Aust, others snub call for climate action
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A handful of major states including Australia have resisted pressure to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a UN climate summit ground to a delayed close.
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UK PM plans big govt shake-up: newspaper
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to run a "revolutionary" government by sacking ministers, merging ministries and replacing civil servants with external experts, the UK's Sunday Times newspaper reports.
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Democrats make case for Trump impeachment
Top Democrats have made a last-minute pitch to Republicans as to why they should put partisanship aside and vote to impeach US President Donald Trump.
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Police fire tear gas at Delhi protesters
Indian police have fired tear gas and resorted to baton charges to disperse thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi amid violent protests against a new citizenship law.
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US says China trade deal is 'totally done'
The "phase one" US-China trade deal will nearly double US exports to China over the next two years and is "totally done", US trade representative Robert Lighthizer says.
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Zimbabwe vice president's wife arrested
Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife has been arrested on charges of money laundering, fraud and violating exchange control regulations.
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French new wave legend Anna Karina dies
Danish-born actor Anna Karina, one of the most acclaimed luminaries of influential French new wave cinema, has died of cancer at age 79.
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Australian Associated Press