietnam, most of them women and children, were trafficked between 2012 and 2017, many of them into China, the Ministry of Public Security said on Friday, as parliament sought to tighten laws to tackle the problem. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wnjQLV

Australia's new PM says no plans for an early election

Australia's incoming prime minister Scott Morrison hosed down speculation of an early election and said on Friday a severe drought across the country's east will be his immediate priority. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2o6FYGL

1MDB investigators file charges against wanted Malaysian Jho Low

Malaysian police on Friday filed criminal charges against fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, who is wanted in connection with a multi-billion-dollar money laundering scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BKfEf6

Trump offered Italy help to fund public debt next year: newspaper

U.S. President Donald Trump told the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in a recent meeting in Washington the United States was ready to offer Italy help in funding its public debt next year, Il Corriere della Sera reported on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BIroPd

Amid praise for Trump, North Korea doubles down on criticism of Japan

In North Korea, Japan appears to have replaced the United States as the most vilified imperialist enemy, with state media deriding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government as a "cult" bent on derailing Pyongyang's diplomatic outreach. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NeC9Ko

Israel says Gaza gunman was Doctors Without Borders nurse

Israel said on Thursday a Palestinian gunman killed by its forces on the Gaza Strip border this week was a nurse working for Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and that it was seeking an explanation from the international aid group. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PznpXZ

Conservative 'netball dad' who pursued tough immigration policies is Australia's new PM

Australia's next prime minister is a career public servant from Sydney's southern suburbs who rose to prominence by stopping asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat and has steered the country's fiscal direction for the past three years. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wayE11

Instant View: Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison to become new prime minister

Treasurer Scott Morrison will become Australia's new prime minister after winning a Liberal party leadership vote on Friday, ending an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MyeHLZ

Indonesian graft buster probes acid attack on himself as police draw blank

A top Indonesian anti-corruption investigator plans to release the findings of his own probe into an acid attack that partially blinded him last year, after a failure by police up to now to solve the case. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OVY5u4

Brazil's Lula plays kingmaker from his prison cell

It is Thursday outside a government building in this tidy city in southern Brazil. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the country's former president, is receiving visitors to plot his political future. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2o6SrtX

India, China agree to expand military ties after defense talks

India and China have agreed to expand their military ties and enhance interaction to ensure peace on their common border, India said after a meeting between the old rivals' defense ministers. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NaULuU