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Greta apologises for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment

Greta apologises for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment

-- 2019-12-15 15:20:31

Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying world leaders should be "put against the wall" in a speech. The teenage climate activist made the comment while addressing a Fridays For Future protest in Tur...

Johnson says he will repay ex-Labour voters' trust

Johnson says he will repay ex-Labour voters' trust

REUTERS 2019-12-15 10:45:06

Prime minister Boris Johnson visited former strongholds of his Labour opponents in northern England on Saturday and pledged to repay their trust for helping to deliver a stunning victory for his Conse...

Suu Kyi’s visit to Dutch parliament cancelled

Suu Kyi’s visit to Dutch parliament cancelled

-- 2019-12-14 21:56:48

The planned visit of Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi to the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) of the Netherlands has been cancelled. Suu Kyi was supposed to visit the lower hou...

Winning big, Johnson on course to deliver swift Brexit

Winning big, Johnson on course to deliver swift Brexit

REUTERS 2019-12-13 12:13:02

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a resounding election victory on Friday that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union within weeks. The Bre...

Corbyn to resign as Labour leader

Corbyn to resign as Labour leader

REUTERS 2019-12-13 10:43:48

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn walks to a polling station to vote in the general election in London, Britain, December 12, 2019. Reuters Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Fr...

UK destined for Brexit as Johnson wins big

UK destined for Brexit as Johnson wins big

REUTERS 2019-12-13 10:07:02

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was on course for a resounding victory in Britain’s election after voters backed his bid to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31, the country’s...

New Finnish PM and her women-led cabinet

New Finnish PM and her women-led cabinet

-- 2019-12-12 16:36:56

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Tuesday appointed the new coalition government under Social Democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Following authorising decisions by the parties on Monday, parlia...

Russia expels two German diplomats in row over killing

Russia expels two German diplomats in row over killing

-- 2019-12-12 14:35:30

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it would expel two German diplomats from Moscow in a tit-for-tat response after Berlin last week ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats. Germa...

UK votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again

UK votes to decide the fate of Brexit, again

Reuters 2019-12-12 11:31:28

Voters go to the polls on Thursday in an election that will pave the way for Brexit under Prime Minister Boris Johnson or propel Britain toward another referendum that could ultimately reverse the dec...

Turkey, Britain agree to speed up fighter jet project

Turkey, Britain agree to speed up fighter jet project

-- 2019-12-11 15:10:29

Turkey and Britain have agreed to speed up work on a project to build fighter jets, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told broadcaster A Haber on Wednesday. The two countries agreed a 100 mil...

Noble laureates want Suu Kyi, generals held criminally accountable for genocide

Noble laureates want Suu Kyi, generals held criminally accountable for genocide

-- 2019-12-10 18:55:25

Nobel Peace laureates have demanded that Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, along with her army commanders, be held criminally accountable for crimes committed against the Rohingyas....

Tell Myanmar to stop genocide, Gambia asks UN judges

Tell Myanmar to stop genocide, Gambia asks UN judges

-- 2019-12-10 16:35:41

The Gambia has asked the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, to tell Myanmar to stop genocide carried out on Myanmar's own people....

Czech hospital shooting leaves four dead

Czech hospital shooting leaves four dead

-- 2019-12-10 14:49:03

An attacker shot dead four people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, police said. Police said on Twitter they were searching for the attacke...

Ukraine, Russia agree to implement ceasefire

Ukraine, Russia agree to implement ceasefire

-- 2019-12-10 11:27:34

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to implement a "full and comprehensive" ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019, after top-level talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr...

Finnish minister, 34, to become world’s youngest PM

Finnish minister, 34, to become world’s youngest PM

-- 2019-12-09 14:00:07

Sanna Marin, aged 34, will become the world's youngest prime minister as head of a women-led coalition government in Finland. The transportation minister was picked by her Social Democratic party to...

Hungary fines Facebook for misleading users

Hungary fines Facebook for misleading users

AP 2019-12-07 19:08:26

Facebook has been fined around $4.0 million for allegedly misleading its users in Hungary by claiming the use of its services was free, the Hungarian Competition Authority said Friday. The authority...

Denmark passes climate law

Denmark passes climate law

-- 2019-12-07 14:13:09

A climate law to ensure that Denmark achieves the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent in 2030 was passed in parliament on late Friday evening. The Climate Act, endorsed by 167 of...

France paralysed by biggest national strike in years

France paralysed by biggest national strike in years

-- 2019-12-05 18:41:55

A nationwide strike has severely disrupted schools and public transport across France. Workers are angry at being forced to retire later or face reduced pensions, reports BBC. School and transport w...

Gas explosion at Polish ski resort kills four

Gas explosion at Polish ski resort kills four

-- 2019-12-05 12:36:31

Four people have died after a three-story building in the southern Polish ski resort of Szczyrk collapsed on Wednesday following a gas explosion, a local police spokesman said on Thursday. The bodies...

Division pervades NATO as the 'brain dead' meet the 'delinquent'

Division pervades NATO as the 'brain dead' meet the 'delinquent'

Reuters 2019-12-04 17:31:57

NATO leaders gathered at a golf resort near London on Wednesday for a summit acrimonious even by the standards of the Trump era, aiming to tackle disagreements over spending, future threats including...

IS claims responsibility for London Bridge attack

IS claims responsibility for London Bridge attack

-- 2019-12-01 12:52:07

Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Saturday. The group did not provide any evidence. It added...

London Bridge attacker had terror conviction

London Bridge attacker had terror conviction

-- 2019-11-30 10:47:38

The man who carried out Friday's stabbing attack at London Bridge was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences. The attacker, named by police as 28-year-old Usman Khan, was out of prison on...

London Bridge sealed off amid reports of gunfire

London Bridge sealed off amid reports of gunfire

BBC 2019-11-29 20:50:41

London Bridge has been cordoned off by police, with a BBC journalist reporting hearing gunfire. BBC reporter John McManus said he saw a group of men involved in a fight on the bridge. Police then ar...

Rescuers work through the night as Albanian quake toll hits 25

Rescuers work through the night as Albanian quake toll hits 25

-- 2019-11-27 15:24:51

Emergency crews found three more bodies on Wednesday morning as they used drones, dogs and heavy machinery to search through the wreckage left by Albania’s worst earthquake in decades, bringing...

Four dead as strongest quake in decades batters Albania

Four dead as strongest quake in decades batters Albania

-- 2019-11-26 12:02:39

At least four people died after the most powerful earthquake to hit Albania in decades rocked the capital of Tirana and surrounding region early on Tuesday, causing several buildings to collapse and b...

UK urges China to give UN access to Xinjiang region

UK urges China to give UN access to Xinjiang region

-- 2019-11-26 11:06:55

The UK has called on China to allow UN observers "immediate and unfettered access" to the Xinjiang region. It follows a data leak that revealed how hundreds of thousands of Muslims were mistreated in...

Greenhouse gas concentrations break records again

Greenhouse gas concentrations break records again

AL JAZEERA 2019-11-25 18:41:45

Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, a specialised agency of the United Nations has said, calling for swift action to safeguard th...

Assange 'could die' in UK jail, doctors fear

Assange 'could die' in UK jail, doctors fear

-- 2019-11-25 13:56:04

More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they feared Julian Assange's health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British prison. The 48-year-old, who...

149 migrants rescued in shipwreck off Italian coast

149 migrants rescued in shipwreck off Italian coast

Xinhua 2019-11-24 14:57:39

A total of 149 migrants have been rescued and some 20 are missing after a boat capsized late Saturday in stormy seas near the Italian island of Lampedusa, authorities and local media said Sunday. The...

Britain's Labour Party plans extra property tax on foreign buyers

Britain's Labour Party plans extra property tax on foreign buyers

BBC 2019-11-23 17:39:09

Britain's Labour Party has pledged to put an extra tax on foreign companies and trusts buying property in the UK. It is part of the party's wider tax plans and would charge offshore firms 20% for pro...