China may grasp climate leadership at U.N. talks with Trump pulling out
BONN, Germany (Reuters) – China has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first U.N. climate talks since U.S. President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris Agreement, delegates say.
Venezuela opposition leader Guevara seeks refuge in Chile ambassador’s residence
CARACAS/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Prominent Venezuelan opposition lawmaker Freddy Guevara has sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador’s residence in Caracas after authorities sought to remove his congressional immunity so that he could be tried for instigat…
Philippines frees four East Timorese to attend ASEAN meeting
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine immigration authorities freed four East Timor delegates after holding them for 12 hours at Manila airport in a security clampdown ahead of the ASEAN and East Asia Summit next week.
Congo forces clash with renegade colonel in eastern city of Bukavu
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gunfire and explosions from heavy weapons erupted in Congo’s eastern city of Bukavu on Sunday, witnesses said, as Congolese troops clashed with those loyal to a renegade colonel.
PM May’s deputy denies report pornography was found on office computer
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s most senior minister has denied an allegation that police found pornography on one of his computers in the Houses of Parliament in 2008 as the British government struggles to contain a scandal about sexua…
Germany’s Greens overtake liberals in poll as coalition talks continue
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s environmentalist Green party polled at its highest level this year in a survey published on Sunday, overtaking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s other would-be coalition partner as talks to form a new government continued.
Pro-Catalonia independence parties seen winning most votes in election: poll
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Pro-Catalonia independence parties will combine for the most votes in regional election in December though may fall just short of a majority needed to revive the secession campaign, two polls showed on Sunday.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed detained in corruption inquiry
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi authorities detained a billionaire global investor and the head of the National Guard as part of an anti-corruption purge that consolidates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hold on power.
Car bomb kills at least five Yemeni soldiers in Aden: witnesses
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least five soldiers in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, residents and a security official said.
Australia turns down NZ offer to take asylum seekers barricaded inside camp
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia turned down on Sunday an offer to take 150 asylum seekers being held in an Australian-run detention center in Papua New Guinea, where U.N. officials have warned a humanitarian emergency is unfolding.
