British PM Johnson appalled after 39 bodies found in container
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was appalled after 39 bodies were found in a container east of London.
French police arrest man holed up in museum on French Riviera
French police said they had arrested a man who had been holed up in a museum in the town of Saint Raphael by the French Riviera.
Goldman Sachs sees short Brexit delay, expects deal to pass
Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that it still expected the UK parliament to approve Britain’s Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union, and that there would be a “technical extension” to Brexit of three or four weeks beyond the Oct. 31 deadline.
Stand-off at Ethiopian activist’s home amid tensions with PM: Reuters witness
Hundreds of supporters of an Ethiopian ethnic activist and media entrepreneur gathered outside his house on Wednesday, a day after it was surrounded by security forces following a warning by the prime minister against media owners “fomenting unrest”.
British police find 39 bodies in a truck container
British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate to the east of London on Wednesday.
Brexit uncertainty weighing on UK credit quality: Moody’s
Britain still faces significant uncertainties about Brexit which will drag on the country’s economy for some time with negative implications for borrowers, ratings agency Moody’s said on Wednesday.
Lion Air families told 737 MAX design flaws linked to deadly crash
Mechanical and design issues contributed to the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October, Indonesian investigators told victims’ families in a briefing on Wednesday ahead of the release of a final report.
North Korea’s Kim vows to clear ‘shabby’ South Korea relics from Kumgang resort
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea’s “backward” and “shabby” facilities at the North’s Mt Kumgang resort must be removed and rebuilt in a modern way, state media reported on Wednesday, in the latest sign of cooling relations between the n…
Man sets himself on fire outside U.N. refugee agency: spokeswoman
A man set himself on fire outside the U.N. refugee agency headquarters in Geneva on Wednesday and was evacuated by medical services, a spokeswoman said.
Elite police unit at southern French museum where a man is holed up
Local officials in southern France said on Wednesday that elite “RAID” police were carrying out an operation at a museum in Saint Raphael where a man was thought to be holed up.
