Lagos, NIGERIA (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent’s rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries, deals that have helped China gain control over mineral mining in places like Congo and have left
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. commerce secretary has committed to address concerns by the Philippines after American authorities held up shipments of garments on suspicion that cotton was produced by forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region, Philippine officials said Tuesday.Philippine Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual raised the issue in a meeting Monday with U.S. Commerce
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency is in Japan to examine discharges of treated radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and to discuss further cooperation with Japan to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy and non-proliferation.International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi is visiting the
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, is getting a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will followingly remain in hospital for a few days.In a brief statement, the royal household said the 87-year-old would get it at Oslo’s university hospital, Rikshospitalet.Last month, Harald fell
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will begin a joint naval drill with Russia and China in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, state media reported Tuesday.Iran has stepped up its military cooperation with Beijing and Moscow in response to regional tensions with the United States, including by supplying military drones to Russia before the
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm will recommend that member countries open accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, despite lingering ethnic divisions in the Western Balkan country.Bosnia-Herzegovina country is among six nations from the region — alongside Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia — who
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish maritime rescuers said they pulled 38 people alive and recovered the remains of two others from a migrant boat that had set off from West Africa and was trying to reach the Canary Islands. The boat was spotted by a merchant vessel 76 nautical miles (140 kilometers or 87 miles)
BERLIN (AP) — Many of Germany’s train drivers staged a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in the latest installment of a long-running and bitter dispute over working hours with the country’s main railway operator, while a walkout by cabin crew at Lufthansa added to disruptions for travelers.The GDL union called on drivers of state-owned Deutsche Bahn’s
BERLIN (AP) — Power has been restored to electric car manufacturer Tesla’s factory near Berlin after a nearly one-week outage believed to have been caused by arson, a network operator said.Grid operator E.DIS said in a statement that Tesla was reconnected to the network at 8:45 p.m. Monday after days of repairs. It previously appeared
Politika | 12.03.2024 | access_time 08:55 Foto: Beta/MILAN OBRADOVIC U Beogradu će danas biti obeležena 21. godišnjica ubistva premijera i nekadašnjeg lidera Demokratske stranke (DS) Zorana Đinđića.Kako je najavljeno iz Vlade, premijerka u tehničkom mandatu Ana Brnabić i ministri položiće u 10 sati vence u dvorištu Vlade, na mestu na kom je Đinđić ubijen.Povodom godišnjice
