UK Conservatives’ Scotland leader set to quit: Sun
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland, is set to quit due to political disagreements with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the pressures of being a new mother, the Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Former UK finance minister Hammond says move to block no-deal Brexit will have to be next week
British lawmakers who want to stop a possible no-deal Brexit will have to take action next week, former finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to suspend parliament from late September.
At least 25 killed in ‘horrendous’ arson attack on bar in Mexico
At least 25 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late on Tuesday, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, in a fresh blow to his efforts to curb violence.
Hamas says Gaza blasts that killed three policemen were suicide bombings
Hamas said on Wednesday that explosions that killed three police officers in Gaza on Tuesday were carried out by two suicide bombers and that an investigation was underway to discover who sent them.
Deutsche Bank still sees 50:50 chance of no-deal Brexit
Deutsche Bank on Wednesday retained its estimate that there is a 50:50 chance Britain will crash out of the European Union without a deal with Brussels following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament.
EU’s softer tone a ploy to sidestep blame in case of a no-deal Brexit
The European Union has softened its tone on Brexit in recent days, but officials and diplomats say this is more likely an attempt to sidestep blame in a worst-case outcome than a shift to accommodate Boris Johnson’s demands.
Russia says ready to be guarantor for any Afghan peace deal between U.S. and Taliban
Russia is ready to be a guarantor of any peace deal for Afghanistan agreed between the United States and the Taliban, the Russian foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
U.S. will not release Mideast peace plan before Israeli election
The United States will not release the long-delayed political portion of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan before Israel’s elections, White House Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt said on Wednesday.
Trump adviser Bolton tells Ukraine: Beware Chinese influence
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser told Ukraine on Wednesday to avoid being lured into China’s orbit by what he called Beijing’s “debt diplomacy” amid a Chinese move to buy a Ukrainian aerospace giant.
U.S. opens Venezuelan diplomatic office in neighboring Colombia
The State Department on Wednesday launched a U.S. representative office for Venezuela in Bogota, Colombia and said it will continue its opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and support for opposition leader Juan Guaido from there.
