EU gives May till October for Brexit, seeking clarity
European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from France.
New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms to be surrendered in a guns buy-back scheme after parliament passed tough new firearm laws in the wake of the country’s worst peacetime mass shooting.
India’s giant election gets underway with voting in first of 7 phases
Indians began voting on Thursday in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi gunning for a second term having campaigned strongly on his national security record following a flare up in tensions with Pakistan.
Australians go to the polls in a ‘fair go’ election on May 18
Australians will go to the polls in a general election on May 18 after Prime Minister Scott Morrison fired the starting gun on Thursday on a campaign set to be fought over taxation, climate change and inequality.
North Korea’s Kim says must deliver ‘blow’ to those imposing sanctions: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needs to deliver a “telling blow” to those imposing sanctions by ensuring its economy is more self-reliant, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday.
Pushing the envelope: Money politics mars Indonesian poll
Shanti Ramchand learned quickly what was expected when she began campaigning in Jakarta for Indonesia’s national parliament – distribute envelopes of cash at a small campaign event, and gift a motorcycle or an air-conditioning unit to the community leader.
Voting begins in India’s gigantic election spread over 7 phases
India’s mammoth general election began on Thursday, with people starting to line up outside polling stations in the world’s biggest democratic exercise that will be carried out in seven phases.
Chinalco bauxite train derails in Henan province, six people missing
A train carrying bauxite owned by China’s biggest state-controlled aluminum producer, Chinalco, derailed on Wednesday night, local government said in a statement on the Twitter-like Weibo.
EU gives PM May ‘flexible’ Brexit recess to October 31
European Union leaders gave Theresa May a new Brexit deadline of Oct. 31, four months longer than the prime minister asked for, in a move the EU summit chair said would let Britain resolve its domestic deadlock on the issue.
Merkel says October deadline gives best chance for orderly Brexit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that the extension of Britain’s exit from the European Union until the end of October gave the best chance of an orderly Brexit.
