FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s Volkswagen says auto industry headwinds mean it can’t rule out plant closings in its home country – and is dropping a longstanding job protection pledge in force since 1994 that would have barred layoffs through 2029. “The European automotive industry is in a very demanding and serious situation,” Oliver Blume
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Monday it is suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because they could be used to break international law. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said there is a “clear risk” some items could be used to “commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.” He told lawmakers
The party of Azerbaijan’s strongman president retained dominance in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results announced Monday. An international observer mission said the vote did not offer voters genuine political alternatives, In the Sunday vote for the 125-seat Milli Majlis, the New Azerbaijan party of President Ilham Aliyev won 68 seats. 45 went to independents
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an attack Monday, killing at least six people and injuring 13 others. The blast took place in the southwestern Qala Bakhtiar neighborhood in Kabul, said Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police chief. The dead included one woman, he said, while
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sava Trypolsky couldn’t wait for school to start. Days before the Ukrainian boy entered first grade on Monday, his backpack was packed. Sitting on his bed in his home near Warsaw last week, he pulled out coloring pens, glue sticks and all manner of supplies emblazoned with Spiderman, Minions and his
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar will hold a national census next month to compile voter lists for a general election and to analyze population and socioeconomic trends, the head of the military government said. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s announcement on Sunday comes as Myanmar is roiled by a civil war in which the army has
Politika | 02.09.2024 | access_time 16:40 Potpredsednik Vlade Srbije Aleksandar Vulin sastaće se u sredu sa predsednikom Rusije Vladimirom Putinom u Vladivostoku, saopštio je danas pomoćnik ruskog lidera Jurij Ušakov. Ušakov je kazao da će se Vulin i Putin sastati na marginama Istočnog ekonomskog foruma (EEF) 4. septembra, piše ruska novinska agencija Krasnaja Vesna. EEF
Politika | 02.09.2024 | access_time 13:55 Odbornici Kreni-Promeni u Beogradu odrekli su se dvomesečnih odborničkih naknada i donirali Svratištu za decu hranu, odeću i obuću u vrednosti od skoro 1,3 miliona dinara, saopštio je danas taj pokret. Donaciju čine junske i julske odborničke naknade pokreta u Skupštini grada i u Skupštini Novog Beograda. “Početak školske
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli-American family that became an international icon in the struggle to free hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza laid their son to rest on Monday after he was said to have been killed by militants as soldiers were approaching the spot where he was being held. Thousands of people thronged a
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 10 protesters in Nigeria faced a possible death penalty on Monday after being charged with treason over their participation in recent demonstrations against the country’s worst-in-a-generation economic crisis . The protesters were arraigned in the capital, Abuja, and accused of acting “with intent to destabilize Nigeria … and intimidate
