The Biden government is not lobbying against the Uighur forced labor law, which is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said today. The bill, which will ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region amid concerns about forced labor, will be considered next week, the bill’s rapporteur, Sen. Jim […]
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Bulgaria: Nikola Minchev elected new Speaker of Parliament
Nikola Minchev, a 34-year-old lawyer and member of the “We Continue the Change” movement, was elected speaker of the Bulgarian parliament today with 158 votes in favor, 1 against and 72 abstentions. The session of the Parliament, the first after the elections, was broadcast live on the country’s public television and radio. In his first […]
Portugal: Interior Minister resigns after fatal accident of his driver
Portugal’s interior minister resigned today, almost five months after his driver was involved in a car accident in which a road construction worker was killed while a government official was sitting in the back seat of a ministerial vehicle. Eduardo Cabrita has been under pressure to resign since the fatal accident. He has repeatedly refused […]
Blinken: Biden will tell Putin that US will defend Ukraine’s territorial integrity
LAST UPDATE: 22.03 US President Joe Biden will tell his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during their conversation that Washington is determined to resolutely oppose any reckless or aggressive action by Moscow, but also to defend its territorial integrity, head of the State Department. Speaking at Reuters Next, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that […]
Nicosia: ‘Turkey’s allegations about Plot 5 unfounded – Investigations continue’
The exploration and development of Plot 5 is an exclusive and sovereign right of the Republic of Cyprus, the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs states in relation to the licensing of the disputed plot in the ExxonMobil / Qatar Petroleum consortium, characterizing his allegations as “unfounded”. The statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the Foreign […]
See Putin to Erdogan: ‘Ukraine uses Turkish drones in conflict zone’
LAST UPDATE: 19.37 Ukraine uses Turkish-made Bayraktar drones in the conflict zone in the Donbas region, Putin to Erdogan. According to the Kremlin, the Russian president told his Turkish counterpart during a telephone conversation on Friday that Kiev was insisting on “destructive behavior”. As the Kremlin points out, “the Russian president has drawn attention to […]
The CDU is looking for its soul and a new president
Party members now have the floor. They will have to decide from Saturday, 05/12 in a first, and later probably second round, which of the three candidates will succeed the unfortunate Armin Lasset, the current president and candidate for chancellor, who in the recent parliamentary elections failed to win. lead the party to victory. Of […]
Austria: Carl Nehamer’s new PVP leader and candidate for Chancellor
LAST UPDATE: 15:07 Carl Nehammer, the current Minister of the Interior, will probably be the new Chancellor of Austria, after the resignation of Alexander Salenberg yesterday. The presidency of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) unanimously elected the party leader Nehamer a few hours ago, automatically proposing him as the new chancellor. “The PVP is a […]
Putin and Biden videoconferences in the pipeline, says Kremlin
Russia and the United States are working to hold a video conference between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden amid escalating tensions between the two countries over Ukraine, the Kremlin announced today. “Work is underway. This is a video conference,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov said when asked about the format of the […]
The UAE buys 80 Rafale from France
The United Arab Emirates announced on Friday the order of 80 French Rafale fighters. This is the largest Rafale order to date, in a billion-dollar deal that deepens economic and political relations with France. Macron tour of the Gulf French President Emmanuel Macron kicked off his Gulf tour today with a visit to Saudi Arabia […]
