World briefs

CHINA held the door open to resuming talks in the tariff war with Washington yesterday but lashed out at limits on access to key technologies that it said might hurt global supply chains.

TAIWAN Two U.S. warships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait in an apparent show of support for the government of the self-ruled island, which China claims as its own. 

INDONESIA Seven people have died in election violence in the Indonesian capital, police said yesterday, as calm returned to the city and the losing presidential candidate prepared to challenge the result in court.

THAILAND A Thai court yesterday blocked the leader of a new anti-junta political party from taking his seat in Parliament while it determines whether he violated election rules.

INDIA Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party claimed it won reelection with a commanding lead in yesterday’s vote count, while the head of the main opposition party conceded a personal defeat that signaled the end of an era for modern India’s main political dynasty.

IRAN A senior German diplomat headed yesterday to Tehran to press Iran to continue to respect the landmark nuclear deal, despite the unilateral withdrawal of the U.S. and increasing pressure from Washington. 

EU Dutch and British voters were the first to have their say yesterday in elections for the European Parliament, starting four days of voting across the 28-nation bloc that pits supporters of deeper integration against populist euroskeptics who want more power for their national governments.

UK British Prime Minister Theresa May was hunkered down with close allies yesterday as she considered whether to give in to relentless pressure to resign, or fight on to save her Brexit plan and her premiership.