WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains incarcerated in the Belmars High Security Prison, has finally received permission from the authorities to marry his partner Stella Morris, according to British media. Last week, Mr. Assange and Ms. Morris filed a lawsuit against Justice Minister Dominique Raab and the prison director for obstructing their marriage. According to […]
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Morrison to Macron: I have never lied
Conservative Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison today said he had never lied to him while in the political arena, adding that he was “tough enough” to deal with the dishonesty allegations leveled against him by French President Emmanuel Maine. only. Asked if he had ever lied in his political career since 2007, when he was […]
Biden: Visits GM plant in Michigan to promote electric vehicle tax breaks
US President Joe Biden will visit a General Motors (GM) electric vehicle plant in Michigan next week as the White House pressures Congress to vote on a large tax on zero-emission electric vehicles (EVs). The largest automaker in the United States announced that the reported factory unit “Factory Zero” will mark the start of its […]
COP28: Hosting the 2023 World Climate Conference in the United Arab Emirates
The governor of Dubai announced yesterday, Thursday, in a post on Twitter that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been selected to host the International Climate Conference (COP28) in 2023. “We will do our best to make the conference a success. The UAE will remain committed to global climate action to protect the planet,” said […]
US: Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal from November 15 to 20, the US State Department announced on Thursday. In Nairobi, Blinken will meet with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss bilateral issues. Among them, cooperation in ending the COVID-19 pandemic, but also regional security issues, such as Ethiopia, Somalia […]
London wants to de-escalate tensions over Northern Ireland
The UK’s Brexit minister, David Frost, is expected to tell European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefsovic today that London intends to continue the effort to reach a bilateral agreement on the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol and will hold talks with the in the coming weeks, writes The Times today. Citing unnamed sources, the paper says (1) […]
Northern Macedonia: The motion of censure, the reactions and the minority government
The motion of censure against the government of Zoran Zaef submitted by the opposition fell into the void, due to the lack of a quorum at the session of the Parliament of Northern Macedonia, which was convened yesterday with the motion of no confidence as the only item on the agenda. MPs from the ruling […]
Brazil: Daily decline in coronavirus deaths continues
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced today Thursday that in the previous 24 hours 188 patients with COVID-19 succumbed and 15,300 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed. With 610,224 dead since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in its territory, Latin America, the largest country in the world with 212 million inhabitants, records the second heaviest […]
US: Federal Court of Appeals temporarily suspends opening of Trump files on bloody invasion of Capitol
A U.S. federal court on Thursday ruled in favor of former President Donald Trump’s request that the White House file on the last days of his January 6 bloody invasion of Congress not be opened. The protesters had used violence inside the US federal parliament in order not to formally ratify the defeat of the […]
First joint naval high schools in the UAE, Bahrain, Israel and the USA
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain are holding the first joint naval exercises with Israel, a year after the Gulf states normalized relations with the Jewish state in a context of “threat” against Iran, military sources said today. . The naval exercises, which began on Wednesday and will last five days, are being held […]