Hundreds of employees of French cognac maker Hennessy on Thursday staged a protest over potential measures to circumvent Chinese tariffs imposed in a spat with the European Union.Staff in the town of Cognac in southwestern France, from which the iconic brandy takes its name, earlier this month went on strike to protest a plan to …
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Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.The legislation ordering social media firms to take “reasonable steps” to prevent young teens from having accounts was passed in the Senate with 34 votes in favour …
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President Bola Tinubu said on Thursday Nigeria is “open for business” as he embarked on a state visit to France, with Paris looking to boost ties in English-speaking Africa following a series of setbacks with former allies on the continent.The 72-year-old president met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, during the first official state visit …
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Spanish traveller Alberto Blasco Ventas looked out at Ukraine’s destroyed Irpin brige, blown up to stop Russian troops in 2022 and now a hotspot for thrill-seeking tourists visiting the country.Russian forces had planned to cross the bridge in their attempts to seize the Ukrainian capital Kyiv at the beginning of the war.The Russian army has …
Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the country’s back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, died Thursday aged 72, officials from his party and the Senate told AFP.Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as his fighters tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, went on to become …
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and the US territory of Guam during a trip to the Pacific, his office said Thursday, eliciting a fresh vow from China to “resolutely crush” any attempts for Taiwan independence. China insists democratic self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes any international recognition of the …
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Former Liberian warlord Prince Johnson, a key player in the country’s back-to-back civil wars from 1989 to 2003, died Thursday aged 72, officials from his party and the Senate told AFP.Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was an …
Lebanon’s parliament will meet on January 9 to elect a new president, seeking to end more than two years without a head of state, official media reported Thursday, a day after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire began.The official National News Agency also reported that parliament on Thursday extended the mandate of army chief Joseph Aoun, himself floated …
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French farmers blocked off entrances to two public buildings in Paris on Thursday in protest at “constraints” imposed by regulatory agencies, which they say result in lost production.Around 100 farmers erected a cardboard wall in front of France’s food safety agency ANSES, south of Paris, after placing breeze blocks barring the way into INRAE, the country’s …
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The French government is ready to offer concessions to parliament to pass its budget, the finance minister said Thursday, in a standoff which is causing market turbulence and risks bringing down the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier.”Whatever differences in values we have, we are today facing an extremely serious situation for the country… we …
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