Italy’s coalition to work to avert EU disciplinary action over budget: PM’s office
Italy’s coalition leaders have agreed to work together to avert European Union disciplinary action over Rome’s worsening public finances after a late-night meeting with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Monday, the prime minister’s office said.
Italian deputy PM Di Maio says coalition meeting went well
Deputy Italian Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said a late-night coalition meeting had gone well and the government would work to raise workers’ pay and to cut taxes in the next budget.
Four bodies found as salvage crews lift capsized Hungarian boat
Salvage crews recovered four bodies on Tuesday as they slowly lifted the wreck of a boat two weeks after it capsized on the Danube River in Budapest with a group of South Korean tourists on board, officials said.
Three missing after blast on oil tanker in Russia’s Makhachkala
Three people were missing and two injured on Tuesday after a blast on an oil tanker caused a fire while it was pumping oil in the southern Russian port of Makhachkala, Russia’s Transport Ministry said.
New Zealand selects Lockheed C-130J as preferred military transport replacement
New Zealand on Tuesday said it had selected Lockheed Martin Corp’s C-130J Super Hercules as the preferred replacement for five aging C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, a choice in line with its closest allies.
China says its Panchen Lama made first trip outside country in May
A youth appointed by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans made his first trip outside the country last month, attending events in Thailand, Chinese state media reported.
UK PM candidate Harper: I want a new Brexit deal
Mark Harper, one of the candidates vying to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said he would seek a new Brexit deal and could not promise the exit would happen by Oct. 31.
Seven drown after migrant boat overturns off Greek island of Lesbos
Two children, four women and a man drowned when a boat carrying them overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, the coast guard said, the deadliest incident this year involving migrants trying to reach Greece.
Hundreds detained as Kazakhs protest ‘rigged’ election
Police in Kazakhstan’s biggest city were put on high alert overnight as protests against what many see as a rigged presidential election continued, resulting in hundreds of people being detained, police sources said on Tuesday.
Australia PM to meet national broadcaster after police raids
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he will meet with executives from the national broadcaster on Tuesday as he sought to calm tensions following two police raids against prominent media organizations.
