Passengers evacuate Qantas plane via emergency slides at Sydney airport
Passengers on a Qantas Airways Ltd flight evacuated their plane via emergency slides at Australia’s Sydney airport on Sunday after the flight was forced to turn around.
New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing; death toll rises to 16
New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, as the death toll from Monday’s eruption rose to 16, police said.
Bolivia’s interim leader says arrest warrant to be issued against Morales
Bolivia will issue an arrest warrant in the coming days against former leftist President Evo Morales, accusing him of sedition, interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez said on Saturday.
Negotiators work through the night to salvage U.N. climate summit
Negotiators worked into the early hours of Sunday to try to salvage a strong global commitment to fight climate change after some of the most vulnerable nations said they were being sidelined at a marathon U.N. summit in Madrid.
New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing
New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, the police said.
Argentina’s new government hikes export taxes on disgruntled farmers
Argentina’s new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree on Saturday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise revenue needed to avoid default on a mountain of looming sovereign debt.
Nicaragua nationalizes major gas station chain linked to Ortega
Nicaragua’s National Assembly on Saturday approved nationalizing a major gas station company two days after the United States imposed sanctions on it for allegedly being used by President Daniel Ortega’s family to finance and launder money for the gove…
French union calls for break in transport strikes over Christmas
France’s CFDT union is opposed to transport strikes over the Christmas period but will call for new actions in January if the government does not drop a pension reform proposal that would encourage more years of work, its leader said on Sunday.
Queen Elizabeth to set out UK PM Johnson’s agenda on Thursday
Queen Elizabeth will set out on Thursday Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s legislative agenda following his election victory, including a pledge to bring the EU Withdrawal Agreement bill back to parliament before Christmas, his office said on Saturday.
Security forces fire tear gas, dozens wounded in Beirut protest
Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Lebanese protesters in central Beirut on Saturday in clashes that went on into the night and wounded dozens of people.
