European lawmakers on Wednesday gave Ursula von der Leyen’s new executive team the green light to start work, as the EU chief warned there was “no time to waste” to boost the bloc’s defences and competitiveness.From supporting Kyiv against Russia’s invasion to war in the Middle East, China’s economic rivalry and the imminent return of …
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Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, said two of its members were killed on the eve of Wednesday’s local elections, and accused the authorities of rigging the vote. Chadema said in a statement that a candidate, George Juma Mohamed, was shot dead by police after being attacked by ruling party supporters at his home in Mkese in central …
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Negotiators must move “significantly” faster to reach a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution, the diplomat chairing the talks warned Wednesday, as countries lined up to express frustration about the limited progress.Nearly 200 nations are in Busan to agree by Sunday on a deal to tackle the millions of tonnes of plastic waste that end …
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German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China’s Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses including forced labour.The firm will sell its factory in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi as well as a test track in Turpan to a Chinese company, a spokesperson said, citing “economic reasons” …
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Philippine security forces said Wednesday they had replaced Vice President Sara Duterte’s bodyguards, days after the justice department launched a probe into her alleged death threat against President Ferdinand Marcos.But the decision to swap out Duterte’s security detail, a mix of soldiers and police officers, was related to a separate investigation, a police spokeswoman and …
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Pakistan police said Wednesday they had arrested nearly 1,000 protesters who marched on the capital demanding the release of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan, after crowds were evicted from the city centre in a sweeping security crackdown.Khan has been jailed since August 2023, sidelined by dozens of legal cases he claims were confected to prevent …
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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Wednesday that Europe has “no time to waste” to boost its defences and competitiveness, as European lawmakers prepared to approve her new executive team to start work.Addressing deputies in Strasbourg, von der Leyen said her team was ready to start work immediately on the bloc’s mounting challenges. With the …
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Namibia’s vice president was among the first to vote in elections Wednesday that could see her become the desert nation’s first woman leader, even as her ruling SWAPO party faces the strongest challenge yet to its 34-year grip on power.Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, a 72-year-old veteran of the South West Africa People’s Organisation, cast her ballot in …
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Greece’s second city Thessaloniki will unveil its new subway system more than a decade late on Saturday after the project was dogged by archaeological challenges and financial difficulties.”After many years, we are handing over to the citizens the main metro line in Thessaloniki,” Transport Minister Christos Staikouras told AFP during a test run of the …
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EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Wednesday that Europe has “no time to waste” to boost its defences and competitiveness, as European lawmakers prepared to greenlight her new executive to start work.Addressing parliamentarians in Strasbourg, von der Leyen said her team was ready to get to work immediately on rising to the bloc’s mounting …
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