Delegates from the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MWP) are in Brussels for a series of talks and cash is high on the agenda. MWP Social Democrat spokesman Thomas Krüger said: “We delegates want to hear where cuts will have to be made in future, and what possible reductions in the […]
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The left-winger took the centrist president, who turns 40 in December and is France’s youngest leader since Napoleon, to task over his first few months in charge. Mr Vallaud told radio Europe 1: “The president is disrespectful towards members of the opposition. “Mr Macron portrays himself as a modern leader, […]
The US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) said “enough is enough” and insisted the time for a diplomatic resolution was running out. Speaking in New York this afternoon, Nikki Haley said: “Our country’s patience is not unlimited.” It comes after North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test at the weekend […]
The Spanish banking sector were forced to get rid of 82,285 jobs between 2009 and 2016, which is 30 per cent of its entire workforce, according to data from the Bank of Spain. And the data reveals 28 jobs a day were cut during the financial crisis. The Spanish banking […]
President Donald Trump just suggested a policy that would strip consumer goods from the shelves of American stores, jeopardize hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs and spark a meltdown across the global economy, according to experts. Following North Korea’s suspected sixth nuclear test, Trump tweeted Sunday that he was considering […]
Fraidoon “Fred” Akhtari said his life began the day he first set foot on American soil at Dulles International Airport just outside Washington D.C. Akhtari served the U.S. military for 13 years as an interpreter in Afghanistan, knowing he would become a target of the Taliban for enlisting with the […]
YANGON, Myanmar — She was seen as a beacon of democracy whose unflinching stance against Myanmar’s brutal dictatorship and years under house arrest saw her honored with a Nobel Peace Prize. But Aung San Suu Kyi, who as “state counsellor” is now Myanmar’s de facto leader, is facing increasing international […]
Maelys de Araujo, aged nine, vanished from the venue, a community hall in the village of Pont-de-Beauvoisin near Genoble, on August 27. Despite a painstaking search by police using sniffer dogs, the child has still not been found. According to prosecutors, the dogs lost the scent from Maelys’ cuddly toy […]