Carrasco dismisses criticism of human rights in Saudi Arabia after transfer to Al Shabab | AP News

Carrasco dismisses criticism of human rights in Saudi Arabia after transfer to Al Shabab | AP News

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium midfielder Yannick Carrasco made light of the criticism of Saudi Arabia’s poor human rights record on Thursday following his transfer to Al Shabab from Atletico Madrid.Carrasco, who is training this week with the Belgian national team ahead of a couple of European Championship qualifiers, asked the staff to organize a news

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Emerald Fennell on ‘Saltburn,’ class and Barry Keoghan: Fall Movie Preview | AP News

Emerald Fennell on ‘Saltburn,’ class and Barry Keoghan: Fall Movie Preview | AP News

NEW YORK (AP) — Countless English protagonists have for decades been making their way to grand country estates where their lives are irrevocably changed. “Brideshead Revisited.” “The Go-Between.” “Remains of the Day.” “Rebecca.”These are some of the books that Emerald Fennell grew up devouring. And when the dust had settled on “Promising Young Woman,” her

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Long opposed to rate increases, Erdogan now backs plan that includes raising rates, minister says | AP News

Long opposed to rate increases, Erdogan now backs plan that includes raising rates, minister says | AP News

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, long a proponent of cutting interest rates, now supports his advisers’ economic plan that includes raising rates, a member of his economic team said Thursday.In a theory that runs contrary to traditional economic thinking, Erdogan has long pressured Turkey’s central bank governors to lower rates. The

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Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election | AP News

Former Sri Lankan president denies that suicide bombings were staged to enable his election | AP News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday denied allegations in a British television program that Islamic State-inspired extremists were used to carry out suicide bomb attacks in 2019 to create insecurity in the country and help him win election later that year.“To claim that a group of Islamic extremists

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Polish director demands apology from justice minister for comparing her film to Nazi propaganda | AP News

Polish director demands apology from justice minister for comparing her film to Nazi propaganda | AP News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Film director Agnieszka Holland demanded an apology from Poland’s justice minister after he compared her latest film, which explores the migration crisis at the Poland-Belarus border, to Nazi propaganda.Holland said Wednesday that she planned to bring defamation charges against Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro unless she receives an apology within seven days.

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Mila Popović: Samo od Vučića zavisi da li će u Beogradu biti vanrednih izbora

Mila Popović: Samo od Vučića zavisi da li će u Beogradu biti vanrednih izbora

Politika | 07.09.2023 | access_time 13:25 Predsednica beogradskog odbora Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) Mila Popović izjavila je danas da samo od predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića zavisi da li će u Beogradu do kraja godine biti održani vanredni gradski izbori.Popović je agenciji Beta kazala da je Vučić “slagao” Beograđane kada je prošle godine u aprilu

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US steps toward forcing recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel | AP News

US steps toward forcing recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel | AP News

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52 million air bag inflators that could explode, hurl shrapnel and injure or kill people.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday said it has made an initial decision that the inflators made by ARC Automotive

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Rescue efforts are underway for an American caver who fell ill while exploring a deep cave in Turkey | AP News

Rescue efforts are underway for an American caver who fell ill while exploring a deep cave in Turkey | AP News

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill.Mark Dickey, 40, became sick during an international expedition in Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains, within the

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Nikezić (SSP): Sraman odnos SNS-a prema vrhunskom stručnjaku EPS-a Miroslavu Tomaševiću

Nikezić (SSP): Sraman odnos SNS-a prema vrhunskom stručnjaku EPS-a Miroslavu Tomaševiću

Korupcija je uvek prioritet za režim Srpske napredne stranke (SNS), a to je potvrdio i sraman odnos  prema bivšem v.d. direktoru Elektroprivrede Srbije (EPS) Miroslavu Tomaševiću, vrhunskom stručnjaku koji je posle 21 godine rada dobio otkaz, rekao je danas potpredsednik Stranke slobode i pravde (SSP) Dušan Nikezić.Tomašević je, kako je rekao Nikezić, došao na čelo

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