South Africa pushes UN to postpone DR Congo meeting

The UN Security Council has postponed a key meeting on the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, at South Africa’s request, after an announcement on the results was delayed, diplomats said.

Sympathies sent to Russia after building collapse

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee President Nguyễn Phú Trọng has offered sympathies to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the heavy losses in an apartment block collapse in the city of Magnitogorsk.

US team to visit China for trade talks

A US government delegation will visit China next week for the first face-to-face talks since President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart agreed on a temporary truce in the trade war, Beijing said on Friday.

 

‘Yellow vest’ leader Eric Drouet arrested

One of the leaders of the "yellow vest"anti-government demonstrations, Eric Drouet, was detained by French police and placed in custody on Wednesday for organising a central Paris protest without declaring it, according to a source at the prosecutors office.

 

Australia closes controversial detention centre

Australia announced the closure of Melbourne's controversial Maribyrnong detention centre on Wednesday, one of several facilities used to lock up immigrants who arrived without papers.

 

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