UK PM Johnson says tempers need to calm down amid Brexit fury
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday tempers needed to calm down and that getting Brexit resolved would “lance the boil” after a vitriolic confrontation with lawmakers in parliament a day earlier.
Trump and Ukraine: timeline of events in the controversy
U.S. President Donald Trump’s interactions with Ukraine have prompted an extraordinary whistleblower complaint that the Republican used his powers to pressure a foreign leader to investigate one of his chief Democratic rivals.
Hong Kong protesters block streets at stadium after leader’s ‘open dialogue’
Hong Kong protesters chanting anti-government slogans blocked roads around a stadium where city leader Carrie Lam held a first “open dialogue” with the people on Thursday in her bid to end more than three months of often violent unrest.
UK’s business committee to investigate Thomas Cook collapse
The British parliament’s business committee has launched an inquiry into the collapse of travel group Thomas Cook and will seek to question the management over issues such as executive pay and accounting practices.
Sudan closes borders with Libya, Central African Republic
Sudan’s transitional government ordered the immediate closure of the nation’s borders with Libya and Central African Republic on Thursday, citing unspecified security and economic “dangers”.
UK customs says staff shortage won’t mean Brexit anarchy; France says ‘smart border’ ready
Britain does not have enough customs agents to cope with the additional stresses of a no-deal Brexit, one of the officials responsible for infrastructure at its border with the EU said on Thursday, though she dismissed fears of “anarchy in the UK”.
Ukrainian leader’s rivals use Trump call to kick him, voters more forgiving
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s political opponents rebuked him on Thursday over what they said was his amateurish handling of a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing him of damaging important international alliances.
UK royals give Boaty McBoatface polar ship its official name
Prince William and his wife Kate formally named a new British polar research ship “Sir David Attenborough” on Thursday, a more dignified title than the public’s choice of “Boaty McBoatface”.
Five years after mass student kidnapping, Mexico digs for remains in new dump
Mexican officials have begun scouring new sites for the remains of 43 student teachers including a garbage dump near where they disappeared five years ago, after re-opening a case that plunged the last government into a crisis.
Britain’s Johnson, in talks with Iran’s Rouhani, urges release of imprisoned dual nationals
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the immediate release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals imprisoned in Iran during a meeting with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in New York on Tuesday, a Downing Street spokesperson s…
