NZ police will continue efforts to retrieve remaining two bodies on volcano
New Zealand’s police commissioner said on Friday that authorities will continue their efforts to retrieve the remaining two bodies on the volcanic White Island that fatally erupted earlier this week.
Merkel broadly content with EU pledge for climate neutrality
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was broadly happy that EU leaders had committed to climate-neutrality by 2050, while acknowledging that Poland would need another six months to fully sign up.
Britain Brexit bound as Johnson heads for big parliamentary majority
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain’s election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed on Thursday, empowering him to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31.
EU welcomes clarity of UK conservative victory as clarity over Brexit
European diplomats on Thursday welcomed the clarity an apparently decisive election victory for the Conservative party gave to Britain’s stalled withdrawal from the EU, but said it would be challenging to agree a trade deal the end of 2020.
Refinitiv created filter to block Reuters stories amid Hong Kong protests
As anti-government demonstrations engulfed Hong Kong in August, Reuters broke a sensitive story: Beijing had rejected a secret proposal by city leader Carrie Lam to meet several of the protesters’ demands in a bid to defuse the unrest.
British PM Johnson heads for big Brexit election win
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to win Thursday’s election comfortably, giving him the numbers in parliament needed to pass his Brexit divorce deal next month, according to an exit poll on Thursday.
Argentina’s new government moves to guarantee access to abortion in rape cases
Women and girls in Argentina seeking to end pregnancies caused by rape will be guaranteed access to abortion under a protocol announced on Thursday aimed at reducing the latitude hospitals have in deciding whether or not to perform the procedure.
No case for new Scottish independence vote if UK exit poll right: Gove
Another Scottish independence referendum would damage Scotland and the United Kingdom even if Scots have overwhelmingly voted for the nationalists that favor such a poll, British minister Michael Gove said on Thursday.
UK’s Labour leadership will decide on future once results in: McDonnell
Labour Party finance minister John McDonnell said his and leader Jeremy Corbyn’s future would be decided once the British election results were in, after the exit poll forecast a big victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives.
UK PM Johnson tells party members “enjoy a celebration tonight”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told party members to “enjoy a celebration” after an exit poll forecast he was on course to win a majority in Britain’s election, giving him the numbers in parliament he needs to deliver Brexit next month.
