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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (second from right) and his wife Tamara Vucic welcome China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan in Belgrade
China's Xi gets red-carpet welcome in Serbia
BELGRADE — The red flags start at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport and run all the way along the motorway into the center of Serbia’s capital.This is Serbia’s way of showing that it is proud of its “ironclad friendship” with China – and welcoming Xi Jinping to Belgrade.At the Western City Gate, more commonly known as the Genex Tower, one entire tower is draped in China’s national colors.Just for good measure, there is a billboard for Hisense, the Chinese home appliances manufacturer that opened a refrigerator factory in Valjevo, western Serbia, last year.In some parts of Europe, the Chinese president’s itinerary might have raised eyebrows. After all, it is not often that Serbia finds itself as part of a three-stop tour by an international leader of such stature.But Serbia...
May 08, 2024

China's Xi gets red-carpet welcome in Serbia

Maximilian Krah is a member of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)
Police search offices of far-right MEP over Chinese espionage allegations
BRUSSELS — Law enforcement on Tuesday morning conducted searches in the Brussels offices of Maximilian Krah, the far-right MEP whose assistant has been arrested for allegedly spying for China."The European Parliament has given its consent to enter the premises," Germany's Federal Prosecutor's office said in a short statement, announcing the raid.The search is being carried out "on the basis of orders issued by the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice and a European Investigation Order," the statement adds.It is led by Belgian police in the presence of German authorities as observers.The operation covered the offices of Maximilian Krah and his accredited assistant, Jian Guo, who last month was arrested in Germany after being accused of serving as...
May 07, 2024

Police search offices of far-right MEP over Chinese espionage allegations

French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the 6th meeting of the Franco-Chinese Business Council in Paris, May 6 2024
Xi Jinping calls for global 'cessation of war' during Paris Olympics
PARIS — China's President Xi Jinping has said his country is willing to work with France toward a global "cessation of war" during the upcoming Paris Olympics.At a press conference in Paris, Xi said China has been playing an "active role in achieving peace" in the war in Ukraine."The world today is not very peaceful. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a responsible major country, China is willing to work with France to take the Paris Olympics as an opportunity to advocate a global ceasefire and cessation of war during the Games," Xi said.Those comments echoed similar remarks from his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who called for "an Olympic truce for all theatres of war."Trade issues were at the top of the...
May 07, 2024

Xi Jinping calls for global 'cessation of war' during Paris Olympics

Vladimir Putin
Putin renews oath for fifth term with Russia under firm control
MOSCOW — He could probably have walked it blindfolded.For the fifth time Vladimir Putin took the long walk through the Grand Kremlin Palace to the St Andrew's Throne Hall. There he took the oath of office and was sworn in as Russia's president for a new six-year term.The red carpet route may have been familiar to him. But much has changed since Putin's first inauguration ceremony in May 2000.Back then, President Putin pledged to "preserve and develop democracy" and to "take care of Russia."Twenty-four years on, the Kremlin leader is waging war against Ukraine; a war in which Russia has suffered heavy losses. At home, instead of developing democracy, President Putin has been curtailing it: jailing critics, removing all checks and balances on his...
May 07, 2024

Putin renews oath for fifth term with Russia under firm control

Matthias Ecke was attacked by four people as he hung election posters. – courtesy Matthias Rietschel
European election: Teen admits to attacking Matthias Ecke
BERLIN — A 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany following an attack on a European Parliament member, police have said.The teenager said he knocked down Matthias Ecke, the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top candidate in Saxony, as he hung posters in Dresden.Police said Ecke, 41, was seriously injured and required an operation.Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the attack, calling it a "threat" to democracy.Officers said four attackers hit and kicked Ecke in the Striesen district of Dresden.According to Der Spiegel, the teen reported himself at a police station in Dresden in the early hours of Sunday accompanied by a parent.The outlet said officers were looking for three more suspects aged 17 to 20.Ecke was campaigning for June's European Parliament...
May 05, 2024

European election: Teen admits to attacking Matthias Ecke

Rwanda can't guarantee number of migrants it will take — spokesperson Yolande Maloko
Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take from UK
LONDON — The Rwandan government won't guarantee how many migrants it can take from the UK if flights start to depart.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised that migrants arriving in the UK without permission will be sent to Rwanda rather than allowed to claim asylum in the UK.Around 52,000 have come to the UK since the law was changed in 2023 and are in line for deportation.Rwanda has signed a five-year deal with the UK, with costs estimated to be at least £300 million already.Last month the prime minister's plans for the UK to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda passed Parliament.Speaking on April 22, Sunak said the first flight to Rwanda would leave in 10 to 12 weeks. Previously, the government said it aimed to start the flights in spring.Sunak said there would be...
May 05, 2024

Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take from UK

Young children stand outside their temporary shelter in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (file) — courtesy WHO
Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
GENEVA — An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.“Any ground operation would mean more suffering and death” for the 1.2 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in and around the Strip’s southernmost city, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told journalists in Geneva.Echoing those concerns, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said that “Band-Aid” contingency plans have been made in case a full-scale military incursion does indeed happen, but they will not be enough to prevent Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe from getting worse.“This contingency plan is Band-Aids. It will absolutely not prevent the expected substantial additional...
May 04, 2024

Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency

Rishi Sunak hopes that finally implementing his controversial policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda could turn his electoral fortunes around, though there was no such sign in the local election results
Rishi Sunak is in real trouble as UK Conservatives suffer heavy losses in local elections
LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local elections, a sign that they could be in real trouble when the country holds a general election at some point later this year.With around a third of the results declared, the loss of more than 100 seats on local councils and one parliamentary seat in a by-election suggests that national polls in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his party trail by a distance are correct. It also means that if a general election were held tomorrow, the opposition Labour Party would almost certainly win power.Conservatives are attempting to spin some positives, with one campaign source saying: “Whilst this is a tough night for the Conservative party, it’s clear there is absolutely no love for (opposition leader) Keir...
May 03, 2024

Rishi Sunak is in real trouble as UK Conservatives suffer heavy losses in local elections

Students have blockaded the Book of Kells tourist experience in Dublin
Irish students' union fined €214k over Gaza protests
DUBLIN — One of Ireland's top universities has “essentially declared a war on the student body” after it fined its students' union €214,000 (£183,000) over campus protests, according to its president.Trinity College Dublin (TCD) students have demonstrated against the university's response to the war in Gaza as well as proposed course fee hikes and increased accommodation costs."It represents an ill-fated attempt to intimidate, harass and threaten the student movement," SU President László Molnárfi told BBC News NI.TCD cited a loss of income as a result of recent protests at the Book of Kells tourist attraction which is located in the university campus, but that they supported the right to protest.Molnárfi said the student body intends to...
May 03, 2024

Irish students' union fined €214k over Gaza protests

Ukrainian troops taking part in chemical weapon hazard drills
Russia using chemical choking agents in Ukraine, US says
WASHINGTON — The US has accused Russia of deploying chemical weapons as a "method of warfare" in Ukraine, in violation of international laws banning their use.State Department officials said Russia used the choking agent chloropicrin to win "battlefield gains" over Ukraine.The allegations, which US officials said were not an "isolated" incident, would contravene the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which Russia signed.A Kremlin spokesperson rejected the accusations, calling them "baseless".Speaking to reporters in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov said Russia stood by its obligations under the CWC, which prohibits states from developing or acquiring new weapons. Some 193 states have ratified the convention.The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical...
May 02, 2024

Russia using chemical choking agents in Ukraine, US says

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