Russia fines CNN broadcaster for volume violations
Russia’s federal anti-monopoly service FAS said on Tuesday it fined a media group that broadcasts CNN International in Russia 200,000 rubles ($3,000) for breaking volume regulations in its programming.
Polish PM seeks explanations over report minister sought to discredit judges
Poland’s prime minister demanded explanations on Tuesday about accusations that a deputy minister sought to discredit judges critical of the government’s judicial reforms by planting media rumors about their private lives.
Pompeo says North Korea talks have not resumed as quickly as hoped: CBS
The United States has not returned to the negotiation table with North Korea as quickly as it had hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be ‘bumps on the road’ in the denuclearization talks….
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo says ISIS strong in some areas: CBS
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged on Tuesday that Islamic State militants are gaining strength in some areas but said the militant group’s capacity to conduct attacks has been greatly diminished.
Libya sends mobile petrol stations to conflict-hit west
Libyan state employee Akrm Jlaidi drives for ninety minutes to the suburbs of the capital Tripoli every week to fill his car at a mobile fuel station. Typically he waits for hours. Sometimes he returns home empty-handed as fuel shortages worsen.
Some Russian radiation sensors back online: global network operator
The radioactive-particle sensors of at least one of the stations in Russia that went offline after a mysterious blast in the country’s far north are transmitting again, the operator of the global network to which they belong said on Tuesday.
Shots fired after man in Brazil hijacks bus, takes dozens of hostages
An armed man hijacked a bus in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, taking 37 commuters hostage before freeing six of them, officials and local media said.
Death toll from Burkina Faso militant attack rises to 24: army
The Burkina Faso military said 24 soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified militants on an army unit on Monday, updating a previous death toll of 10.
Exclusive: EU contests Johnson letter, says backstop only way to keep Irish border open – document
The European Union “contests” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for the Brexit backstop to be dropped and regrets his bid to scrap a “necessary, legally operative solution” to avoid erecting an Irish border, a document seen by Reuters says.
Ghana cashes in on slave heritage tourism
In a clearing at the turnoff to Assin Manso, a billboard depicts two African slaves in loincloths, their arms and legs in chains. Beside them are the words, “Never Again!”
