Starmer brexit Amid the sheer relief of Getting Brexit Done in January 2020, most of us will have overlooked or ignored the fact that the UK’s hard-fought deal with the EU is up for review at the end of 2025. According to current polling, the strong likelihood is that Labour, having won power, will be … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Taliban and Iran reportedly exchanged gunfire on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan on Saturday, an advocacy group said, as tensions mount over human rights. water between the two nations. Neither Iranian state media nor Taliban-controlled media in Afghanistan have acknowledged the fighting on the border between Iran’s … Read more
UN Special Envoy to Sudan Volker Perthes UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked” by a letter from Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, apparently asking for the replacement of special envoy Volker Perthes amid a war brutal with the paramilitaries. António Guterres “is proud of the work done by Volker Perthes and reaffirms … Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa teachers will be banned from raising issues of gender identity and sexual orientation with students through sixth grade, and all books depicting sex acts will be banned. removed from school libraries, under a bill signed by the Republican governor of Iowa. Kim Reynolds Friday. The new law is among … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Twitter has dropped a European Union voluntary agreement to tackle online misinformation, a senior EU official said Friday. European Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted that Twitter had removed from the EU’s “code of conduct” on disinformation that other major social media platforms have pledged to support. But he added that Twitter’s “obligation” remained, … Read more
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he refused to come to Russia at the invitation of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Source: Da Silva on Twitter Quote: “I just spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. I thanked him for inviting me to attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and told … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — Teenagers have long been key to filling summer staff at restaurants, ice cream parlors, amusement parks and camps. Now, thanks to one of the tightest labor markets in decades, they have even more of a hold, with an array of jobs to choose from at ever higher wages. To ease labor shortages, … Read more
It’s one of the busiest container shipping routes in the world – a stream of ships filled with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, crossing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If the plans are successful, this corridor will become a showcase for reducing global warming carbon emissions from the shipping industry, which produces … Read more
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has just completed a six-day visit to Washington DC. The Prime Minister’s relatively long visit underscores both his nation’s international influence and the high priority of the alliance with the United States. This visit marks the 70th anniversary of the vital alliance between South Korea and the United States. This … Read more
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was ‘shocked’, according to his spokesperson, by a letter received on Friday from Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who allegedly called for his envoy to Sudan to be dismissed. of his functions. “The Secretary-General is proud of the work done by (UN Special Representative to Sudan) Volker Perthes and … Read more