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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Basta pozvao Vladu Srbije da se ogradi od stavova Dodika

Basta pozvao Vladu Srbije da se ogradi od stavova Dodika

Politika | 07.09.2023 | access_time 17:10 Predsednik Pokreta Evropski put – Basta i bivši ministar privrede Rade Basta zatražio je danas od Vlade Srbije da se ogradi od stavova i politike predsednika Republike Srpske Milorada Dodika.Basta je u saopštenju naveo da Dodik ne poštuje Dejtonski sporazum i svojim potezima “narušava ionako osetljive odnose Srba i

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U Beogradu sutra 19. protest Srbija protiv nasilja, povorka do zgrade Pinka

U Beogradu sutra 19. protest Srbija protiv nasilja, povorka do zgrade Pinka

Politika | 07.09.2023 | access_time 15:10 U Beogradu će sutra 19. građanski protest “Srbija protiv nasilja” početi ispred zgrade Vlade Srbije u 19.00 sati, odakle će protestna povorka otići do zgrade Televizije “Pink”.Predstavnici proevropske opozcije koja tehnički organizuje proteste su danas na konferenciji za novinare u Skupštini Srbije pozvali građane da se pridruže.Podsetili su da

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Foreign Relations chair seeks answers from US oil firms on Russia business after Ukraine invasion | AP News

Foreign Relations chair seeks answers from US oil firms on Russia business after Ukraine invasion | AP News

The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked the country’s top three oilfield services companies to explain why they continued doing business in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, and demanded that they commit to “cease all investments” in Russia’s fossil fuel infrastructure.Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, cited an

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