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EU leads call for stronger climate ambition as UN summit wavers

European Union warned on Saturday that a UN summit in Madrid must send a strong signal that countries are ready to do more to cut emissions

Dec 14, 2019

Britain speeds towards Brexit as Johnson wins large majority in election

The Brexit will be Britain's biggest political and also economic gamble since World War Two as Johnson will take the country out of EU by January 31

Dec 13, 2019

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With Netanyahu's fate in question, Israel poised for new election

In the two previous national ballots, Netanyahu's opponents focused on the three corruption investigations against him

Dec 11, 2019

Aung San Suu Kyi breaks silence on Rohingya crisis

As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar

Suu Kyi is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations launched in August 2017 were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks

Dec 10, 2019

Two days before election, Algeria jails two ex-prime ministers

Ahmed Ouyahia, who was prime minister four times, received a 15-year jail sentence and Abdelmalek Sellal, who was twice premier, was jailed for 12 years

Dec 10, 2019

Latvian oligarch hits back at corruption charges as US clamps down

Lembergs, an oligarch with substantial political influence in Latvia, was hit with a sanction by the US Treasury

Dec 10, 2019

Labour will not win UK election, says senior Labour figure in leaked recording

The Labour Party are trailing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in opinion polls ahead of the election which will decide the fate of Brexit

Dec 10, 2019

Hong Kong cabinet reshuffle not an 'immediate task', says Carrie Lam

Pro-democracy protests have rocked the Asian financial hub and former British colony almost daily for months

Dec 10, 2019

French President Macron: Make our planet great again

France's unions take pensions battle back onto the streets

The strike is among the biggest since 1995 when prime minister Alain Juppe was forced to abandon an overhaul of the pension system after weeks of industrial action

Dec 10, 2019

Qatar sends premier to Gulf summit in prospective thaw in rift

Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani's attendance follows an intensification of efforts to resolve the row among US allies

Dec 10, 2019

New Zealand volcano eruption: Hope fades, eight missing tourists presumed dead

"I fear there is worse news to come," says Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Dec 10, 2019

Britain's Tesco considers Asia exit

The retailer giant is starting a review of its remaining Asian businesses which may result in the sale of those Thai and Malaysian operations

Dec 9, 2019

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China says people held in Xinjiang camps have 'graduated', condemns US bill

Muslims held in camps in China's Xinjiang region have now "graduated" and new trainees will have the freedom to come and go

Dec 9, 2019

Brexit versus public services: Rival British leaders make final campaign push

British PM Boris Johnson seeks to secure a majority in the parliament to take the country out of European Union

Dec 9, 2019

Iran outlines budget to resist US sanctions as oil exports plunge

The United States reimposed sanctions with the aim of driving down Iranian crude sales, the Islamic Republic's main source of revenues

Dec 8, 2019

Thailand delays deporting family of Rakhine insurgent leader

Tun Myat Naing is the top commander of the Arakan Army that is fighting for greater autonomy for Rakhine state

Dec 8, 2019

China copper imports hit 13-month high in November on improved factory activity

For the first 11 months of 2019, imports of unwrought copper were down 8.5% from a year earlier at 4.45 million tonnes

Dec 8, 2019

French PM says he is determined to complete pension reform

Unions are planning a second demonstration on Tuesday, following a first demonstration in Paris on Thursday

Dec 8, 2019

Thousands of protesters throng streets of Hong Kong as government urges calm

Hong Kong's new police commissioner, Chris Tang, said his force would take a flexible approach to demonstrations, using "both the hard and soft approach

Dec 8, 2019

Germany's SPD slip in polls after choosing new leftist leaders

The party is struggling to recover after weak regional and European election results and a six-month leadership campaign

Dec 7, 2019

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