Ghana says it has reversed its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state, a move hailed by Serbia as an “important decision.” A November 11 statement from the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry said the 2012 decision to recognize the former Serbian province’s statehood turned out to be “premature” in view of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. […]
Issued on: 12/11/2019 – 15:36 A highly publicised move to repatriate foreign Islamic State (IS) group fighters reflects the obstacles Turkey has encountered in its Syrian military offensive, and its eagerness to exploit differences between European members, says Marc Pierini, a former EU ambassador to Turkey and Syria. Advertising Read more Turkish officials on Monday […]
Hillary Clinton has called the British government’s decision not to publish a parliamentary report on Russian influence in the country’s politics “inexplicable and shameful.” Clinton, the unsuccessful U.S. presidential candidate in 2016, on November 12 said the public needs to know the findings of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee before voters go to the polls […]
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed his criticism of European Union’s trade policies, saying it has “terrible” barriers that are unfair to U.S. producers. “European Union: very, very difficult,” he told the New York Economic Club. “The barriers they have up are terrible, terrible. In many ways, worse […]
Issued on: 12/11/2019 – 07:45 Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in an airstrike in Gaza early Tuesday just hours before an attack in Damascus targeted the home of another leading Palestinian militant, killing his son and at least one more person. Syrian state media said Israel was responsible for the Damascus attack. Advertising […]
MOSCOW — A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial detention of an activist charged with assaulting a police officer during an unsanctioned rally. The Tver District Court on November 12 ruled that Nikita Chirtsov must remain in pretrial detention until April 30. Chirtsov was initially detained at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow on July […]
Issued on: 12/11/2019 – 10:07 In the second of FRANCE 24’s exclusive reports from Libya, Catherine Norris Trent, Julie Dungelhoeff and Abdallah Malkawi report on the devastating impact of the latest war on civilians in the capital, Tripoli. Advertising Read more The Salah al-Din neighbourhood of Tripoli is in a state of shock. Wide gaping […]
Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kazakhstan’s former president, says he is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Speaking at a conference in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, on November 12, Nazarbaev said Zelenskiy had agreed to take part in such a meeting, while Putin had been informed about it. […]
Innovative business models such as sludge retail and disruptive applications like hydrogen fuel from sludge to complement growth in the sector, finds Frost & Sullivan London /PRNewswire/ – The need to replenish decreasing reserves of phosphorous—a non-renewable mineral used in agriculture—and renovate existing sewage and sludge treatment infrastructure to cope with a rapidly rising urban […]
Issued on: 12/11/2019 – 04:49 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to an Atlanta hospital on Monday for a procedure to relieve brain pressure from bleeding caused by recent falls, the Carter Center said in a statement. Advertising Read more Carter, 95, the country’s oldest living president, was admitted to Emory University Hospital three […]