Britain’s Prince William to visit Kuwait and Oman in December
Britain’s Prince William will visit Kuwait and Oman in December at the request of the Foreign Office, Kensington Palace said in a statement on Tuesday.
China says will ‘fully respect’ Taiwan’s way of life
China will “fully respect” Taiwan’s way of life and social system once it has been “peacefully reunified”, as long as national security is protected, the ruling Communist Party said on Tuesday, in another overture to the self-ruled island.
Turkey’s Erdogan says Kurdish YPG have not left Syria ‘safe zone’
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Kurdish YPG militia had not withdrawn from some Syrian border areas and that U.S. forces were still carrying out joint patrols with the group, contrary to an agreement between them.
As U.S. exits Paris pact, fossil energy chief says U.S. ingenuity can tackle climate threat
The United States can tackle threats to the climate through technological advances and fossil fuels will remain a priority for the U.S. government and business, the assistant secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong leader Lam ‘saddened’ by protesters’ injuries
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was saddened by some people being wounded in anti-government protests at the weekend amid five months of sometimes violent unrest in the Chinese-ruled city.
After gatecrashing Halloween, Hong Kong protesters plot Guy Fawkes rallies
Hong Kong’s acting leader said on Tuesday he deeply regretted the involvement of civil servants in protests that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis as activists planned masked “Guy Fawkes” demonstrations across the territory.
‘Thatcherism on steroids’: Corbyn says of UK PM Johnson’s Brexit plans
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will on Tuesday accuse Britain’s Conservatives of attempting to hijack Brexit to unleash a Thatcherite bonfire of regulation, as he seeks to rally core voters put off by Labour’s ambiguous stance on the EU divorce.
Wife of jailed Mexican governor bailed by UK court
The wife of a disgraced former Mexican state governor, serving a nine-year jail sentence for money laundering and links to organized crime, was granted bail on Tuesday by a British court which will decide whether she should be extradited to Mexico.
UK’s Rees-Mogg says Grenfell victims could have used common sense to escape
Prominent Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg on Tuesday said that victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 could have used common sense to ignore the instructions of the fire service and leave the burning building.
Ukraine moving quickly toward new IMF loan program: finance minister
Ukraine is moving quickly toward agreeing a new three-year loan program with the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova told reporters on Tuesday, denying suggestions that talks for a new deal had stalled.
