[ad_1] The leaders of 47 European countries and organisations will gather Friday for a one-day summit in the Albania’s capital to discuss security and defense challenges across the continent, with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine at the top of the agenda.The theme of theEuropean Political Community, or EPC, summit in Tirana is “New Europe in […]
[ad_1] Photo: AP ABU DHABI: President Donald Trump wraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated. As part of the accords, the UAE and some other countries in the Middle East […]
[ad_1] A federal judge in Maryland will hear arguments Friday over whether the Trump administration can invoke the state secrets privilege to withhold information about bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the United States. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Abrego Garcia’s return from El Salvador in April and has since directed the administration to […]
[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The EU and Britain look will haggle to the wire over fishing rights and food checks as they seek a deal on closer defence ties at a landmark post-Brexit summit next week. The meeting in London on Monday between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the EU’s top officials was planned to bring […]
[ad_1] US retail sales little changed, signs of pullback after pre-tariff rush (Photo: AP) Retail sales in the United States were near-flat in April, government data showed Thursday, with indications that spending is slowing after consumers rushed to beat higher prices from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.Overall sales nudged up 0.1 percent to $724.1 billion […]
[ad_1] For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with […]
[ad_1] Chinese vice premier He Lifeng called Thursday for “a more fair, just and predictable business environment” in France during talks with finance minister Eric Lombard in Paris.He made the comments during a visit to France amid trade tensions between the European Union and China.“(We) look forward to France providing a more fair, just and […]
[ad_1] WASHINGTON : Cristeta Comerford, a longtime White House executive chef who recently retired after nearly three decades of preparing meals for five presidents and their guests, says first families are “just regular people” when they’re at home in the private living areas of the executive mansion. “It’s not what you see on the news,” […]
[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: AP) Since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, there have been many attempts to implement a lasting end to the violence of its ongoing war in Ukraine .Over more than a decade, Ukraine, its European supporters and the United States have tried to resolve the crisis. All have […]
[ad_1] Colombian lawmakers reject president’s labor reform referendum BOGOTA: Lawmakers in Colombia on Wednesday once again blocked President Gustavo Petro‘s efforts to overhaul the country’s labor laws, this time by rejecting a referendum that would have asked voters whether workdays should be limited to eight hours and whether workers should receive double pay if they […]
