November Brexit summit requires deal breakthrough in days: EU sources
The European Union believes a breakthrough on a Brexit treaty must come within a week if its leaders are to endorse any deal with Britain this month, several official and diplomatic sources in Brussels told Reuters on Wednesday.
As North Korea ponders economic reform, its top diplomat to visit Vietnam
North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, will visit Vietnam this month to learn about its model of economic reform, a diplomatic source and media reported on Wednesday.
Begging in Beijing? Pakistan sacks state TV chief after broadcast gaffe
Pakistan has removed the acting chief of state-run television after a caption read “Begging” instead “Beijing” during a broadcast of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China, which has promised economic aid to the impoverished South Asian country.
Spain’s PM aims to finish legislature, to present budget in December
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he aims to take the legislature through to the next election in 2020, and present the 2019 budget in December.
Macron plan to pay WW1 tribute to Nazi collaborator Petain stirs anger
President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday it was “legitimate” to pay tribute to Marshal Philippe Petain, who led the French army to victory in World War One’s Battle of Verdun but decades later collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War Two.
EU court sets Nov. 27 hearing on Brexit reversal case
Judges at the European Union’s highest court will hear a case on the Brexit process on Nov. 27, reviewing whether Britain could unilaterally withdraw its decision to leave the EU, the Court of Justice said in a statement on Wednesday.
A century after WW1, the search for a soldier’s identity
In a hospital mortuary in eastern France, the forensic doctor Bruno Fremont examines a gaping hole in the skull of a soldier killed by shrapnel a century ago, at the Battle of Verdun during World War One.
With eye on chancellery, Merkel protege wants new era in Germany
Pitching to succeed Angela Merkel as Christian Democrat (CDU) leader, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer promised on Wednesday a new chapter for Germany in which “people feel at home here” after a period of political turmoil marked by the rise of the far-right…
Latvian president nominates lawyer Bordans for PM post
Latvia’s president nominated Janis Bordans of the New Conservative Party as Prime Minister on Wednesday and gave him until November 21 to try to form a government following October elections that yielded a fragmented parliament.
Sixth body found under collapsed buildings in French city of Marseille
The body of a sixth victim has been found in the rubble of two dilapidated buildings that collapsed this week in the city of Marseille, said a public prosecutor official on Wednesday.
