Irish PM sees fading chance of Brexit deal in November
The chances of sealing a deal on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union this month are receding, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday, and the EU's Brexit negotiator called on Britain to make decisive choices.
EU sources have also told Reuters the bloc would need to see a breakthrough on Brexit within a week if its leaders were to endorse any deal with Britain this month.
The leaders had previously pencilled in a summit for mid-November to sign off on a deal with London. Negotiators from both sides, however, remain at odds over ways to guarantee there is no return of border controls on the frontier between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland.
“I do think that, with every day that passes, the possibility of having a special summit in November becomes less likely,” Mr. Varadkar told reporters after meeting Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila.
Lech Kaczynski 's statue to be unveiled on Nov. 10
A worker cleans a statue depicting late Polish President Lech Kaczynski after it was installed at a central square in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 7, 2018.
A statue of late President Lech Kaczynski has been installed in a central Warsaw square ahead of its unveiling as part of celebrations marking Poland’s 100 years of independence.
Kaczynski, who was killed in a 2010 plane crash in Russia, was the identical twin brother of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of the right-wing Law and Justice party that is currently in power in Poland.
Plans for the statue have been a point of political contention, with the city authorities in the hands of the political opposition opposed to the statue and its central location, and the pro-government provincial authorities in favour.
Air quality in Delhi
A vegetable vendor passes by a street in Dwarka, West Delhi
Though Wednesday witnessed a clear sky in New Delhi, the air quality index remained poor.
Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman's birth anniversary
Girl students demonstrating an experiment at the Government Moyan Model Girls Higher Secondary School, as part of the birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman, in Palakkad on Monday,November 7, 2018.
The 130th birth anniversary of renowned physicist and Nobel laureate Sir C.V. Raman was celebrated at many schools and colleges across the nation on Wednesday.
England all out for 342 in Galle test
England's Ben Foakes plays a shot during the second day of the first test cricket match between Sri Lanka and England in Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, November 7, 2018.
England were all out for 342 in their first innings on day two of the opening test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Debutant Ben Foakes topscored for the tourists with a sparkling 107, while off-spinner Dilruwan Perera was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, claiming 5-75.
Day after Deepavali
Women clean up in front of their houses in Salem on Wednesday, a day after Deepavali.
Deepavali was celebrated with traditional fervour across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, even as several cases were registered against those who burst firecrackers as part of festivities in violation of the two-hour time frame imposed by the Supreme Court for bursting them.
Destroying a demon
Giant effigy of demon Narakasura stuffed with variety of crackers set ablaze as part of Deepavali celebrations in Ongole in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Deepavali is being celebrated on Wednesday in several parts of the country, including Andhra Pradesh.
Ayodhya district in U.P.
Participants light earthen oil lamps on the banks of the Sarayu river on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
Close on the heels of renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that Faizabad district would henceforth be known as Ayodhya.
“Ayodhya is a symbol of our ‘aan, baan aur shaan’ (honour, pride and prestige),” he said at a grand “Deepotsav” event organised in the pilgrim town, about 120 km from State capital Lucknow.
The event was also attended by the First Lady of South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, and Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.
U.S. mid-term polls
District 27 Democratic candidate Donna Shalala, centre, celebrates her victory over Republican television journalist Maria Elvira Salazar at the Coral Gables Woman's Club, Tuesday, Nov., 6, 2018, in Coral Gables, Florida.
Votes were being counted across half the United States as the energy and outrage of the Democratic resistance faced off against the brute strength of President Donald Trump’s GOP in a fight for control of Congress and statehouses across the nation.
Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts easily won re-election as they consider bids for the Democratic presidential nomination.
(With inputs from Agencies)
