Kenya policemen go on trial over killing of UK aristocrat’s son
A trial of four Kenyan policemen accused of killing the son of a British aristocrat began in a Mombasa court on Tuesday, with prosecutors saying they plan to bring 45 witnesses to testify.
Cardiff City soccer player Sala missing after plane disappears over English Channel
Cardiff City’s new soccer star Emiliano Sala was on board a light aircraft that disappeared en route to the Welsh capital where he was to join up with the team, France’s civil aviation authority said on Tuesday.
Sweden drops tax probe into man at center of Nobel scandal
Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority (ECA) said on Tuesday it had dropped a tax probe into the man at the center of a scandal that forced the postponement of the 2018 Nobel Prize for literature.
Russia’s Putin says peace deal with Japan will be hard work
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday there was lots of hard work ahead to reach a peace treaty with Japan.
Japan’s Abe: Putin and I are determined to resolve island row
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had confirmed their determination to find a solution to a decades-long territorial dispute during talks in Moscow on Tuesday.
‘Hola, I’m Mike Pence’: U.S. VP delivers message of support to Venezuelans
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence issued a video message of support to Venezuelans on Tuesday to encourage those who are protesting against President Nicolas Maduro and underline U.S. backing for opposition leader Juan Guaido.
Franco-Italian relations not at risk despite migrant row: Italy’s PM
Relations between Italy and France remain strong despite recent rows over immigration, Italy Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday, looking to ease an increasingly harsh war of words between Rome and Paris.
Drunk Russian man detained after failed attempt to hijack plane
A drunk Russian man who unsuccessfully tried to hijack an Aeroflot passenger flight was detained by police on Tuesday after the plane made an emergency landing in Siberia, Russian investigators said.
Car bomb kills one, injures 14 in Syria: state media
A car bomb detonated in the government-held Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding 14, Syrian state media reported.
France, Germany try to ‘show the way forward’ for embattled EU project
The leaders of France and Germany signed a new treaty on Tuesday to update their 1963 post-war reconciliation accord, aiming to reinvigorate the European Union’s main axis as growing euroskeptic nationalism tests the bloc’s cohesion.
