Hong Kong leader focuses on housing as protesters head for the hills
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam promised to focus on housing and jobs to try to end three months of sometimes violent unrest, as pro-democracy demonstrators headed for the hills on Friday for a series of lantern-carrying Mid-Autumn Festival human chains.
Brexit frustrations make snap election a big gamble for Johnson
James Bowkett is a long-time Conservative Party supporter who voted in 2016 for Britain to leave the European Union.
U.N. refugee agency regrets U.S. ruling on asylum applications
The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday a U.S. Supreme Court order curbing asylum applications at the Mexican border could hurt people fleeing violence and persecution who are entitled to protection.
Czech state attorneys drop criminal charges against PM Babis
The Prague state attorney has halted criminal investigations into Prime Minister Andrej Babis, his family members and others, the attorney’s office said on Friday.
Paris commuter chaos as metro workers strike over pension reform
Parisian commuters faced travel misery on Friday as metro workers went on strike over plans to reduce their retirement privileges under President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing says he regrets protest comments were misrepresented
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing said on Friday he deeply regrets that recent comments he made regarding protests in the financial hub were misrepresented and reiterated that any actions that violate the rule of law cannot be tolerated.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried at national shrine, family says
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe will be buried at a national shrine in Harare on Sunday, the Mugabe family spokesman said on Friday, contradicting comments a day earlier which suggested the family was resisting the government’s burial plans.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried at national monument on Sunday: family
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe will be buried at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare on Sunday, Mugabe family spokesman Leo Mugabe told Reuters, rowing back from comments the family made a day earlier.
Pope Francis to visit Thailand, Japan in November
Pope Francis will visit Asia in November and will be the first pope in nearly four decades to make a trip to Thailand and Japan, Vatican sources said.
Northern Ireland’s DUP rules out Brexit backstop ‘by another name’
Northern Ireland’s largest political party on Friday said it would not allow the British region to be forced to accept EU regulations after Brexit, shooting down reports that such a move might unlock British negotiations on an EU exit deal.
