Climate records tumble as Europe swelters in heatwave
Soaring temperatures broke records in France, Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday as a heatwave gripped Europe for the second time in a month, in what scientists said were becoming more frequent events as the planet heats up.
Spain’s Sanchez loses vote to be confirmed as PM
Spain’s acting Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a parliamentary vote on Thursday to be confirmed in the job, raising the chance of a repeat election.
British PM to speak with EU’s Juncker amid push to break Brexit deadlock
New British Prime Boris Johnson will speak by telephone with the European Union’s chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday afternoon at 15.45 GMT, an EU spokeswoman said, as he vowed to seek better Brexit terms from the bloc.
Nuclear talks in doubt as North Korea tests ballistic missiles, envoy cancels trip
North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its first missile test since Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to revive denuclearization talks last month.
Argentine waste pickers find livelihood, community in mountain of trash
Lorena Pastoriza, 45, is one of hundreds of informal waste pickers sifting thousand tonnes of trash per day in the poor neighborhood of José León Suárez in Argentina, making ends meet by organizing the rubbish left behind by others.
Turkey mulls possible operation east of Euphrates in Syria
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with military officials to discuss a possible operation in northern Syria, the ministry said on Thursday, a day after Ankara warned it would act if a planned safe zone could not be agreed with the United States….
Ukraine detains Russian tanker, Moscow warns of consequences
Ukraine said on Thursday it had detained a Russian tanker for its alleged involvement in the seizure of three Ukrainian vessels by Russia in November, and Moscow threatened consequences if Russian citizens were “taken hostage”.
Brazil President Bolsonaro’s cellphones targeted by hackers: Justice Ministry
Cellphones used by President Jair Bolsonaro were a target of cyber attacks, the Brazilian Justice Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, after being briefed about the incident by the federal police “as a matter of national security.”
Tunisia’s Essebsi, leading figure in shift to democracy, dies at 92
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped guide the North African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, died on Thursday and the country set in train a process toward picking his successor.
White House to fight ruling blocking asylum rule
The White House said on Thursday it would fight a federal judge’s decision blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
