UK PM May to make 'new, bold offer' in Brexit bill, Labour skeptical

British Prime Minister Theresa May said she will present a "new, bold offer" to lawmakers with "an improved package of measures" in a final attempt to get the Brexit divorce deal through parliament before she leaves office.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Elrknn

Read More

Dutee Chand becomes first openly gay Indian athlete

Dutee Chand says she was encouraged to speak out after India decriminalised gay sex in 2018.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LVrGaF

Read More

Australian betting company pays out for wrong result

Australia's Sportsbet handed out A$1m to those betting on a Labor win, two days before the vote.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2w6stLd

Read More

Sudan crisis: Arrests over protesters' killings

The suspects have confessed to shooting at least five pro-democracy activists, the military says.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2w3FPYy

Read More

France's Le Maire says a Le Pen win in EU elections would hurt euro

A win by Marine le Pen's far-right Rassemblement National party in next week's European parliament elections could hurt the euro and damage the French economy and industries, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WhbiF8

Read More

Australia’s Leader Vows to Get Back to Work After Surprising Win

A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday to get straight back to work after a shock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered voters wondering how they were taken by surprise.

from CBNNews.com http://bit.ly/2HrzIDV

Read More

Polls show tight race in Madrid local, regional elections

The races to control the Spanish capital and the wider region around Madrid in elections next Sunday look to be going down to the wire, according to two polls.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WaOk2B

Read More

Austria heading for September election after far-right video scandal

Austria's president on Sunday recommended a new election be held in early September, saying he wanted to restore trust in the government after a video scandal led to the resignation of the vice chancellor.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WcnEOY

Read More

Swiss voters approve tax and pension overhaul: TV

Swiss voters easily approved on Sunday a shake-up of the country's corporate tax system, heading off what its finance minister had called an existential threat to Switzerland's role as a business hub, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HqRneG

Read More

Swiss voters approve tighter gun control: TV

Swiss voters agreed on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ei4HA5

Read More

Kremlin waiting for U.S. decision on Putin-Trump meeting: Ifax

The Kremlin said on Sunday it hopes a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump takes place, but that it has not received a definitive decision from Washington on the matter, Interfax news agency reported.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HCkmvb

Read More

Swiss voters set to approve tighter gun control

Swiss voters agreed on Sunday to adopt tighter gun controls in line with changes to European Union rules, heading off a clash with Brussels, projections for Swiss broadcaster SRF showed.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LT8Hxc

Read More

Bodies of 'twins' found in clean-up of Kenya river

Officials believe they were dumped in a river in Nairobi after an illegal abortion was carried out.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YCp8PX

Read More

Gun-loving Swiss asked to toughen laws or risk EU tension

Switzerland is full of gun clubs, but now the EU is urging tougher controls.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LOHETO

Read More

UK's opposition will not back 'fundamentally' unchanged Brexit bill

The leader of Britain's opposition said he would not support Prime Minister Theresa May's new attempt to push through her Brexit bill if it was fundamentally the same as the bill that had been defeated three times before.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JNJ3rb

Read More

New best story on Hacker News: Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)

Virtual DOM is pure overhead (2018)
404 by nailer

Read More

Austrian chancellor, president to discuss election after far-right video scandal

Austria's chancellor and president will discuss a date on Sunday for an early parliamentary election and the makeup of a caretaker government, after a video sting brought down the leader of the far-right junior partners in the ruling coalition.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WkBPSl

Read More

Commuters braced as railway timetables change

Rail firms and regulators say there will be no repeat of the chaos which hit the network in 2018.

from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2LWUAac

Read More

Trump breaks silence amid Alabama abortion ban row

He outlined "strongly pro-life" views on abortion, amid a row over strict new laws passed in several states.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VAWwF5

Read More

Modi’s jobs deficit: J&J’s largest India plant idle three years after completion

It was supposed to be Johnson & Johnson's biggest manufacturing plant in India. It was to eventually employ at least 1,500 people and help bring development to a rural area near Hyderabad in southern India.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WSXZb0

Read More

In coal we trust: Australia's voters back PM Morrison's faith in fossil fuel

Australia's re-elected Prime Minister Scott Morrison once brandished a lump of coal in parliament, crying, "This is coal - don't be afraid!" His surprise win in what some dubbed the 'climate election' may have stunned the country, but voters should know what comes next in energy policy - big coal.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HsXEH6

Read More

Australian PM heads to church, football after 'miracle' election win

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison thanked his fellow Pentecostal churchgoers on Sunday after a miraculous election victory that defied years of unfavorable opinion polls and bruised a Labor opposition that had been widely expected to win.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Q9gTbe

Read More