Two Nobel literature prizes to be awarded this year after Academy cleans house
Two Nobel prizes will be awarded for literature this year after the Swedish literary academy that chooses the winner cleaned house following scandals that prevented last year’s prize from being given, the Nobel Foundation said on Tuesday.
Queen marks 50th anniversary of investiture of son Charles as Prince of Wales
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth held a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the investiture of her oldest son Charles as Prince of Wales.
Hungary’s ruling party wants to stay in European People’s Party despite criticism
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s ruling Fidesz party wants to remain in the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), it said on Tuesday, despite growing pressure within the European Parliament’s biggest grouping to suspend or expel it.
Conservative Weber names conditions for Orban’s party to remain in EPP
Manfred Weber, the top conservative candidate for the upcoming EU elections, told a newspaper that Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban needed to stop his anti-EU rhetoric if he wanted his Fidesz party to remain in the European conservative party EPP….
Belarus leader seeks better ties with West despite Russian ‘hysterics’
Belarus will seek better ties with the West even though this provokes “hysterics” from its traditional ally Russia, long-serving President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday, a day after lifting a cap of five U.S. diplomats in his country.
South Africa’s mines minister calls on police to quell violence at Sibanye mine
Growing unrest at Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold operations has left nine people dead since workers downed tools in November, prompting the country’s mines minister to call on the police to step in and protect the local community.
Police called to London’s Waterloo station and City Airport over suspect packages
Police were called to London’s Waterloo station and to a building near London City Airport on Tuesday after reports of suspicious packages being found, although services were running as normal.
Brexit minister Barclay asks EU for help with citizens’ rights: letter
Brexit minister Stephen Barclay has asked the European Union for its “formal views” on a proposal to preserve citizens’ rights regardless of whether a Brexit deal is agreed, according a letter published by the government on Tuesday.
U.N. Myanmar expert wants tighter checks by Facebook and investors
Facebook, Twitter and foreign investors need to do more to ensure they support human rights in Myanmar, the U.N. Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee said in a report published on Tuesday.
Hair of the dogfighter: Indian pilot’s moustache all the fashion
Men across India, stirred into patriotic passion by an air force pilot shot down in a dogfight with arch-rival Pakistan, are copying the facial hair of their new hero.
