EU warns Romania over judicial reforms

 Romania's bid to overhaul its justice system could undermine the country's efforts to stamp out rampant corruption, the European Commission's representative in Bucharest said on Wednesday.

UN Security Council meets on Myanmar violence

The UN Security Council on Wednesday discussed the violence in Myanmar where clashes and a security crackdown by the military in Rakhine state have sent 18,500 Rohingya fleeing across the border into Bangladesh.

British PM says no plans to quit

British Prime Minister Theresa May insisted she would lead the Conservative Party into the next general election, in interviews broadcast on Thursday.

Texas flood toll mounts amid chemical blast fears

New proof of the devastation wrought by monster storm Harvey emerged on Wednesday as the bodies of six family members were plucked from receding waters in Texas and flooding triggered fears of a chemical explosion near Houston.

Nearly 400 new species discovered in Amazon

Researchers have found 381 new species in the Amazon rainforest, the World Wildlife Fund announced on Wednesday, warning that the discoveries were all in areas threatened by human activity.

Trump praises Texans on trip to Harvey disaster zone

President Donald Trump toured the Harvey disaster zone in Texas on Tuesday as he sought to project an image of leadership in America's first big natural disaster since he took office, as the battered US Gulf Coast girded for another hit from the huge storm.

 

2018 start for Russia-backed nuclear plant work: Hungary

Work on the Russian-financed expansion of a Hungarian nuclear plant will begin in January, Hungary's foreign minister said on Monday after talks in Budapest between Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Japan PM, Trump agree to hike pressure on N. Korea: Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that he and US President Donald Trump agreed to hike pressure on North Korea after it launched a ballistic missile over Japan, in Pyongyang's most serious provocation in years.

Houston floods spark chaos, much more rain to come

Massive flooding unleashed by deadly monster storm Harvey left Houston -- the fourth-largest city in the United States -- increasingly isolated Sunday as its airports and highways shut down and residents were rescued from their inundated homes by boat.
 

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