News brief: Big stories of the day

News brief: Big stories of the day

Brexit

We must all work together for Brexit, says PM Theresa May after winning confidence vote

British Prime Minister Theresa May reached out to her opponents on Wednesday after narrowly surviving a confidence vote sparked by the crushing defeat in the parliament of her Brexit deal.

Meghalaya: Navy recovers one body of trapped miner; operation continues

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The Indian navy in Meghalaya recovered a body of a trapped miner from a rat-hole illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district after 34 days of the incident, ANI reported on Thursday.

9/11 American survivor killed in Kenya hotel attack

The American man who was among the 21 people killed in an attack on a luxury hotel complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi was a consultant who survived the 9/11 attacks, and specialised in emerging economies.

US will always stand for open Indo-Pacific, we have put China on notice: Pence

US vice-president Mike Pence has said China is using "debt diplomacy" and "unfair" trade practices to expand its influence, and has been "put on notice".
The vice president was speaking at a global summit of American envoys on Wednesday.

US Senate rejects sanctions on Russia's aluminium firm Rusal, tycoon Deripaska

In a victory for President Donald Trump, the US Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation to keep sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, including aluminum firm Rusal.