New EU commission gets green light to launch defence, economy push
European lawmakers on Wednesday gave Ursula von der Leyen’s new executive team the green light…
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Opposition figures killed as Tanzania holds local election
Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, said two of its members were killed on the eve of…
Taiwan Olympic boxing champion quits event after gender questions
Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in…
European stocks drop on Trump trade war worries
European stock markets mostly retreated Wednesday on concerns Europe could be the next tariffs target…
Volkswagen to sell operations in China’s Xinjiang
German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China’s Xinjiang region,…
Serbia gripped by TV series about murder of prime minister
More than a million Serbians tuned in to watch reformist prime minister Zoran Djindjic killed…
Putin seeks to shore up ties on visit to ‘friendly’ Kazakhstan
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a two-day trip aimed at…
New EU commission pushes for defence and economy spending
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Wednesday that Europe has “no time to waste”…
Plastic pollution talks must speed up, chair warns
Negotiators must move “significantly” faster to agree on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution,…
Pakistan web controls quash dissent and potential
Besieged by political turmoil, Pakistan’s government is turning to draconian internet censorship which threatens to…