Poland backtracks on Supreme Court law contested by EU
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) rushed a legislative amendment through parliament on Wednesday reversing reforms it had made at the Supreme Court which the European Union had condemned as undemocratic.
EU demands Hungary explain why ex-Macedonia PM granted asylum
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban needs to offer a “sound explanation” of his country’s decision to grant political asylum to the former Macedonian prime minister, the European Union’s head of membership bids tweeted on Wednesday.
Merkel hopes Spain’s Brexit deal objection can be resolved by Sunday
Germany will back an agreement on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, and she hoped Spain’s objection to wording over the disputed British territory of Gibraltar could be resolved by Sunday.
China building on new reef in South China Sea, think tank says
China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a U.S. think tank.
Support for Polish ruling party slumps amid graft scandal
Support for Poland’s governing party has fallen, a survey published late on Tuesday showed, as it scrambles to contain fallout from the country’s biggest corruption scandal in years.
Gunmen kidnap Italian volunteer, shoot children near Kenya’s coast
Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer and shot and wounded a woman and four children in Kenya late on Tuesday, police and witnesses said – the first abduction of a foreigner there since raids blamed on Somali Islamist militants six years ago.
Sixteen charged in $76 million Danish fraud case: police
Sixteen people and three companies have been charged in Denmark with tax fraud and receiving stolen goods worth up to a combined 500 million Danish crowns ($76 million), Copenhagen police said on Wednesday.
American killed on remote Indian island barred to visitors
An American visitor to one of the islands in India’s remote Andaman and Nicobar chain has been killed by a community of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said on Wednesday.
Interpol elects South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as president
International police body Interpol elected Kim Jong-yang of South Korea as president on Wednesday, beating a Russian national whose candidacy had raised concerns in Europe and the United States about the risk of Kremlin interference.
Gunmen who abducted Italian near Kenya coast seemed to be of Somali origin, witness says
Gunmen who abducted an Italian volunteer near the Kenyan coast on Tuesday night appeared to be of Somali origin, a man who witnessed the attack told Reuters on Wednesday.
