New Zealand in $1.6-billion deal to buy four Boeing P-8 aircraft
New Zealand said on Monday it had agreed to buy four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft through the United States government.
Thai boys await resumption of rescue mission after first four freed from cave
Eight boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand waited for a rescue operation to resume on Monday, a day after the first four were brought out safely and whisked away to hospital.
Japan races to find survivors of floods that killed nearly 100
Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides that killed nearly 100, with dozens missing.
David Davis quits UK government: who is he and why does he matter?
Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned because he was not willing to be “a reluctant conscript” to Prime Minister Theresa May’s European Union exit plan, delivering a blow to a British leader struggling to end divisions in her cabinet.[nL8N1U40XR]
No ‘reluctant conscript’, Brexit minister quits in blow to Britain’s May
Brexit Secretary David Davis has resigned because he was not willing to be “a reluctant conscript” to Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to leave the European Union, delivering a blow to a British leader struggling to end divisions among her ministers….
UK Brexit department minister Steve Baker resigns: government source
Steve Baker, a minister in the British government’s Brexit department has resigned, a government source said on Monday.
David Davis to UK PM May: You are undermining Brexit
The following is David Davis’s resignation letter to Prime Minister Theresa May.
Mick Jagger quips about Polish courts overhaul at Warsaw concert
The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger took a swipe at the Polish government’s shake-up of the judiciary during a concert in Warsaw, adding his voice to a chorus of critics who say the changes harm democracy.
UK woman dies after poisoning by Soviet-era nerve agent
A British woman died on Sunday after she was poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy in March and triggered a crisis in relations between Western capitals and Moscow.
Brazil judge blocks order to release of Lula from prison
The chief justice of a Brazilian appeals court blocked another judge’s efforts to release imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday, in a legal battle over the country’s most popular politician ahead of an October election.
