UK PM May: Losing Brexit vote would necessitate no-deal preparation
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that if she loses a vote in parliament to approve her Brexit deal, some preparations for leaving the European Union without an agreement would need to be undertaken.
Kremlin says Washington has confirmed Trump-Putin meeting on December 1
The United States has confirmed that a meeting in Argentina between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would go ahead on Saturday at a G20 summit, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
Blockchain platform goes live for North Sea crude oil trading
Oil majors and trading firms can start finalizing crude oil deals on a live blockchain-based platform for the first time, in a move that could revolutionize the market.
Sri Lanka parliament to cut PM’s budget amid weeks-long political crisis
Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday agreed to cut the budget of the Prime Minister’s office, a move designed to hinder disputed premier Mahinda Rajapaksa whose supporters boycotted the vote amid a weeks-long political crisis that shows no sign of ending…
U.N. says Astana meeting on Syria a missed opportunity, no progress
Russia, Turkey and Iran failed to make any tangible progress in setting up a Syrian constitutional committee at a meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana, the office of U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said in a statement on Thursday.
Russia to build new missile early-warning radar station in Crimea: Ifax
Russia plans to build a new missile early-warning radar station in Crimea next year, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing a Crimean security source.
Yemen’s peace talks to start in Sweden next week: British envoy
U.N.-sponsored peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties are expected to start next week in Sweden, Britain’s envoy to Yemen said on Thursday, as Western allies press for an end to the war that has pushed the country to the verge of starvation.
EU’s Barnier tells Britain this Brexit deal is ‘the only one possible’
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Britain on Thursday the Brexit deal the bloc agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the only one possible.
South Korean court angers Japan with order to compensate wartime laborers
South Korea’s top court ruled on Thursday that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd must compensate 10 South Koreans for their forced labor during World War Two, a ruling that drew an immediate rebuke from Tokyo.
DUP leader says open to alternative Brexit solutions: BBC radio
The leader of the Northern Irish party that props up Britain’s Conservative government said on Thursday it was open to alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union, which it does not support.
