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by Abhaya Srivastava © Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said defense ties with India had reached a new high after the two nations signed a key security accord for the Indian Ocean to counter China’s growing influence in the region. “Defense cooperation between the two countries now has a new significance,” Macron said as a gushing Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood by his side. Under the deal, India […]
by James PHEBY Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – British soldiers were deployed on Friday to help a counter-terrorism investigation into a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy as speculation mounted over how London could retaliate if the Russian state is found to be responsible. The defence ministry said 180 soldiers were being dispatched to the normally quiet city of Salisbury in southwestern England, initially to remove “a number of vehicles and objects from the scene”. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France “regrets,” US President Donald Trump’s announcement of duties on steel and aluminum imports to the United States, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday. “There are only losers in a trade war. With our EU partners, we will assess consequences on our industries and agree on an appropriate response,” he tweeted. Trump imposed the tariffs — 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum — despite repeated warnings from […]
by Alvaro Villalobos Agence France-PresseMADRID, Spain – Spain marked International Women’s Day Thursday with an unprecedented strike in defense of their rights that saw hundreds of trains cancelled and countless protests held. Called by 10 unions to demand gender equality, particularly where salaries are concerned, the 24-hour strike dominated headlines with famous female presenters noticeably absent from radio or television shows. This should be a starting point to change things. We are far from real equality,” Maria Angels […]
by James Pheby Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain vowed Thursday to act “without hesitation” if a state is found responsible for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, as police said 21 people in total had received medical treatment following the incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain unconscious in a critical but stable condition following the attack on Sunday in the sleepy south-western English city of Salisbury. Sergeant Nick Bailey, one […]
by Jitendra JOSHI with Alice RITCHIE in London Agence France-Presse SALISBURY, United Kingdom – Britain warned Tuesday it would respond “robustly” if it emerged that a government was behind the suspected poisoning of a former Russian double agent found unconscious on a street bench in England, prompting a swift rebuke from Russia. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Britain would “take whatever measures we deem necessary” and even appeared to suggest England could pull out of the 2018 football […]
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse ROME Italy (AFP) — Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition was set to win the most votes but could fall short of a majority in Italy’s election Sunday, with far-right and populist parties surging ahead, according to exit polls. Berlusconi’s grouping was expected to win between 31 and 41 percent of the vote, followed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement with 29-32 percent, according to an exit poll by […]
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Three nuns lashed out on Friday against the menial work they have to do for clergymen, often for no money, in a rare public criticism of the Catholic Church’s male hierarchy. “Some sisters employed by clergymen get up at dawn to prepare breakfast and only go to bed once dinner has been served, the house cleaned and the laundry washed and ironed,” said Sister Marie, who came to Rome […]
by Hui Min Neo Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany — (AFP) Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday vowed to work with the Social Democrats for the “good of Germany”, after the centre-left party agreed to join her new coalition, but the veteran leader will go into her fourth term with weaker cards than before. Two in three of the SPD’s rank and file voting in a make or break referendum backed a new partnership with […]
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) — It may have been a frosty welcome, but the dramatic birth of a British baby on a snowy roadside has warmed hearts as the country shivers in a blast of freezing weather. The child was named Sienna but quickly earned her own social media hashtag “#A66snowbaby”, referencing the name of the road in northern England where her mother Daniella Waring gave birth on Thursday morning with the help of her husband […]
LONDRES, United Kingdom (AFP) — Three men were charged on Saturday over a fatal explosion in central England which left five people dead and demolished a building, police said. The suspects were charged with arson with intent to endanger life and five counts of manslaughter, Leicestershire Police said in a statement. The blast on February 25 in the city of Leicester destroyed a supermarket and a two-storey flat above it. The force of the explosion […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Geneva’s busy airport said it had to suspend all flights for a second consecutive day Friday, as snowstorms continued to lash the Swiss city. “Owing to weather conditions, Geneva airport is currently closed to air traffic, and will remain so until further notice,” the airport said on its website, urging passengers to contact airlines for information about their flights. Following days of blizzards, fresh snowfall began in Geneva on Friday morning […]
