China accuses Australian media, politicians of fabricated allegations of interference
China, responding to allegations of interfering in Australian politics, said it had never tried to meddle in other countries’ internal affairs and was not interested in doing so.
Fresh arrests in Saudi Arabia net intellectuals, entrepreneurs: sources
Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown on free expression in the kingdom.
Estonia ousts third far-right minister, coalition stays
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said on Monday he had sacked Rural Affairs Minister Mart Jarvik, a member of the ruling coalition’s far-right EKRE party, saying he could no longer trust him.
Highlights: Former UK PM Blair says Britain is a mess
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a mess, warning that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a Dec. 12 election.
Former PM Blair on Labour’s Corbyn: Revolutions always end badly
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday that “revolutions” like the one promised in current Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s election manifesto always end badly.
K-pop star Koo Hara left ‘pessimistic’ note: police
K-pop singer Koo Hara left a “pessimistic” note, police said on Monday, a day after the former member of top South Korean girl group Kara was found dead.
British hostages safe after Philippine troops clash with Islamist rebels
Soldiers in the southern Philippines rescued a British man and woman from members of an Islamist militant group, the army said on Monday, after their captors fled during a military operation.
Backstory: Slowing down to see Switzerland’s melting glaciers
Reuters photographer Denis Balibouse spent years shooting fast-moving subjects in fast-breaking events – the winning goal in a Europa League soccer clash, the confrontation in an Extinction Rebellion street protest.
New photos vs old: comparisons show dramatic Swiss glacier retreat
On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 2 km (1.2 miles) uphill.
Turkey to test Russian S-400 systems despite U.S. pressure: media
Turkish F-16 warplanes will fly over the country’s capital Ankara on Monday to test its new Russian S-400 missile defenses, Turkish media said, despite pressure from Washington for Turkey to drop the system.
