Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 04:07 Three white men in the US state of Georgia will go on trial Monday in the high-profile shooting death of a Black jogger that sparked a national outcry and helped fuel last summer’s social justice protests. Gregory McMichael, 65, his son Travis, 35, and their neighbour William Bryan, 52, have […]
SKOPJE — The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party declared victory in the first round of the local elections in North Macedonia, claiming outright victories in at least 20 mayoral races, although official results have not yet been released. As of October 17, the outcome in the mayor’s race in the capital, Skopje, is unclear, with a second […]
Sir, – The article “What is driving Europe’s energy crisis?” (Business, October 15th), provides only a partially correct analysis of the current situation with Europe’s energy market. It is true that some mistaken decisions made by energy companies and the European Commission, which preferred the spot market to long-term contracts, led to limited supplies when […]
Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 00:18Modified: 18/10/2021 – 00:17 Paris (AFP) Who said what in sport this weekend: “Right now the value of those tickets is ridiculously high. So that’s all I know, friends asking me for tickets left, right and centre, I refused.” — India cricket captain Virat Kohli on demand for tickets for next […]
A provincial mayor with no party affiliation looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in elections next year after taking the lead in an opposition primary vote on October 17, according to partial results. Peter Marki-Zay, the 49-year-old conservative mayor of Hodmezovasarhely, was leading in the polls against challenger Klara Dobrev, a parliamentarian […]
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Black Sea littoral states this week to reassure allies and partners as Russia flexes its military might in the strategic region. Austin will visit Georgia, Ukraine, and Romania before attending the NATO Defense Ministerial meeting in Brussels on October 21-22. Romania is a member of the […]
Ministers plan to overhaul the Human Rights Act so British judges can overrule European counterparts, the Government revealed today. In what will be seen as the latest Tory attack on international law, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab outlined how he wants a shake-up to work – with the UK Supreme Court having the final say rather […]
Issued on: 17/10/2021 – 15:27Modified: 17/10/2021 – 15:34 There’s no immediate end in sight to the volcanic eruption that has caused chaos on the Spanish isle of La Palma since it began about a month ago, the president of the Canary Islands said on Sunday. There were 42 seismic movements on the island on Sunday, […]
KYIV — Ukraine said it mistakenly sanctioned more than 100 people earlier this year on suspicion of being crime bosses in a debacle for its security services. Mikhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodoymyr Zelenskiy, told the media on October 16 that the government is investigating whether the mistake was intentional. Ukraine freezes the assets, […]