As PM May starts Brexit tour, deputy warns difficult to win parliament vote for now
Prime Minister Theresa May began a tour of the United Kingdom to drum up support for her Brexit divorce deal with the European Union, while her deputy said on Tuesday parliament might reject it if asked to vote on it now.
Political divisions cloud Poland climate talks
Divisions within Europe and tension between the United States and China pose major challenges to the next round of United Nations talks on climate change.
UNICEF, WHO launch polio vaccination campaign in Yemen
Aid agencies have launched a polio vaccination campaign in Yemen to inoculate up to five million children under the age of five across the impoverished Arab state whose healthcare system has been crippled by more than three years of war.
Factbox: A field guide to U.N. climate jargon
Representatives from around 195 countries meet in Poland from Dec. 2-14 to agree on the rules of a landmark climate pact. Decades of climate talks have spawned a host of acronyms and jargon. Here is a guide:
Germany to keep pressing for calming of Russia-Ukraine conflict
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday that Germany would not let up in its efforts to de-escalate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and it was more important than ever to reinvigorate talks between Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine says grain shipments may fall on more Russian naval aggression
Grain shipments from Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea could fall if Russia commits more aggressive actions, although the impact would be limited, acting Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Maksym Martyniuk said on Tuesday.
Honduran migrant, clutching two small children, flees tear gas
After nearly two weeks of documenting the harrowing journey of a caravan of mostly Central American migrants headed toward the U.S.-Mexican border, I snapped a picture I will never forget.
UK PM May and opposition leader agree to TV debate over Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May and opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn agreed to a prime time television debate on Brexit ahead of a crunch parliamentary vote as she struggles to win support for the deal agreed with the European Union.
Indonesia gives first report on deadly Lion Air crash on Wednesday
Indonesian investigators will deliver their first report into the Lion Air crash on Wednesday, a month after the brand-new Boeing 737 crashed into the sea, killing all 189 on board in the country’s second-worst air disaster.
Swiss aim for EU treaty deal only in 2019 as talks stall
The Swiss government aims to clinch a deal with the European Union on a new treaty governing relations in 2019, it said on Tuesday, again pushing back the timetable for an accord that both sides had intended to conclude this year.
