DUP will not back Brexit deal if UK PM Johnson accepts more concessions: HuffPost
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party will not support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal if he has to make more concessions to the European Union to get it done, the HuffPost reported on Tuesday.
North Korea World Cup qualifier with South played to empty stands
Long-time foes North and South Korea played a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, their first football match in the North in 30 years, but no fans were allowed in the stands and Pyongyang refused to broadcast the game live.
Consortium in Georgia accuses government of sabotaging major port project
The consortium behind one of the biggest projects in ex-Soviet Georgia, the construction of the major deep sea port Anaklia on the Black Sea coast, has accused the government of sabotage and put the project on hold, its director general said on Tuesday…
Taxi drivers protest in Serbia’s capital over ride-sharing service
Taxi drivers in the Serbian capital Belgrade blocked the city center on Tuesday to protest the impact of a ride-sharing service on their business and to call on the government to ban it.
Irish PM says Brexit talks make progress and going in the right direction
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday that Brexit talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union had made progress and were moving in the right direction.
Report of imminent Brexit deal ‘premature’: EU officials
A report that Britain and the European Commission are close to agreeing on the text of a Brexit deal is “premature”, two EU officials said on Tuesday, though a third said there had been some “serious convergence of views” in technical talks.
UK’s Johnson and NATO’s Stoltenberg: Turkish operation in Syria must end
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed Turkey’s military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria needed to end, a spokeswoman for Johnson’s office said.
Russia says Syria in control of area around Manbij town: Ifax
Syrian forces have taken control of an area of more than 1,000 square kilometers around the northeastern Syrian town of Manbij, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defence.
China’s Xi, France’s Macron speak by phone: state TV
Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, State television reported on Tuesday.
Brazil building collapses, at least one dead: rescue worker
A seven-story residential building collapsed on Tuesday in the northeast Brazilian city of Fortaleza, killing at least one person, a rescue worker told TV channel GloboNews.
