UK PM Johnson to reveal his final Brexit plan as early as Tuesday: Telegraph
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will reveal his final Brexit plan to European Union leaders as early as Tuesday, the Telegraph reported https://bit.ly/2o0UEtW on Monday.
Venezuela’s Maduro says Trump merits ‘a thousand impeachments’
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, under fire all year to quit from the United States and its allies, exulted on Monday in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, though he did not expect the White House to let up against him.
Hungarian premier Orban: conditions for EU funds just ‘political slogan’
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday said a proposal to make EU development funds conditional on upholding democratic principles and the rule of law was no more than a “political slogan” used to attack member states.
North Korea won’t give up nuclear weapons: ex-Trump adviser Bolton
North Korea has no intention of giving up its nuclear weapons and Pyongyang benefits from stalling in its standoff with Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump’s ousted national security adviser John Bolton said in a speech on Monday.
Moroccan court jails journalist on abortion charge that she denies
A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced a journalist to a year in prison for sex outside marriage and having an abortion, both of which she denied, in a case that has outraged rights activists, who say the charges are politically motivated.
Hungary’s Orban nominates Oliver Varhelyi for EU Commissioner job
Hungary’s top EU envoy in Brussels, Oliver Varhelyi, will step in as Budapest’s candidate for European commissioner, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference on Monday, confirming earlier reports.
Nigerian police free 19 women and girls from Lagos ‘baby factory’: statement
Police in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, have freed 19 women and girls who had mostly been abducted and impregnated by captors planning to sell their babies.
Naturalized U.S. citizen charged with being agent of China
A naturalized U.S. citizen working as a tour guide in the San Francisco area was charged on Monday with being an agent of the Chinese government, providing officials there with classified U.S. national security information.
Peru’s Congress defies Vizcarra’s threat to dismiss lawmakers in key vote
Peru’s opposition-run Congress voted to elect the first of up to six new justices to the country’s top court in a plenary session on Monday, in defiance of President Martin Vizcarra’s threat to close parliament if it did so.
Ugandan presidential hopeful Bobi Wine denounces government ban of his ‘red beret’ symbol
Ugandan pop star and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine has denounced the government’s banning of civilian use of red berets, a symbol of his “People Power” movement that he hopes to use to oust longtime President Yoweri Museveni.
