Italy’s coalition solves tax row, seeks ‘dialogue’ with Europe
Italy’s ruling coalition patched up a row over a tax amnesty on Saturday and struck a more conciliatory tone toward EU institutions, saying it wanted to discuss its budget plans with Brussels.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he can keep central bank chief Goldfajn in the job
Brazil’s far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he could keep acclaimed central bank chief Ilan Goldfajn in the job.
Saudi courts will look at Khashoggi case: justice minister
The case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi took place on Saudi sovereign territory and it will be looked at by Saudi courts when all procedures are complete, Saudi Arabia’s justice minister said in a statement issued by state news agency SPA on Saturday.
U.S.-bound migrant caravan stuck on Guatemalan border with Mexico
Hundreds of Central Americans in a U.S.-bound migrant caravan were stuck on Guatemala’s border with Mexico on Saturday as efforts began, under pressure from Washington, to send some home and stop their journey northward.
Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi died in consulate, Merkel says explanation ‘inadequate’
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside its Istanbul consulate, its first admission of his death after two weeks of denials that have shaken Western relations with the kingdom.
Former Dutch prime minister, Wim Kok, dies at 80
Wim Kok, a former Dutch prime minister who helped forge the country’s famed consensus-based politics and oversaw pioneering legalizations of euthanasia and gay marriage, died on Saturday of heart failure.
Italy’s PM says government in full accord over tax measures
Italy’s ruling coalition has overcome divisions over a tax amnesty included in next year’s budget, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Saturday.
Germany’s Merkel condemns Khashoggi’s killing, demands Saudis explain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul and said explanations so far given of the circumstances of his death were inadequate.
Hundreds of thousands take to streets in London demanding second Brexit vote
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the European Union marched through London on Saturday in the biggest demonstration so far to demand that the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit.
Afghan voters brave attacks, delays on election day
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least 15 people as voting concluded in parliamentary elections overshadowed by the threat of violence and long delays at polling stations.
