Prince Harry highlights daily threat of climate change on visit to Fiji
Britain’s Prince Harry said on Wednesday climate change was a daily threat for the people of Fiji, and announced scholarships to study the problem, as he toured, with his wife Meghan, the South Pacific nation on the front line of global warming.
Bulgarian government survives no-confidence vote over healthcare
Bulgaria’s government survived a no-confidence vote on Wednesday brought by the opposition Socialists who accused it of failing to overhaul the ailing healthcare sector.
UK PM May to address her lawmakers after attacks over Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May will address Conservative Party lawmakers at a private meeting in parliament on Wednesday after anger at her Brexit negotiating strategy prompted some of them to discuss replacing her.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in West Bank raid: medical official
Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man and wounded three others during a raid in a village in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a Palestinian medical official said.
Senior U.S. government officials to skip major China import fair in November
The United States does not plan to send senior government officials to attend a major import expo in Shanghai next month, a U.S. embassy spokesman said on Wednesday, urging Beijing to end what he called harmful and unfair trade practices.
France plans to repatriate children of jihadist fighters in Syria
France is working to bring back children held by Syrian Kurdish forces and belonging to suspected French Islamist militants, but will leave their mothers to be prosecuted by local authorities, French officials said.
Greek former minister detained over alleged defense procurements kickbacks
Greek prosecutors have ordered the pre-trial detention of a former Socialist minister accused of accepting kickbacks from arms manufacturers in defense procurements, judicial sources said.
Hurricane Willa weakens while hurtling inland from Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Willa’s fierce winds began to ease as the powerful storm barreled inland over Mexico early on Wednesday, leaving power outages and toppled trees on the coast but no deaths, an official said.
Japan PM Abe ‘relieved’ at hostage’s release but awaits confirmation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he was relieved that a Japanese hostage believed to have been captured in Syria three years ago had been released, but added that the government still needed to confirm the man’s identity.
Hurricane Willa batters Mexico, sparking floods, outages
Hurricane Willa slammed into Mexico’s Pacific coast late on Tuesday, raking it with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) that brought power outages, buffeted buildings, and dumped torrential rain on tourist resorts where thousands of people had moved to safety.
