Pound shrugs off Johnson’s latest Brexit setback
Tokyo (AFP) – Sterling fell modestly as trading resumed Monday following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest failure to break the Brexit deadlock, with forex...
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‘A tectonic shift’: Green Party makes historic gains in Swiss vote | World news
Switzerland’s Green Party have made historic gains in national elections, while the anti-immigrant rightwing remained the largest party in parliament despite a slip in its...
Synagogue massacre led to string of attack plots
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the...
Hong Kong protests: police fire water cannon with blue dye as crowds defy ban | World news
Hong Kong police have fired water cannon and tear gas at crowds holinding an illegal march, with hardcore protesters throwing petrol bombs and trashing businesses...
Pound Falls as Much-Awaited Brexit Breakthrough Proves Elusive
(Bloomberg) — Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here. Sterling fell after U.K. politicians failed...
South Sudan’s opposition leader warns of return to civil war
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar is warning that the country could return to civil war if a coalition government...
British child dies in Spain ‘after falling out of apartment window’ | World news
A British child has died in the city of Córdoba in southern Spain, reportedly after falling out of a seventh-floor window while on a school...
Anti-govt protests gain momentum in Lebanon, enter 4th day
BEIRUT (AP) — Tens of thousands of Lebanese protesters of all ages gathered Sunday in major cities and towns nationwide demanding an end to corruption...
Kurds begin evacuation from besieged Syrian border town
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish fighters and civilians began evacuating from a besieged Syrian town on Sunday, the first pullback under the U.S.-brokered cease-fire deal,...
Chile’s president reverses fare increase as unrest continues | World news
Chilean president Sebastián Piñera has announced that he would reverse public transport fare hikes which had caused widespread protests in the country. Piñera said in...
EXPLAINER-What happens next after UK PM Johnson writes Brexit delay letter?
By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting...
Johnson should have sent one letter to EU
LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Sunday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was behaving in a childish way by sending...
US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western...
Man Held After Teenager Stabbed, March Goes On: Hong Kong Update
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong police arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a teenager during a dispute on an otherwise-peaceful Saturday, and ahead of an unapproved...
US troops leaving Syria to go to western Iraq
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says that under the current plan all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to...