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Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen on trial for alleged EU funds misuse
PARIS — Marine Le Pen, long-time leader of France’s far-right National Rally and presidential hopeful, goes on trial in Paris on Monday accused of misusing European parliamentary funds.More than 20 other senior figures in the party are also facing the same charges. They are accused of hiring assistants who worked on party affairs rather than for the European parliament which paid them.If Le Pen is found guilty, she could face fines and imprisonment – and potentially be declared ineligible to run for office for up to 10 years, hitting her presidential ambitions.She has denied wrongdoing, and party spokesman Laurent Jacobelli said "we are going to prove that there is no system to embezzle money from the EU"."We are going to prove that it is possible to be an assistant to...
September 30, 2024

Marine Le Pen on trial for alleged EU funds misuse

The Matterhorn mountain sits on the border between Italy and Switzerland, near the area that will be changed
Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers
GENEVA — Switzerland and Italy have redrawn part of their border in the Alps due to melting glaciers, caused by climate change.Part of the area affected will be beneath the Matterhorn, one of Europe's tallest mountains, and close to a number of popular ski resorts.Large sections of the Swiss-Italian border are determined by glacier ridgelines or areas of perpetual snow, but melting glaciers have caused these natural boundaries to shift, leading to both countries seeking to rectify the border.Switzerland officially approved the agreement on the change on Friday, but Italy is yet to do the same. This follows a draft agreement by a joint Swiss-Italian commission back in May 2023.Statistics published last September showed that Switzerland's glaciers lost 4% of their volume in 2023,...
September 30, 2024

Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers

Victory does not mean Herbert Kickl's Freedom Party will automatically be able to form a government
Far right in Austria 'opens new era' with election victory
VIENNA — Austria's far-right Freedom Party has opened the door to a new era, its leader Herbert Kickl has told supporters, as they celebrated an unprecedented election victory.Projected results gave Kickl's party 28.8% - more than two points ahead of the conservative People's Party on 26.3%, but far short of a majority.Kickl's victory is only the latest in a string of far-right election successes in Europe and he praised voters for their "optimism, courage and trust" in delivering a "piece of history".The Freedom Party (FPÖ) has been in coalition before, but the second-placed conservative People's Party has refused to take part in a government led by him.Kickl's main rival, incumbent Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the People Party (ÖVP), has...
September 30, 2024

Far right in Austria 'opens new era' with election victory

Pope Francis in Belgium
Pope Francis condemns Catholic Church's 'shameful' abuse in Belgium
BRUSSELS — The Catholic Church was ashamed and humiliated by the clerical sexual abuse in Belgium, Pope Francis said on Friday, stating that it “must be ashamed and try to resolve the situation with Christian humility and make every effort so this doesn’t happen again.”During his meeting with the country's leaders and members of civil society in Brussels, the pontiff said that the feelings stem from “the shame that today we must confront and beg forgiveness and resolve the problem, the shame of abuse, of the abuse of minors.”He labeled the two decades of revelations of abuse and systematic cover-ups as a "scourge," comparing it to King Herod's slaughtering of innocents, according to the Vatican News outlet.Pope Francis further insisted on no more excuses for...
September 27, 2024

Pope Francis condemns Catholic Church's 'shameful' abuse in Belgium

Canal pictured on Canal Seine-Nord Europe website
Europe’s answer to the Suez Canal breaks ground after 20-year delay
BRUSSELS — Work is finally underway on France’s Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a major new European trading route that promises to boost the bloc’s economic fortunes.When it is completed in 2030, the massive 107km infrastructure project will significantly increase the capacity for cheaper, faster and less polluting river trade between France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.As it stands, the smooth flow of commerce between the three nations is being frustrated by the limited capacity of the narrower Canal du Nord.The antiquated river system struggles to cope with the new generation of super-sized cargo ships powering international trade.Shipping mishaps and the sheer weight of traffic attempting to navigate a path through the canal create frustrating bottlenecks, costing European...
September 27, 2024

Europe’s answer to the Suez Canal breaks ground after 20-year delay

Elon Musk
Musk hits back after being shunned from UK summit
LONDON — The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back after not being invited to the UK government's International Investment Summit.He was not invited due to his social media posts during last month’s riots, the BBC understands."I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts," Musk claimed on X.Earlier this month, the government released some prisoners to reduce prison overcrowding, but no people serving sentences for sex offenses were included.Following disorder and rioting across the UK in August, some people were jailed for encouraging unrest on social media.Violence spread across the country after a stabbing attack in Southport, in which three children attending a...
September 26, 2024

Musk hits back after being shunned from UK summit

The latest model of the device - known as the Sarco - was displayed in Zurich in July
Swiss police make multiple arrests after American woman dies in first use of controversial suicide pod
ZURICH — Police in Switzerland have made multiple arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using a so-called suicide pod.The controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time, authorities said on Tuesday.Police in the Schaffhausen region said they arrested "several persons" on suspicion of inciting, and aiding and abetting suicide after she died reportedly by using a pod made by the company Sarco on Monday.While assisted dying is legally protected in some circumstances in Switzerland, it is strictly regulated and the Sarco pod has encountered opposition.Officers recovered the device and body at the scene.Police in the northern canton of Schaffhausen bordering Germany said the so-called “Sarco”...
September 25, 2024

Swiss police make multiple arrests after American woman dies in first use of controversial suicide pod

Some of the EU's dairy exports have been targeted by China's ministry of commerce
Brussels takes China to the WTO over 'questionable' probe into EU dairy products
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has taken the first steps to challenge China's anti-subsidy investigation into some of the bloc's dairy exports, arguing it is based on "questionable allegations and insufficient evidence" and urging its immediate end.The announcement on Monday morning paves the way for consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to settle the dispute before it escalates any further.The Chinese probe – requested by two state-backed industry groups – was launched in late August by the Commerce Ministry and targets EU subsidies in the production of fresh and processed cheese, blue cheese and other cheese, milk and cream products. Eight member states – Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, Italy and Romania –...
September 24, 2024

Brussels takes China to the WTO over 'questionable' probe into EU dairy products

Supporters of Dietmar Woidke, Brandenburg's Minister President and Chairman of the SPD in Brandenburg, celebrate after the first forecasts for the election
Social Democrats narrowly beat out far-right in German state elections
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) party narrowly won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg on Sunday.Three weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party made gains in two other east German states, the SPD came out on top.According to final results published Sunday evening by the state electoral administration, the SPD won 30.9% of the votes while the AfD came a close second with 29.2%.The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a new leftist movement, came in third with 13.5% while the center-right Christian Democrats took 12.1%.The SPD’s victory brought a reprieve to Scholz, whose three-party governing coalition has fared poorly in elections so far this year.Social Democrats have governed Brandenburg since 1990, and a loss...
September 23, 2024

Social Democrats narrowly beat out far-right in German state elections

A cemetery close to a military airfield outside Taganrog in south-west Russia
Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000
LONDON — More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia’s military have now died in Ukraine, according to data analyzed by the BBC.And for the first time, volunteers — civilians who joined the armed forces after the start of the war — now make up the highest number of people killed on the battlefield since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.Every day, the names of those killed in Ukraine, their obituaries and photographs from their funerals are published across Russia in the media and on social networks.BBC Russian and the independent website Mediazona have collated these names, along with names from other open sources, including official reports.We checked that the information had been shared by authorities or relatives of the deceased — and that they had been identified...
September 20, 2024

Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000

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