New environment minister says Japan should stop using nuclear power
Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.
Colombia’s armed forces on alert over Venezuela military exercises
The Colombian military is on alert in response to Venezuelan armed forces exercises along the two nations’ border that Colombia considers an open threat, a senior military commander said on Wednesday.
Islamists kill nine soldiers in northeast Nigeria: sources
Islamist militants killed nine Nigerian soldiers in an attack on a military base in the northeast of the country, three soldiers and an official from a security agency said on Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum crackdown
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration polic…
‘You will never break our will’: Palestinians to Netanyahu after annexation pledge
Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley said on Wednesday they have been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to annex, and they vowed never to give it up.
Syrian rebels say Russian-backed forces prepare to resume offensive
Syrian rebel fighters on Wednesday said Russian-backed forces were amassing troops in preparation for resuming a five-month offensive in northwest Syria after a second day of raids by jets believed to be Russian threatened to end a fragile ceasefire.
Brazil foreign minister says ‘there is no climate change catastrophe’
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo denied on Wednesday that his country was burning down the Amazon rainforest and said unfounded alarm over global climate change was threatening Brazilian sovereignty.
UK’s worst-case no-deal Brexit plan confirms scenario’s ‘severe risks’: Labour Party
The worst-case Brexit plan published by the UK government on Wednesday has confirmed the “severe risks” of a no-deal Brexit scenario, the Brexit spokesman of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said.
The race is on: Canada’s campaign features planes, songs and… vasectomies
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday formally launched a six-week campaign for re-election in which he and his rivals will crisscross the country in planes and on buses to try to win over voters.
Defying Trump, U.S. senators renew pressure on Saudis with focus on Yemen: letter
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators revived an effort to pressure Saudi Arabia over human rights, by pushing the country to fulfill its commitment to provide $750 million this year to help the people of Yemen, according to a letter seen by Reuters …
