Swiss voters approve tighter gun control: TV
Swiss voters agreed on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.
Swiss voters approve tax and pension overhaul: TV
Swiss voters easily approved on Sunday a shake-up of the country’s corporate tax system, heading off what its finance minister had called an existential threat to Switzerland’s role as a business hub, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.
Kremlin waiting for U.S. decision on Putin-Trump meeting: Ifax
The Kremlin said on Sunday it hopes a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump takes place, but that it has not received a definitive decision from Washington on the matter, Interfax news agency reported.
UK’s opposition will not back ‘fundamentally’ unchanged Brexit bill
The leader of Britain’s opposition said he would not support Prime Minister Theresa May’s new attempt to push through her Brexit bill if it was fundamentally the same as the bill that had been defeated three times before.
Austrian chancellor, president to discuss election after far-right video scandal
Austria’s chancellor and president will discuss a date on Sunday for an early parliamentary election and the makeup of a caretaker government, after a video sting brought down the leader of the far-right junior partners in the ruling coalition.
Modi’s jobs deficit: J&J’s largest India plant idle three years after completion
It was supposed to be Johnson & Johnson’s biggest manufacturing plant in India. It was to eventually employ at least 1,500 people and help bring development to a rural area near Hyderabad in southern India.
In coal we trust: Australia’s voters back PM Morrison’s faith in fossil fuel
Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison once brandished a lump of coal in parliament, crying, “This is coal – don’t be afraid!” His surprise win in what some dubbed the ‘climate election’ may have stunned the country, but voters should kno…
Australian PM heads to church, football after ‘miracle’ election win
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison thanked his fellow Pentecostal churchgoers on Sunday after a miraculous election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls and bruised a Labor opposition that had been widely expected to win.
Iran is not pursuing war: Revolutionary Guards chief
Iran is not pursuing war, the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to the Fars news agency.
Miracle win offers Australian PM authority and government stability
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have won more than just another three years in office for his conservative coalition government.
