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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was filmed without a seatbelt in a moving car.
Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video.Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty.No. 10 said Sunak “fully accepts this was a mistake and has apologized”, adding that he would pay the fine.Passengers caught failing to wear a seat belt when one is available can be fined £100.This can increase to £500 if the case goes to court.Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the deputy prime minister said Sunak was “someone with the highest standards of integrity” who had “made a mistake on the seatbelt issue”.Dominic Raab said the PM was “a human being doing a demanding job” and had “put his hands straight up” and...
January 21, 2023

Sunak fined for not wearing seatbelt in back of car

Activist Vanessa Nakate, right, speaks beside Luisa Neubauer, Greta Thunberg and Helena Gualinga among other activists at a climate protest outside the World Economic Forum. — courtesy AP
Activist Thunberg leads protest on final day of talks at Davos
DAVOS — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other prominent climate campaigners including Vanessa Nakate and Helena Neubauer held a climate march on Friday, the final day of panels at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Thunberg met with the chief of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, on the sidelines of the convention on Thursday and slammed corporate elites for their inaction.Leaders at Davos are “fueling the destruction of the planet” by investing in fossil fuels and prioritizing short-term profits over people affected by the climate crisis, she said.The activists brought a ‘cease and desist’ letter calling on the heads of fossil fuel companies to stop all new oil and natural gas projects, it was signed by nearly 900,000 people.This year’s forum...
January 21, 2023

Activist Thunberg leads protest on final day of talks at Davos

European Council President Charles Michel, left, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an EU summit in Brussels, Dec. 15, 2022.
Hungary blocking release of €500 million in EU military aid to Ukraine
BUDAPEST — Hungary is blocking the release of funding totaling €500 million earmarked for military aid to Ukraine, Euronews has learned.Three diplomats from separate EU countries have confirmed to Euronews that Budapest is so far vetoing the disbursement of the European Peace Facility (EPF) mechanism money.One of the sources described it as a "violation of a gentlemen's agreement" and "an attempt to undermine EU unity".Euronews has reached out to Hungarian authorities for comment.Discussions in the working group are still ongoing, one of the diplomats told Euronews, adding that they're now hoping to reach a deal on Monday.As this pertains to foreign affairs, unanimity from all 27 member states is required for the funds to be released.The EU has so far...
January 20, 2023

Hungary blocking release of €500 million in EU military aid to Ukraine

A nurse prepares vaccines in the Wizink Center, currently used for COVID-19 vaccinations in Madrid, Dec. 1, 2021.
EU yielded to commercial interests over COVID-19 vaccines, NGOs say
LONDON — The agreements signed between the European Commission and pharmaceutical companies to roll out COVID-19 vaccines offered significant long-term benefits to the corporations involved to the detriment of public health and global equality, research by NGOs has found.“Private interests exerted undue influence over European policymakers during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a crying lack of transparency on publicly funded vaccine contracts which left the public with more questions than answers," Rowan Dunn, EU Advocacy Coordinator at Global Health Advocates, a French NGO, has said.Two reports released on Thursday and authored by Global Health Advocates and STOPAIDS, a UK-based non-profit, accuse the EU's executive of redacting contracts with pharmaceutical companies...
January 20, 2023

EU yielded to commercial interests over COVID-19 vaccines, NGOs say

Officers of the EU border security agency, Frontex, pull a dinghy with migrants to Skala Sikaminias village on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos
New Frontex chief vows to end illegal pushbacks of migrants at border
BRUSSELS — The new head of the EU’s border agency vowed on Thursday to end the practice of illegal pushbacks and ensure respect of fundamental rights as Frontex is being called upon to boost the number of returns.Hans Leijtens told reporters during a press conference in Brussels with EU Home Affairs Commissioner, Ylva Johansson, that he will adhere to three "guiding principles" during his tenure: accountability, respect for fundamental rights and transparency."Pushbacks, and of course I'm responsible for Frontex operations by Frontex officers, are not legal so they should be, well, they are forbidden. So I'm responsible for the fact that my people don't participate in anything called a pushback. I think that is absolutely clear. That's the legal framework...
January 20, 2023

New Frontex chief vows to end illegal pushbacks of migrants at border

Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic
Uproar in Serbia over Wagner mercenaries recruiting for Russia
BELGRADE — A Russian news video claiming to show Serbian "volunteers" training to fight alongside Russian troops in Ukraine has prompted outrage in Serbia, exposing its complex relationship with Moscow.Russia's Wagner mercenary group made Serbian-language videos to encourage recruitment for the war.Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vucic, reacted angrily on national TV."Why do you, from Wagner, call anyone from Serbia when you know that it is against our regulations?" he said.Critics frequently accuse Serbia of prioritizing its long-standing friendship with Russia over its ambition to join the EU. But what has emerged in recent days in Belgrade shows that the picture is not so black and white.Hinting at less-than-rosy relations with Moscow, President Vucic said...
January 20, 2023

Uproar in Serbia over Wagner mercenaries recruiting for Russia

John Yems was accused of making at least 16 offensive comments between 2019 and 2022.
Backlash after British soccer manager considered ‘not a conscious racist’
LONDON — Anti-racism groups and England’s Football Association (FA) are denouncing an independent panel’s finding that a British soccer manager who used “offensive, racist and Islamophobic” language is “not a conscious racist.”Former Crawley Town FC manager John Yems was accused of making at least 16 offensive comments between 2019 and 2022, with each comment including “a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race and/or nationality and/or religion or belief and/or gender,” said the FA, English soccer’s governing body.An independent Regulatory Commission appointed by the FA investigated and suspended Yems from all football and football-related activity for 18 months up to and including June 1, 2024, for 12 breaches of FA rules, the organization said in a...
January 19, 2023

Backlash after British soccer manager considered ‘not a conscious racist’

Police searched Matteo Messina Denaro's hideout after his arrest
Second hideout of Mafia boss found by Italian police
MILAN — A second hideout used by Italy's most wanted mobster Matteo Messina Denaro has been discovered at the back of a wardrobe with a sliding base.Italian police said jewelry, gemstones and silverware were found in the hidden chamber.Empty paper boxes were also found, suggesting that potentially revealing documents were cleared out after Messina Denaro was arrested on Monday.He had been attending a chemotherapy session at a private clinic in Sicily.Shortly after being apprehended, the Mafia boss was taken to a prison in L'Aquila, in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, where reports say he will continue to receive treatment for his cancer.On Thursday, Messina Denaro declined to appear via videolink at a hearing on the 1992 killings of judges Paolo Falcone and Giovanni...
January 19, 2023

Second hideout of Mafia boss found by Italian police

Élisabeth Borne announced the planned pension reform last week
Mass strikes in France to halt Macron's pension age rise
PARIS — President Macron's reform program faces a make-or-break moment, as French unions stage a day of mass strikes and protests on Thursday against his plans to push back the age of retirement.A new bill due to go through parliament will raise the official age at which people can stop work from 62 to 64.Intercity and commuter train services are expected to be badly disrupted.Many schools and other public services will be shut. At Orly airport in Paris, one in five flights has been cancelled.On the Paris metro only the two driverless lines will work normally.Large demonstrations drawing tens of thousands are expected in Paris and other cities, where police will be out in force in case of violence from ultra-left "black bloc" infiltrators.Under the proposals outlined...
January 19, 2023

Mass strikes in France to halt Macron's pension age rise

Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos. — courtesy photo WEF
UN chief calls out fossil fuel giants for ignoring climate science
DAVOS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Big Oil for ignoring its own climate science at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.He said that the science on climate change has been clear for decades but accused the oil and gas industry of seeking to expand production knowing “full well” that their business model is incompatible with human survival.“I’m not only talking about UN scientists,” Guterres said, “I’m talking about fossil fuel scientists.”“We learned last week that certain fossil fuel producers were fully aware in the 1970s that their core product was baking our planet.”The UN Secretary-General’s comments come shortly after a study was released last week revealing that Exxon scientists had predicted climate change with “shocking...
January 18, 2023

UN chief calls out fossil fuel giants for ignoring climate science

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