World briefs

US-China President Donald Trump is threatening to get “much tougher” with China on trade if he wins reelection in 2020. Trump is tweeting his frustration as negotiations between the countries resume yesterday two months after talks aimed at ending a tariff war broke down. 

Cambodia The government has fined a local company that imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and Canada, and warned that if the waste is not sent back to its countries of origin before Aug. 24, the company will face criminal charges.

Sri Lanka Four Muslim ministers who resigned from their Cabinet portfolios after the Easter attacks that killed more than 250 people have rejoined the government after an investigation cleared them of having any links with the local Islamic militant group that carried out the bombings.

Philippines The defense chief criticized China yesterday for what he called “bullying” actions in the South China Sea and said Beijing’s peaceful assurances contrast with its behavior in the contested waters.

Indonesia An alleged British fugitive was arrested in Bali with pornography and drugs, Indonesian authorities said yesterday, after U.K. media reported that the man was selling explicit videos of himself online to fund an extravagant lifestyle on the island.

India Protesters took to the streets of India’s capital yesterday demanding a fast-track probe into a highway crash that killed two people and seriously injured two others, including a woman who has accused a ruling party lawmaker of rape.

Iran’s state TV says a former mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Ali Najaf, who also served as one of the country’s vice presidents was sentenced to death for killing his wife.

Cyprus A court yesterday adjourned for one week the legal proceedings against a 19-year-old British woman who faces a public nuisance charge after admitting to falsely accusing a dozen Israelis of raping her at a Cypriot hotel.

Romania Interior minister Nicolae Moga says he is resigning in the wake of the murders of two teenagers, crimes which have outraged the country partly due to alleged police ineptitude.

UK A dispute between the ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife over the welfare of their two young children will play out over the next two days in a London courtroom amid reports the princess has fled the Gulf emirate.

Germany Authorities are still trying to determine the motive of a man suspected of pushing an 8-year-old boy and his mother in front of a train at Frankfurt’s main station, killing the boy, and will assess whether he is mentally ill, prosecutors said yesterday.