Britain set to hold December 12 election

Oct 30,2019
Britain is set to hold a general election on December 12 after lawmakers backed a bill calling for the vote.
Continuous rains kill 12 in southern-central Ghana
Oct 29
Floods caused by continuous rains have claimed 12 lives in the city of Kumasi in southern-central Ghana over the past two months, authorities said here on Monday.
Romania, Hungary recruit in Asia to fill labour shortage
Oct 29
Sporting yellow safety helmets, about 30 men are busy at work on a construction site south of Bucharest, exchanging a few words in Vietnamese.
Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota
Oct 29
Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota.
U.S. man pleads guilty in Maryland newspaper shooting
Oct 29
A U.S. man, accused of fatally shooting five staffers at a newspaper in Annapolis, capital of Maryland last year, pleaded guilty on Monday.
Man shoots two men outside mosque in France
Oct 29
French police have arrested a man with links to a far-right party on suspicion of shooting two men outside a mosque in southwestern France.
Afghan forces kill 6 militants in N. Afghanistan
Oct 28
At least six militants have been killed as the security forces stormed Taliban hideouts in Pashtunkot district of Afghanistan's northern Faryab province, army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said Monday.