COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s elections commission on Thursday accepted applications from a record 39 candidates to run in next month’s presidential election, which will decide the course of the country’s financial reforms to survive an unprecedented economic crisis. The commission received 39 applications and all were accepted, its head, R.M.A.L. Rathnayake, announced.
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s populist Pheu Thai party on Thursday was given support by its major coalition partners to nominate one of its two candidates as the new prime minister, a day after former Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was removed by court order over an ethical violation. Sorawong Thienthong, secretary-general of Pheu Thai, told reporters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai-based port operator DP World reported Thursday its half-year profits fell by nearly 60%, in part over the ongoing attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels over the Israel-Hamas war that have affected shipping through the Red Sea. DP World reported profits of $265 million this year, down from $651 million
Kosovo | 15.08.2024 | access_time 08:30 FOTO: European Union/Mauro Bottaro Specijalni izaslanik EU za dijalog Beograda i Prištine Miroslav Lajčak izjavio je da se o pitanju mosta u Mitrovici mora raspravljati u okviru dijaloga pod posredstvom EU i da nametanje odluke ne doprinosi normalizaciji odnosa. Lajčak je na mreži X sinoć napisao da je EU
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on the company’s platforms. Wednesday’s shutdown, which Meta announced earlier this year, has been protested by researchers and nonprofits. In
International mediators were set to hold a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict. The United States, Qatar and Egypt were to meet with an Israeli
BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists staged protests at several German airports on Thursday, forcing a temporary halt to flights at some of them in the latest of a string of similar demonstrations. The Last Generation group said a total of eight activists were involved in the protests at Berlin, Cologne-Bonn, Nuremberg and Stuttgart airports, which
Kosovo | 14.08.2024 | access_time 22:00 Ministarstvo pravde Kosova saopštilo je danas da je odbilo zahtev Srbije za dostavljanje informacija i dokumenata o napadu u selu Banjska kod Zvečana pre godinu dana pošto je, kako su naveli, u suprotnosti sa nekoliko tačaka Zakona o međunarodnoj pravnoj suradnji, javlja Radio Slobodna Evropa (RFE). Kako se navodi
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — International mediators were set to hold a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict. The United States, Qatar and Egypt were
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened fire last month on a 31-year-old woman who had tried to speed away likely knowing they wanted to seize her vehicle. Police had been ordered to impound her car, activists say, because of an earlier violation of
