Russia Denies Poisoning Claims

The Russian Embassy in Australia has responded by accusing the country of "blindly" following Britain, and has repeated Moscow's denial of any role in the incident after two of its diplomats were expelled.

There's widespread speculation that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may be on his first known international trip since coming to power.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued an apology and an exoneration concerning the case in 1864 of a half dozen indigenous chiefs of the Tsilhqot'in who were invited to peace talks but then arrested and hanged as common criminals.