UK says to table Brexit plan ‘shortly’
AFP : Britain will give the EU new proposals for a Brexit deal “shortly”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday, but rejected reports it would...
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Hong Kong police shoot teen protester as violence escalates
Reuters, Hong Kong : Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol-bomb throwing protesters and shot a teenage demonstrator, as pro-democracy activists...
World leaders pay final tribute to France’s Chirac
AFP, Paris :Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Monday paid their final respects to France’s ex-president Jacques Chirac as the country...
Xi Jingping pays respect to Mao ahead of 70-year celebrations
AP, Beijing :Chinese Communist Party leader and President Xi Jinping led other top officials Monday in paying respects to the founder of the Communist state,...
Saudi Crown Prince denies ordering journalist’s murder
AP, New York :Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes “full responsibility” for the grisly murder of Saudi...
Finnish PM warns time is short for a new Brexit deal
AP, Prague :Finland’s prime minister says Britain is running out of time to present a new and credible Brexit proposal.Speaking in Prague on Monday after...
Thousands rally across Indonesia in fresh legal-reform protests
AFP, Jakarta :Thousands rallied across Indonesia Monday in fresh demonstrations sparked by a raft of divisive legal reforms, including banning pre-marital sex and weakening the...
Notions shifting in favour of Trump’s impeachment inquiry: Nancy Pelosi
Reuters, Austin (Texas) :US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Saturday that public opinion is now on the side of an impeachment inquiry against President...
PM Johnson rallies party for Brexit fight
AFP, Manchester :Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathers his Conservative party Sunday for what could be its final conference before an election, with the...
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‘100,000’ march in Switzerland for climate actionAFP, GenevaTens of thousands of people – around 100,000 according to organisers – marched through the Swiss capital Bern...
Indonesia quake death toll rises to 30
AFP, Jakarta :The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia’s remote Maluku islands rose to 30 on Sunday, including several toddlers, the disaster...
Austria votes in snap parliamentary poll, Conservatives seen heading new coalition
Reuters, Vienna :Austrians vote on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that conservative leader Sebastian Kurz looks set to win, but he will still need...