Tokarczuk and Handke win Nobel literature prizes, line drawn under 2018 scandal
Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and Polish author Olga Tokarczuk was named as the 2018 winner after a sexual assault scandal led to last year’s award being postponed.
UK Brexit planning minister Gove delighted by Johnson, Varadkar talks
Michael Gove, the British minister in charge of the government’s preparations for Brexit, said talks between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart on Thursday had been constructive and he was delighted they had reported progress.
Zelenskiy ready to open probe into any Ukraine meddling in Trump election
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he would be ready to open a probe into any Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and into the company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son was a board member.
For Putin, Turkish move into Syria a chance to ramp up Middle East role
Turkey’s incursion into Syria is an opportunity for Russia to dial up its influence in the region as Washington appears to be pulling back, but the risks to Moscow’s diplomacy will rise the longer the operation goes on, people close to the Kremlin say….
Kurdish-led SDF’s political arm in U.S. repeats call for Syria no-fly zone
A U.S. representative for the political arm of Kurdish-led fighters in northeast Syria on Thursday repeated a call to impose a no-fly zone amid a Turkish offensive in the area and urged the international community to help stop the attack.
Turkey must show restraint in Syria, NATO chief says
NATO expects Turkey to show restraint in its military operations in northern Syria, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.
Zelenskiy said would not send his aide to testify in the U.S
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he was not sure he would tell his aide Andriy Yermak to testify in the United States regarding the impeachment inquiry.
U.S. does not back Brazil for OECD membership: Brazil officials
The U.S. government said in a letter to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that it was backing Argentina and Romania for full membership, but made no mention of Brazil’s bid to join the rich nations club, sources in Brazi…
At least one protester killed in Ecuador in anti-austerity march
At least one indigenous protester was killed in unrest in Ecuador’s capital Quito amid protests that were expected to continue for an eighth day on Thursday against President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures.
Turkish minister says France’s Macron wants to divide Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of wanting to divide Syria, after France criticized Ankara’s military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria.
