by Dave CLARK British and European negotiators resumed intense negotiations on a draft Brexit deal Wednesday after late-night talks brought them closer but failed to confirm an elusive breakthrough. News that Britain has softened its stance on the customs status of Northern Ireland in order to clinch an accord at this week’s European summit had raised […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG Hong Kong’s embattled leader abandoned a State of the Union-style speech on Wednesday after she was heckled by rowdy opposition lawmakers during chaotic scenes inside the city’s legislature. The speech by chief executive Carrie Lam was billed as an attempt to win hearts and minds after four months of […]
New pictures of Kim Jong Un riding a white horse through a winter landscape to the summit of Mount Paektu, a sacred peak for North Koreans, have fuelled speculation that the young leader may be set for a major policy announcement. The images released by the official KCNA news agency were accompanied by a gushing […]
Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday hit back at a US senator who said the city is becoming a police state, a day after a massive rally called on Washington to punish Beijing over sliding freedoms in the international hub. The territory has been battered by more than four months of pro-democracy protests — and increasingly […]
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Tuesday that a deal with Britain could be reached this week, but warned more tough talks are still needed. British and EU officials are racing to reach a deal on Britain’s exit terms before a summit of EU leaders starting on Thursday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeks to […]
A French court on Monday sentenced five members of an all-female jihadist cell to between five and 30 years in prison over a failed bid to detonate a car bomb outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The case is the first to involve a group of women attempting to stage an attack in France, which has […]
Prince William and his wife Kate signalled their support for women’s education in Pakistan on Tuesday by making a girls school the first stop on their inaugural tour of the deeply patriarchal country. The couple both wore blue for the visit to the school in the capital Islamabad, with the Duchess of Cambridge draping a […]
by Fiachra GIBBONS Once upon a time in children’s television land frogs were kissed but princesses only ever married princes. Now Prince Charming might just as easily ride off into the sunset with another man, as happens in the hit new Hulu cartoon series, “The Bravest Knight”, while the Disney Channel has just had its […]
European finance ministers agreed Thursday on the basic terms of a tiny eurozone budget that has been scaled back from the ambitious goal of French President Emmanuel Macron. “We have a new pillar in the foundation supporting the euro,” Eurogroup head Mario Centeno told reporters after ministers clinched the deal after hours of haggling in […]
