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Brexit: British MPs vote for 12 December election

Brexit: British MPs vote for 12 December election

BBC 2019-10-30 10:59:49

The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs on Tuesday backed Boris Johnson's call for an election following months of Brexit deadlock. By a margin of 438 votes to 20, the House of Comm...

Criticism over Uighurs not ‘helpful’ for trade talks, China warns US

Criticism over Uighurs not ‘helpful’ for trade talks, China warns US

-- 2019-10-30 10:51:54

The United States and 22 other countries at the United Nations pushed China on Tuesday to stop detaining ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims, prompting China’s UN envoy to warn it was not “he...

Democrats to vote Thursday to make Trump impeachment probe public

Democrats to vote Thursday to make Trump impeachment probe public

-- 2019-10-30 00:38:32

Democrats in Congress, answering Republican complaints that their impeachment investigation of US President Donald Trump is being conducted in secret, plan a vote on Thursday on how to make their inqu...

Sci-tech board wins plaudits at 100 days

Sci-tech board wins plaudits at 100 days

Global Times 2019-10-29 17:20:45

With the STAR Market, the Shanghai Stock Exchange's sci-tech innovation board, set to mark its 100th day of trading on Tuesday, experts are lauding its role in China's national strategy of innovation-...

‘Global ring’ involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck

‘Global ring’ involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck

-- 2019-10-29 16:24:21

A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as the driver faced charges of manslaughter and people-trafficki...

China tops list of Russia's most friendly countries

China tops list of Russia's most friendly countries

-- 2019-10-29 16:13:13

China tops the list of Russia's most friendly countries, a recent opinion poll conducted by the Russian government-owned research centre VTsIOM has showed. The poll was conducted on Aug. 22 among 1,6...

Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters, killing 14

Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters, killing 14

Reuters 2019-10-29 15:01:06

Iraqi security forces killed at least 14 people in the Shi’ite holy city of Kerbala overnight after opening fire on protesters, medical and security sources said, in a return to tactics denounce...

IS leader al-Baghdadi's remains buried at sea

IS leader al-Baghdadi's remains buried at sea

-- 2019-10-29 12:58:55

The Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's remains were buried at sea following his death in a US military raid, Xinhua reported on Tuesday citing US media. The United States gave al-Baghda...

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits southern Philippines

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits southern Philippines

-- 2019-10-29 11:48:59

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit central Mindanao in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, shaking buildings and causing residents to rush from schools and offices. The quake struck 26 km (16...

Brexit: British MPs reject early election plan again

Brexit: British MPs reject early election plan again

-- 2019-10-29 11:23:43

Boris Johnson is to try again for a 12 December general election on Tuesday - despite MPs rejecting his plan. The prime minister will publish a bill that would only need a simple majority to succeed...

Grenade attack hits Kashmir ahead of visit by EU MPs

Grenade attack hits Kashmir ahead of visit by EU MPs

-- 2019-10-29 11:09:12

A group of EU lawmakers will visit Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, the first foreign delegation since the special status of the region was revoked, Indian officials said, hours before a grenade attack unde...

Indian capital's air quality falls to "severe" category

Indian capital's air quality falls to "severe" category

Xinhua 2019-10-28 20:38:33

The air quality in the Indian capital plummeted to "severe" category on Monday morning, post the festival of lights "Deepawali" when people indulged in bursting firecrackers. According to the Air Qua...

4th Afro-Chinese folklore festival kicks off in Egypt

4th Afro-Chinese folklore festival kicks off in Egypt

Xinhua 2019-10-28 18:56:49

Artists stage performance at Philae Temple in Aswan, Egypt, on October 27, 2019. The fourth edition of the Afro-Chinese Arts and Folklore Festival kicked off on Sunday inside ancient Philae Temple in...

China-South Pacific ties maintain ‘sense of justice,’ friendship

China-South Pacific ties maintain ‘sense of justice,’ friendship

Global Times 2019-10-28 18:36:40

The third China-Pacific Island Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum was held on October 21 in Apia, the capital city of Samoa. The two sides explored more cooperation opportunities in...

Centre-left Alberto Fernández wins Argentina election

Centre-left Alberto Fernández wins Argentina election

-- 2019-10-28 17:57:47

Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns. Mr Fernández secured more than the 45 per cent of th...

EU agrees to Brexit extension to 31 January

EU agrees to Brexit extension to 31 January

BBC 2019-10-28 15:43:15

The EU has agreed to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020, according to a tweet from the European Council president. Donald Tusk said the bloc would allow for a so-called "flextension" - meaning the U...

Six die in presidential helicopter crash in Colombia

Six die in presidential helicopter crash in Colombia

-- 2019-10-28 13:23:29

A helicopter, which was part of the presidential fleet, crashed in a countryside in central Colombia's Cundinamarca department, killing all the six crew members, the Colombian Air Force (FAC) has said...

South Korea offers talks to North Korea on Mount Kumgang issues

South Korea offers talks to North Korea on Mount Kumgang issues

-- 2019-10-28 13:17:18

South Korea on Monday offered to hold working-level talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to discuss issues on the DPRK's scenic resort of Mount Kumgang. Seoul's unification min...

British MPs to vote on Johnson’s 12 December election call

British MPs to vote on Johnson’s 12 December election call

-- 2019-10-28 12:46:03

British MPs are due to vote later on the government's call to have an election on 12 December. Boris Johnson said if the motion was approved, his Brexit bill would resume its progress through Parliam...

Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture: Iraqi intelligence sources

Baghdadi's aide was key to his capture: Iraqi intelligence sources

-- 2019-10-28 12:15:03

In their long hunt for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi intelligence teams secured a break in February 2018 after one of the Islamic State leader’s top aides gave them information on how he escaped c...

14 hostages freed in attacks on Rakhine rebels: Myanmar

14 hostages freed in attacks on Rakhine rebels: Myanmar

-- 2019-10-28 11:30:50

Myanmar’s army said it had rescued 14 people seized by insurgents in restive Rakhine state after Arakan Army rebels reported many dead in military attacks on boats carrying soldiers and police s...

Over 40 skulls found in den of Mexico cartel suspects

Over 40 skulls found in den of Mexico cartel suspects

-- 2019-10-28 11:04:35

Police found more than 40 skulls, dozens of bones and a fetus in a glass jar next to an altar in the den of suspected drug traffickers in Mexico City during a raid this week, authorities said on Sunda...

Trump announces death of 'Islamic State' leader Baghdadi

Trump announces death of 'Islamic State' leader Baghdadi

Reuters 2019-10-27 20:14:52

US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that 'Islamic State' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during an overnight raid led by US military forces in Syria. The announcement seems to be a 'major...

Russia accuses US of smuggling oil from Syria

Russia accuses US of smuggling oil from Syria

-- 2019-10-27 17:40:19

Russia's Defence Ministry on Saturday accused the United States of smuggling oil from eastern Syria to other countries with convoys guarded by private military companies and special operations forces....

China's industrial profits drop 2.1pc in Jan-Sept

China's industrial profits drop 2.1pc in Jan-Sept

Xinhua 2019-10-27 17:31:17

Profits of China's major industrial firms dropped 2.1 per cent year on year in the first nine months, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Sunday. The decline narrowed from the 3....

50,000 more evacuated due to growing wild fire in northern California

50,000 more evacuated due to growing wild fire in northern California

Xinhua 2019-10-27 17:17:58

Evacuation orders were issued Saturday morning for 50,000 residents for the entire towns of Healdsburg and Windsor in northern California, as the growing Kincade Fire is expected to move toward there....

Chinese, Brazilian presidents hold talks

Chinese, Brazilian presidents hold talks

-- 2019-10-27 15:08:40

China's policy to develop relations with Brazil from a strategic height and long-term perspective remains unchanged and their mutually beneficial cooperation will embrace a brighter future, Chinese Pr...

Iraq deploys counter-terrorism forces to protect Baghdad buildings

Iraq deploys counter-terrorism forces to protect Baghdad buildings

Reuters 2019-10-27 14:08:30

Iraq’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service said on Sunday it had deployed in the streets of Baghdad upon Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s orders to protect important state buildings while sec...

Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly killed by US forces

Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly killed by US forces

Reuters 2019-10-27 12:41:29

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was believed to have been killed in a US military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump prepared to...

Chile president dismisses whole cabinet after protests

Chile president dismisses whole cabinet after protests

-- 2019-10-27 10:54:22

Chile's President Sebastian Piñera has dismissed his whole cabinet in order to form a new government and introduce social reforms demanded by protesters. "I have put all my ministers on notice...