Colombia to postpone pensions overhaul until next year: minister
Colombia will not overhaul its pension system this year as the government needs time to analyze its impact before submitting the bill to Congress, the minister of labor said on Tuesday.
Factbox: How will the confidence vote in UK PM May’s government work?
British lawmakers will on Wednesday vote on whether they have confidence in the government, after Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered a heavy defeat in parliament.
EU leaders express dismay after May’s Brexit defeat
European Union leaders expressed dismay and regret on Tuesday after the British parliament rejected a Brexit divorce deal, saying they were stepping up emergency planning and warned London was running out of time.
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo says to visit Kuwait ‘in coming days’: KUNA
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called his Kuwaiti counterpart to confirm he would visit the Gulf Arab country “in the coming days”, state news agency KUNA said on Wednesday, after cutting short a Middle East tour due to a death in the family.
Ireland says Britain’s divorce deal cannot be renegotiated
Ireland said it was the clear position of the European Union that Britain’s draft divorce deal with the bloc was not open for renegotiation, even after its crushing defeat in the British parliament on Tuesday.
UK PM May’s statement to parliament after Brexit vote defeat
British Prime Minister Theresa May made the following statement in parliament after lawmakers voted against her proposed exit deal with the European Union by the large majority of 432 to 202.
Hundreds join demonstration in poor district of Sudan’s capital
Hundreds of protesters turned out to demonstrate against President Omar al-Bashir’s rule in a densely populated neighborhood of the Sudanese capital Khartoum late on Tuesday before being dispersed by security forces, witnesses said.
‘We are staring down the barrel’: reactions to PM May’s Brexit deal defeat
European Union leaders said they would step up preparations for a no-deal Brexit and business groups reacted with alarm after British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday.
Brexit bedlam: May’s EU withdrawal deal crushed by 230 votes in parliament
British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.
Stand aside and make way for our deal, Britain’s Labour tells May
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said on Tuesday it was pressing for a new national election because its alternative plan for leaving the European Union was the only one that could pass through parliament and unite the country.
