Paris commuters hit by transport strike over pension overhaul
Parisian commuters faced travel chaos on Friday as transport workers went on strike over plans to reduce their retirement privileges in a challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans.
Climate-change activists’ plan to disrupt Heathrow with drones frustrated
Climate-change activists who planned to disrupt Heathrow airport with drones were frustrated early on Friday as the devices failed to fly and Europe’s biggest airport continued to operate as usual.
London’s Heathrow airport says no disruption from activists’ drones
London’s Heathrow Airport said there had been no disruption to operations by climate activists who planned to fly drones near the airport to ground flights on Friday, with British police saying they had arrested two men at the airport.
Organizers postpone Hong Kong women’s tennis event due to protests
Hong Kong’s premier women’s tennis event scheduled for October has been postponed due to the pro-democracy protests, organizers announced on Friday.
Seven dead, 10 hurt in southeast Turkey blast: governor’s office
Seven people were killed and 10 were wounded in southeast Turkey when an improvised explosive placed on a road went off as a vehicle carrying villagers was passing, a governor’s office in the region said.
New Zealand’s PM Ardern acts to tighten gun laws further, six months after attack
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to parliament on Friday that aims to further tighten gun laws, as the country marks six months since the mass shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers.
Exclusive: China prods state firms to boost investment in crisis-hit Hong Kong
China has called on its biggest state firms to take a more active role in Hong Kong, including stepping up investment and asserting more control of companies in the financial hub, executives familiar with the matter said, as Beijing attempts to calm mo…
South Korea’s Moon, Trump expected to meet at U.N. amid hopes for new North Korea talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump are expected to hold a summit at the United Nations this month, Moon’s office said on Friday, amid hopes for a restart of talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons progra…
United Nations to aid El Salvador anti-corruption body
The United Nations said on Thursday it will send a delegation to El Salvador within days as a first step toward supporting a newly unveiled national commission to combat corruption in the Central American country.
Australia lobbies for release of three citizens held by Iran
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met last week with her Iranian counterpart, seeking to secure release of three citizens held by Tehran.
