UK PM Johnson extends lead over Labour Party: Panelbase poll
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party extended its lead over the opposition Labour Party to 13 points this week, according to a Panelbase poll on Friday.
Four-way leaders summit on Ukraine to take place December 9: France
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Paris on December 9 in an attempt to advance efforts in search of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the French presidency said on Friday.
Tunisia’s Ennahda names Habib Jemli as choice for PM
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda, which came first in last month’s parliamentary elections, has named Habib Jemli, a former junior agriculture minister, as its choice to become prime minister, party spokesman Imed Khemiri said on Friday.
UK’s Labour plans high-speed connection to voter hearts with BT nationalization
Britain’s opposition Labour Party plans to nationalize BT’s broadband network to provide free internet for all if it wins power, making a radical election pledge to roll back 35 years of private ownership that caught both the company and its shareholde…
Ukraine says detains senior Islamic State militant
Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said on Friday it had detained a senior Islamic State militant, Al Bara Shishani, who illegally came to Ukraine in 2018.
Russia exchanges spies with Lithuania, Norway in Cold War-style swap
Russia freed two Lithuanians and a Norwegian on Friday in return for two Russian spies held in Lithuania, in a Cold War-style spy swap that brought several high profile espionage cases to a close.
Israel says it is probing ‘harm to civilians’ from deadly Gaza air strike
Israel’s military said on Friday it was investigating “harm caused to civilians” from an air strike it carried out in Gaza that Palestinian medics said killed eight members of one family including five children.
Pope compares politicians who rage against gays to Hitler
Pope Francis said on Friday politicians who rage against homosexuals, gypsies and Jews remind him of Hitler.
North Korea calls U.S. Democrat Biden a ‘rabid dog’ nearing death
North Korea’s state media on Friday stepped up a personal attack on former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden for slandering its leader, calling the Democratic presidential candidate “a rabid dog” that needed to be put down.
Highway blockade reveals splits in Hong Kong protest movement
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters partially unblocked a key highway on Friday and then blocked it again during the evening rush hour, exposing splits in a movement that has been largely leaderless in months of often violent unrest.
