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Hard-right upstarts eye big gains in local UK polls

File photo: Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK RUNCORN: Britain’s hard-right anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove it is a credible political force in local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Nigel Farage‘s upstart party is pushing to pick up scores of council and mayoral seats, […]

Erdogan, Meloni hold talks to boost Italy-Turkey ties | World News

ROME: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Rome for talks with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Tuesday, as the two Mediterranean countries seek to boost trade and cooperation.Meloni and Erdogan will discuss the war in Ukraine and the “situation in the Middle East” before a summit where government ministers are expected to sign a number of […]

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens makes the case for reelection

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (Image: AP) ATLANTA: After leading Atlanta out of the COVID-19 pandemic and a coinciding crime spike, Mayor Andre Dickens believes he deserves a second term as the city soon hosts its most high-profile event since the 1996 Olympics. Dickens recently launched his reelection campaign with $1.4 million in the bank and […]

UN says over 50 Gaza aid workers faced abuse in Israeli detention | World News

GAZA CITY: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday said more than 50 of its staff in Gaza were abused and used as human shields while in Israeli military detention.“Since the start of the war in October 2023, over 50 UNRWA staff among them teachers, doctors, social workers, have been detained and abused,” […]

22 killed in fire at restaurant in China’s Liaoyang City; video shows scenes of devastation

(Source: ShanghaiDaily/X) A deadly fire broke out at a restaurant in northeastern China on Tuesday, killing 22 people and injuring three others, according to Chinese state media. The fire started just after noon in Liaoyang City, located in Liaoning Province. The restaurant was situated near the Sanlizhuang resettlement housing area in the city’s Baita District.A […]

EU top court rules ‘golden passport’ schemes are illegal

European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (Image: AP) BRUSSELS: “Golden passport” schemes for deep-pocketed foreign investors violate European Union law, the bloc’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, after a legal challenge against Malta by Brussels.“The acquisition of Union citizenship cannot result from a commercial transaction,” the EU’s Court of Justice said, ruling that Malta had infringed […]

What to Know About Trump’s Crypto Company

President Trump’s cryptocurrency firm has eroded the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in American history. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times covering the crypto industry, describes how it works. Source link

China says ready to improve Canada ties after Carney win

Representative Image (AI) BEIJING”: China said Tuesday it was open to improving ties with Canada, after Prime Minister Mark Carney won the country’s election to lead his Liberal Party to another term in power.“China is willing to develop China-Canada relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun […]

Canada elections 2025: Why Mark Carney’s Liberals won and Conservatives lost – Key points

Mark Carney‘s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election, fueled by voter backlash against US President Donald Trump’s trade war. The campaign centered on Trump’s tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty, with Carney pledging a fresh direction in a world reshaped by a more hostile US stance on free trade. “We are over the shock […]

A Contender for the Papacy in the Mold of Francis

He never aspired to be a priest. After he rose to be a bishop, he implied that he suffered from impostor syndrome. And when Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle of the Philippines is asked if he could become the first Asian pope — a frequent question in recent years — he says it is impossible. […]