8+ hour, 38+ min ago   (536+ words) SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s approval rating fell to a new low on Monday, extending a steep decline as he entered the second year of his five-year term amid growing public discontent with key policies, including housing....

13+ hour, 8+ min ago   (487+ words) MANILA, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Voting began on Monday in the Philippines’ Muslim-majority south under heightened security after three people were killed and 15 wounded in violence on the eve of the historic election. The vote is seen as a crucial test of…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (245+ words) PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon ​was second in most tested scenarios, a ‌poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate’s growing polarisation as Emmanuel…...

15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (264+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of ​a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before ‌an attack that killed three U.S. troops there in…...

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (514+ words) TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Filmmaker Alex Gibney made his marathon documentary “Musk,” about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk, to prompt discussions about reclaiming power from “tech oligarchs,” he said in an interview on Sunday. The Oscar-winning documentarian is at…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (616+ words) By Greg Torode and Mei Mei Chu HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over…...

17+ hour, 10+ min ago   (135+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection ​Agency is ‌poised to formally repeal carbon pollution standards for ‌coal- ​and ⁠gas-fired power ⁠plants, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people ​familiar with the ⁠matter. The latest ⁠cl... Sept 13 (Reuters) – The U.S…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (813+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region’s…...

17+ hour, 23+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago   (133+ words) SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – North Korea held a live-fire drill to test ​long-range artillery and missile ‌units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday. The “joint firepower attack drill” on ‌Saturday ​involved five ⁠army units and ⁠tested several weapon…...