From Alice in Wonderland to walking the dog: Germans recall fall of Berlin Wall
Dagmar Simdorn had been to visit her husband’s grave when she walked out of the cemetery and looked along her street toward the austere Berlin Wall checkpoint at Bernauer Strasse. There was an opening.
Brazil president confirms Foster tapped for embassy in Washington
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed on Thursday the nomination of Nestor Foster to be ambassador in Washington after backtracking on appointing his son, lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro.
Exhumation of former Spanish dictator is act of reconciliation says acting PM
The exhumation of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco was a step towards reconciliation, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday, after the general’s remains were removed from the state mausoleum where he was buried in 1975.
Riot-hit Chile presses forward with social reforms
Chile’s president and lawmakers prepared on Thursday to push forward social equality reforms after the easing of riots in the latest flashpoint of protests against South American leaders.
UK police investigating truck deaths can hold driver for another 24 hours
British police said on Thursday they had been given permission to hold the driver of a truck in which the bodies of 39 Chinese nationals were discovered for another 24 hours.
Erdogan says Turkey will crush Kurdish militants remaining in Syria ‘safe zone’
Turkey will use its right to crush Kurdish militia fighters if they have not withdrawn from a “safe zone” in northern Syria as per a truce agreement with the United States, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
UK Labour Party seeking compromise timetable for Brexit law: McDonnell
Britain’s opposition Labour Party is focused on finding a compromise timetable to consider Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal in parliament, but remains opposed to the divorce agreement, finance policy chief John McDonnell said on Thursday.
Thousands in Guinea march against president’s possible third term bid
Thousands took to the streets of Guinea on Thursday in the largest of a series of protests over a suspected effort by President Alpha Conde to seek a third term that have led to the jailing of a dozen opposition campaigners and politicians.
Britain will have to send a commissioner to Europe, von der Leyen says
Britain will have to propose a candidate for a commissioner in the next European Commission if it is still a member of the European Union after Oct. 31, incoming Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.
EU awards jailed Uighur activist rights prize, angering China
The European Parliament awarded its annual prize for the defense of human rights on Thursday to jailed ethnic Uighur economics professor Ilham Tohti, angering Beijing which called him a criminal and a terrorist.
