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Indian president disregards protests, signs citizenship bill into law
Published On: December 13, 2019 12:51 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Dec13: A divisive citizenship bill has been signed into law in India, a move that comes amid widespread protests in the country’s northeast that could force the cancellation of a visit by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Explainer: Reality check for Johnson's Brexit - it's just the beginning
Published On: December 13, 2019 12:41 PM NPT By: Reuters
BRUSSELS, Dec 13: Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears set for a sweeping election victory on a promise to “Get Brexit done”, but there is a reality check waiting for jaded voters who are feeling relieved that the messy divorce seems to be finally over.
UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
Published On: December 13, 2019 12:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON DEC 13: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a solid majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month.
Johnson takes centre stage, along with Elmo & Lord Buckethead
Published On: December 13, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON DEC 13: It was a portentous moment. Prime Minister Boris Johnson had led his party to a thumping election victory, making Britain’s divorce from the EU all but certain.
House panel delays historic Trump impeachment vote
Published On: December 13, 2019 10:51 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON DEC 13: The House Judiciary Committee abruptly postponed a historic vote late Thursday on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, shutting down a divisive 14-hour session that dragged with sharp partisan divisions but had been expected to end with the charges being sent to the full House for a vote next week.
Australia names first female intelligence chief
Published On: December 13, 2019 10:17 AM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY DEC 13: Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday appointed a woman to head a major Australian spy agency for the first time.
UK on track for Brexit as election landslide looms for Johnson
Published On: December 13, 2019 09:34 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Dec 13: Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was on course for a resounding victory in Britain’s election after voters backed his bid to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31, the country’s most significant geopolitical move in 70 years.
UN chief: Failure on climate will mean economic disaster
Published On: December 12, 2019 07:42 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MADRID, Dec 12: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries and companies Thursday to tackle climate change, saying failure to do so would mean “economic disaster.”
China: envoys in ‘close communication’ ahead of US deadline
Published On: December 12, 2019 07:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, Dec 12: Chinese negotiators are in “close communication” with Washington ahead of a possible U.S. tariff hike, the Ministry of Commerce said Thursday, but gave no indication whether trade talks were making progress.
New Zealand volcano toll seen at 16; police plan to recover bodies on Friday
Published On: December 12, 2019 01:07 PM NPT By: Reuters
WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON, Dec 12: Police in New Zealand are planning a mission to volcanic White Island on Friday to retrieve bodies of people killed in this week’s eruption, while the known death toll from the disaster climbed to eight, with two people dying in hospital.
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