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British Prime Minister Theresa May has persuaded her Eurosceptic ministers to back a plan for closer trade ties with the EU after Brexit  Boris Johnson has decided not to quit as foreign secretary over UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s soft Brexit plan because he wants to remain in Cabinet and fight for the divorce he […]

North Korean military salute the motorcade carrying U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as it makes its way to the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 6. AP So a CD of “Rocket Man” by Elton John was not delivered to Kim Jong-un. Or was it? Or did it mean U.S. Secretary of […]

CATL will supply the cells for BMW’s electric Mini. Photo: DPA Chinese firm CATL will build a battery factory in central Germany to supply the country’s auto industry through its transformation toward electric cars, high-end manufacturer BMW said Monday. “We are very pleased that CATL has decided to build a factory for battery cells in […]

The five-pillar agreement states that the war between the two countries has ended [Yemane Gebremeskel/Twitter] The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a “joint declaration of peace and friendship”, Eritrea’s information minister said, a day after a landmark summit marked a start to normalisation of ties between the longtime foes. “The Agreement, which specifies five pillars, was signed this […]

In this grab taken from video provide by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, emergency workers carry a stretcher with one of the rescued boy to be transported by ambulance to a hospital, in Mae Sai, Sunday, July 8. (Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP) Tassanee Vejpongsa and Kaweewit Kaewjinda Mae Sai (AP) — Expert divers […]

FILE PHOTO. © Ebrahim Norouzi / Reuters Tehran will close the Strait of Hormuz, effectively blocking all the oil shipments from the Persian Gulf if Washington succeeds in its attempts to reduce Iranian oil exports, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said. “Any hostile attempt by the US [to impede Iran’s oil trade] will be followed […]

Four rescued boys have been transported to a hospital in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, witnesses said [Linh Pham/Getty Images] Everyone ‘amazingly happy’ While initial reactions in Chiang Rai have been positive in response to the first phase of the rescue operation, with most people “amazingly happy” about the four boys rescued so far, Al […]

The 13 boys and their football coach have been trapped inside the cave for more than two weeks [Royal Thai Navy/EPA-EFE] A rescue mission is under way to evacuate a youth football team and their coach from a cave in northern Thailand, where they have been trapped for two weeks. Here are all the latest updates: […]

A protester holds up a life jacket during a demonstration to denounce the closure of Mediterranean ports to migrant rescue boats on July 7, 2018 in Berlin. Photo: AFP Thousands of people marched through German cities on Saturday to protest against EU policy on refugees and support NGOs helping rescue migrants in the Mediterranean. Around […]