EU to consider new supervisor in fight on money laundering
Banking scandals and growing crypto currency use have prompted European Union finance ministers to consider setting up a bloc-wide supervisor on money laundering at a meeting next week.
UK eurosceptic lawmaker welcomes Johnson’s Brexit plan, still has some concerns
The head of a group of eurosceptic lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party welcomed the government’s new Brexit plan on Wednesday but said he still had some concerns around elements of the deal.
EU says UK Brexit proposal has ‘positive advances’ but still ‘problematic points’
The proposal made on Wednesday by Britain for a deal on its departure from the European Union included “positive advances” but there are still “some problematic points that will need further work in the coming days”, the European Commission said.
U.N. investigator says Saudi royal adviser should be tried for Khashoggi killing
Supporters of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi called for justice a year after his death and a U.N. investigator said Saud al-Qahtani, a key adviser to the kingdom’s crown prince, should be put in the dock.
French police march in Paris for better working conditions
Thousands of French police officers marched in the streets of Paris on Wednesday, protesting against poor working conditions they say have led to dozens of suicides among their ranks since the beginning of the year.
UK parliament to be suspended again on October 8: Sky News
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend parliament again on Oct. 8 ahead of launching a new legislative program on Oct. 14, broadcaster Sky News said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
U.S. re-opens embassy in Somali capital amid persisting Islamist violence
The United States announced on Wednesday it had re-opened its embassy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, nearly three decades after it was shut down, underscoring deepening ties between the two nations amid persisting threats from Islamist group al Shabaa…
Putin backs Trump in U.S. domestic row, jokes about election meddling
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sided with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in the domestic political storm raging in the United States, and briefly joked that Moscow would hack the U.S. presidential election in 2020.
“I’m clean”, Macron’s EU candidate says over corruption claims
Sylvie Goulard, France’s choice to be the next head of European Union industrial policy, on Wednesday denied wrongdoing during her time as an EU lawmaker, the latest candidate to face a hostile reception in confirmation hearings for the EU executive.
UK Brexit plan like putting your head in crocodile’s mouth and hoping for the best: Farage
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposal to remove the Irish backstop from a Brexit deal is “like putting your head in a crocodile’s mouth and hoping for the best”, the leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage said on Wednesday.
