Too much talk of unlikely no deal Brexit: Irish foreign minister
There is too much focus on the possible negative consequences of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a deal given that it is still an unlikely scenario, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.
Macron’s blunt response to bodyguard scandal sparks fresh anger
French President Emmanuel Macron came under fresh criticism from opposition leaders on Wednesday after appearing to dare opponents to take him on over a scandal surrounding his senior bodyguard and ripping into the media in front of supporters.
Europe launches Galileo navigation satellites amid Brexit row
Europe launched four more Galileo satellites on Wednesday, taking the number in orbit to 26 and moving a step closer to having its own navigation system, just as the program has become the latest flashpoint in Brexit negotiations.
Exclusive: Facebook takes down right-wing fake news network ahead of Brazil election – sources
Facebook Inc on Wednesday took down a network of pages and accounts used to spread fake news by members of a right-wing Brazilian activist group, sources told Reuters, as part of a crackdown ahead of an election in October.
Arab gunmen shut down Mali’s Timbuktu ahead of poll
Armed protesters from Mali’s Arab community fired shots into the air, burned tyres and torched vehicles in Timbuktu on Wednesday, bringing the desert city to a standstill days before an election seen as a test of stability across the country, officials…
House to house, Greece searches for missing in wildfire aftermath
In a scorched and blackened pine forest, Dionysis Tsiroglou and his team of volunteer rescuers are searching homes ravaged by Greece’s deadliest wildfire, looking for the missing.
Chinese police break up $1.5-billion pyramid scheme, snare 82 suspects
Chinese police have caught 82 suspects in a crackdown on an online pyramid scheme involving 10.2 billion yuan ($1.51 billion) and more than 220,000 investors, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
Yemen’s Houthis hit Saudi oil tanker causing slight damage: Saudi TV
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, causing slight damage, Saudi state television quoted the Saudi-led coalition as saying on Wednesday.
Turkey’s Erdogan says will discuss Idlib, Deraa with Russia’s Putin
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he will discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin ways to protect Syrians from potential attack in the northern province of Idlib, the largest remaining Syrian rebel-held enclave.
‘Armageddon’ fire in Greece kills at least 80, many missing
The death toll from a fire which ripped through a Greek coastal town stood at 80 on Wednesday, with dozens of people unaccounted for, as Greece reeled from the horror of victims being burnt alive.
