EU’s Tusk to meet UK’s Johnson at U.N. next Monday
European Council President Donald Tusk will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York on Monday, according to Tusk’s published agenda.
Russia criticizes U.S. general over plan to destroy Kaliningrad air defenses
Russia on Friday accused the United States of brazenly threatening it after a senior U.S. general said Washington had drawn up a plan in case it needed to destroy air defenses in Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave in Europe.
Russia, in rare volte-face, frees jailed actor after outcry
A Russian court on Friday ordered the release of an aspiring actor whose prison sentence for injuring a police officer on the sidelines of an opposition protest sparked a public outcry over alleged police brutality and judicial injustice.
‘Save our future’: Striking students demand global climate action
Hundreds of thousands of students, office workers and other protesters took to the streets around the world on Friday to demand global leaders gathering for a U.N. climate summit take urgent action to avert an environmental catastrophe.
Algerians defy police cordon in first protest since election call
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the center of Algiers on Friday in the first significant test of the months-old protest movement since the government called an election for December, a Reuters journalist said.
Indonesia’s ragtag firefighters on frontline of Borneo’s forest blazes
From soon after sunrise, a group of volunteers gathers every day on Indonesia’s portion of Borneo island to throw themselves into the desperate fight against the worst forest fires in years.
Drug and medical suppliers say urgently need Brexit freight plans
Makers and suppliers of life-saving drugs and medical devices say they have still not been told by British authorities how their goods will be handled if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal at the end of October.
Bloomberg reporters in Turkey seek acquittal over article on currency crisis
Two Bloomberg reporters and 17 other defendants sought their acquittal on Friday in a Turkish court case in which they are charged with spreading false information about the economy at the height of last year’s currency crisis.
Canada’s Trudeau takes campaign to ethnically diverse Toronto amid blackface scandal
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, embroiled in a blackface picture scandal, will appear on Friday in the country’s most ethnically diverse city where he will make an announcement on gun control in a bid to get his campaign back on issue.
China’s Xi speaks to Saudi Arabia’s King on phone: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Friday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
