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French President Macron meets Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Sunday. — courtesy Twitter
Italy's new PM Meloni meets Macron in Rome
ROME — French President Emmanuel Macron and new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held talks in Rome on Sunday in the first, though informal, meeting between the two political leaders.Macron, who's currently on an official visit to Italy, wrote on Twitter that the two countries had to continue to work together "with dialogue and ambition."Macron and Meloni discussed current European issues including the need to provide quick and common answers to increased energy prices, support for Ukraine and the management of migrant flows, Italy's prime minister's office said in a statement.Before posting a picture of his meeting with Meloni, Macron posted a picture of outgoing Italian PM Mario Draghi, writing simply "Grazie Mario."Meloni, Italy's first woman...
October 24, 2022

Italy's new PM Meloni meets Macron in Rome

Britain's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Johnson confirms he won't join the race to become UK's next prime minister
LONDON — Former prime minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that he will not stand in this week's Conservative Party leadership race to become the UK's next leader.In a statement, Johnson said that while he had "cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations" from Tory MPs, the lack of unity in the Conservative Party meant that it was "not the right time" for him to run."Though I have reached out to both Rishi [Sunak] and Penny [Mordaunt] — because I hoped that we could come together in the national interest — we have sadly not been able to work out a way of doing this", Johnson added.Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak announced his candidacy Sunday to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom in a bid to "turn...
October 24, 2022

Johnson confirms he won't join the race to become UK's next prime minister

A view of the beach in Benidorm in Costa Blanca. — courtesy photo
Some Europeans moving to Spain to escape soaring energy prices
MADRID — The Spanish town of Benidorm in the so-called Costa Blanca has long been a popular destination for people from all over Europe.It has also become a place for people to save on high energy bills thanks to its mild climate."It's cheaper to stay here than in the Netherlands,” said John Buter, a tourist.“It's much colder there. You have to turn on the heating. And you have to pay the energy company for that."“You have to be crazy to stay in the Netherlands. You can enjoy the money you would otherwise spend on gas and electricity,” he said.The tourism sector is eyeing the opportunity to increase the number of foreigners coming to the region.It can cost around €50 per night in a hotel during the low season, and flats are also getting more bookings.“Most...
October 23, 2022

Some Europeans moving to Spain to escape soaring energy prices

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has suggested the constitutional change to guarantee the right to wear a headscarf in the civil service, schools, and universities should be decided through a referendum, is seen speaking at a recent event in Istanbul.
Turkey's Erdogan proposes a referendum on right to wear headscarf
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested the constitutional change to guarantee the right to wear a headscarf in the civil service, schools, and universities should be decided through a referendum."If you have the courage, come on, let's put this to a referendum," he said in a televised address."Let the nation make the decision," Erdogan added, speaking to the leader of the main opposition party Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who had initially proposed a law to guarantee the right to wear the headscarf in a bid to resolve what he said was "deep polarization".In response, Kilicdaroglu on Saturday night rejected the idea of a referendum, accusing Erdogan of "imitating" Hungarian nationalist leader Victor Orban, who has become the icon...
October 23, 2022

Turkey's Erdogan proposes a referendum on right to wear headscarf

The Sleipner A gas platform, Norway, as a Coast Guard ship patrols around the platform. — courtesy Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB Scanpix
Fears grow as more suspicious drones appear above Norway’s offshore facilities
OSLO — News of unidentified drones buzzing in the skies above the North Sea in recent days has made Oslo increasingly concerned that the Kremlin might target its offshore facilities in a bid to intimidate its competition.With Norway replacing Russia as Europe’s main source of natural gas, military experts suspect the unmanned aircraft are Moscow’s doings.They list espionage, sabotage and intimidation as possible motives for the drone flights.The Norwegian government has sent warships, coastguard vessels and fighter jets to patrol the offshore facilities. Norway’s national guard stationed soldiers around onshore refineries that also were buzzed by drones.Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has invited the navies of NATO allies — France, Germany, and the UK — to help address what...
October 23, 2022

Fears grow as more suspicious drones appear above Norway’s offshore facilities

Aftermath as Russian plane crashes into house. — courtesy photo
Russian fighter jet crashes into a two-story building in Siberia, both pilots killed
MOSCOW — A Russian fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk Sunday, killing both pilots, regional authorities said.Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev said the plane came down on a two-story building in the city.The local branch of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight and fell on a two-story wooden building, sparking a fire. There were no confirmed casualties on the ground.Videos posted on social networks from surveillance cameras showed the building engulfed by flames and firefighters deployed to extinguish the blaze.The crash came less than a week after another Russian warplane crashed near an apartment building in the Sea of Azov port of Yeysk and exploded in a giant fireball, killing 15 and...
October 23, 2022

Russian fighter jet crashes into a two-story building in Siberia, both pilots killed

Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak announced his candidacy Sunday to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom in a bid to “turn around” the country’s economy and “unite” the Conservative party.
Sunak announces candidacy as the next UK PM as Johnson mulls a comeback
LONDON — Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak announced his candidacy Sunday to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom in a bid to “turn around” the country’s economy and “unite” the Conservative party.“There will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government I lead and I will work day in and day out to get the job done,” Sunak said in a statement.Sunak has the backing of at least 124 Conservative lawmakers, according to unofficial tallies by the BBC and Sky News. That is well ahead of the 100 nominations required to qualify.Sunak is the frontrunner in the Conservative Party’s race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister, forging ahead of his two main rivals — ousted former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Cabinet...
October 23, 2022

Sunak announces candidacy as the next UK PM as Johnson mulls a comeback

A huge march takes place in Berlin in support of Iranian protests. — courtesy Twitter
Huge rally in Berlin in support of Iran protests
BERLIN — About 80,000 Iranians and their supporters have marched in Berlin, German police say, in solidarity with ongoing protests in Iran.Saturday's rally in the German capital is believed to have been the biggest so far held by the Iranian Diaspora. Iranians from across Europe chanted the slogan of the protesters "Women, Life and Liberty!" In Iran itself, protests triggered by the death of a young woman in custody have entered a sixth week. Mahsa Amini, 22 died after being arrested by morality police in Tehran on Sept. 13 for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely.The police denied reports that she was beaten on the head with a baton and said she suffered a heart attack.On Saturday gatherings were held in several world capitals including Washington, where...
October 23, 2022

Huge rally in Berlin in support of Iran protests

The new MPI released by UNDP finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new ‘poverty profiles’ that can offer a breakthrough. — courtesy photo
Profiling poverty beyond income shows where to have the biggest impact in a world in crisis
NEW YORK — The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released recently finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new ‘poverty profiles’ that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects of poverty.This analysis by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford looks beyond income as a measurement of poverty to understand how people experience poverty in different aspects of their daily lives — from access to education and health, to living standards such as housing, drinking water, sanitation and electricity.The report notably identifies a series of ‘deprivation bundles’ — recurring patterns of poverty — that commonly impact...
October 22, 2022

Profiling poverty beyond income shows where to have the biggest impact in a world in crisis

Power plant damaged by a Russian strike in Ukraine. — courtesy photo
Russia airstrikes target more power facilities
KIEV — Airstrikes have hit critical infrastructure in central and western Ukraine, as Russia continues to target the country’s energy grid.Sites to the south and west of Kiev have been struck and power cuts have been reported across the country.Ukrainian officials say many Russian cruise missiles have been intercepted by air defense systems.Almost a third of the country’s power stations have been destroyed in a wave of airstrikes since Monday last week.On Saturday Ukrainian officials said “critical infrastructure” had been hit in the Cherkasy region, southeast of the capital Kiev. A huge fire has been reported near the town of Smila.There have been blackouts in Khmelnytskyi, further west. Airstrikes and power disruptions are also being reported from Odesa in the south to Rivne...
October 22, 2022

Russia airstrikes target more power facilities

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