UK flag taken down at EU Council in Brussels ahead of Brexit hour
Britain’s Union Jack was removed from a line of EU member state flags inside the European Council building in Brussels on Friday evening ahead of the U.K.’s exit from the bloc at midnight local time (2300 GMT).
Trump spoke to Ethiopia’s Ahmed, expressed optimism on giant Nile dam -White House
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a call with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, expressed optimism that an agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was near and would benefit all parties involved, a White House spokesman said.
Britain replaces O’Neill as president of U.N. climate summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is replacing a politician he had chosen to oversee a major U.N. climate summit taking place in November with a new, cabinet-level pick to be announced soon, the government said on Friday.
‘I am not a virus’: France’s Asian community pushes back over xenophobia
In a southeastern Paris district known as the go-to place for Asian cuisine, business is down at Pascal Corlier’s Vietnamese restaurant, a side-effect of China’s coronavirus health scare that has sparked panic and a rise in xenophobic incidents.
Russia reports first coronavirus cases, restricts China air travel
Russia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday and restricted direct flights to China, its biggest trade partner, as Russians complained of rising prices for medical masks and anti-virus medicine.
Yemen’s Houthis say recent attacks on Aramco, airports in response to air strikes
Yemen’s Houthi military spokesman said on Friday the group had launched 26 rocket attacks in the past week against airports in southern Saudi Arabia, facilities belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco and “two sensitive targets deep in” the kingdom.
Delhi shooter was quiet teenager who pushed Hindu cause online
The 17-year-old boy left his home in a small north Indian town on Thursday morning after telling his grandfather he was going to school. Instead he turned up 80 km away in New Delhi, where he pulled out a gun and shot an anti-government protester.
Cold and humiliated, Syrians displaced yet again by new Assad campaign
Khaled Sabri and his family huddle in the makeshift shelter in northern Idlib, still shell-shocked after fleeing the sudden bombardment of their rebel-held town earlier this week.
UK’s Brussels embassy takes down EU flag as sun sets on Brexit day
The European Union’s flag was removed from outside the British embassy to the EU in Brussels on Friday, hours before the United Kingdom was set to formally leave the EU after 47 years of membership.
Guatemala restricts entry from China to keep out coronavirus
Guatemala’s government is imposing blanket travel restrictions on people who have recently been in China to keep out the new coronavirus, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Friday.
