The Socialist Party (SP) and the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party led demonstrations along with unions and environmental groups in around 140 cities across the country on Saturday. “The freedom camp must again show its potential for mobilization in the fight against the far right and racism,” LFI MP …
Read More »‘Actions, not promises’ required to restore nuclear deal, says Iran’s supreme leader
“I have told our negotiators that actions, not promises [by the six sponsor-powers], are needed for the restoration of the nuclear deal,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday, in a televised speech. He noted that the words and promises of foreigners cannot be trusted, adding that the …
Read More »Austrian leader Kurz laments state of EU/Russia relations, says real peace in Europe can only be achieved if they work together
Kurz gave an interview to TASS on Thursday, ahead of his virtual appearance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, where he will be speaking alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. According to Kurz, despite the wide range of existing disagreements …
Read More »‘Inappropriate & grotesque’: German Green Party leader slammed after posing for photo ‘near Russian border’ wearing military gear
“For a German party leader to be photographed donning a steel helmet near the Russian border is inappropriate, in view of our history, and downright grotesque for a Green party leader,” Dietmar Bartsch told Dusseldorf newspaper the Rheinische Post. Last month, amid ever-growing tensions in the Donbass, Robert Habeck went …
Read More »Chinese emissions to turn Beijing into leader of climate business boom as carbon may shapeshift into new currency
The expert noted that the country is turning into a leader in innovative green finance as the scale of China’s emissions creates opportunities. “Carbon could become a new currency, with China creating the terms, the standards and the pricing,” she said speaking via video at the International Finance Forum 2021 …
Read More »Germany pumps $10 billion in hydrogen in bid to become global leader
Germany will provide $9.72 billion (€8 billion) to the 62 projects it has selected to reduce emissions in the transportation, steelmaking, and chemicals sectors. Germany wants to become a global leader in hydrogen technology, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said, noting that the investment announced today is a step toward making …
Read More »Myanmar’s ousted leader Suu Kyi makes 1st in-person appearance in court since coup
The deposed politician also had a face-to-face meeting with her legal team that lasted for about 30 minutes, Suu Kyi’s lawyer Thae Maung Maung told Reuters. The ousted leader “wished people good health,” sending an apparent message to her supporters and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. “She said …
Read More »Israel claims to have destroyed Hamas leader’s home in Gaza as cross-border attacks continue
IDF spokesperson Brigadier General Hidai Zilberman confirmed to Israeli media that the military targeted the home of Yehiyeh Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza, who is said to live in the town of Khan Younis. Al Jazeera cited a Hamas TV station confirming Sinwar’s home was attacked. The IDF …
Read More »Ukraine court orders house arrest of opposition leader Medvedchuk, who is suspected by Kiev of ‘treason’
A judge in Kiev on Thursday denied the prosecutors’ request to jail Medvedchuk, but placed him on round-the-clock house arrest until July 9. His passport was also confiscated. A group of lawmakers had offered to pay Medvedchuk’s bail, while outside the court a group of nationalists had gathered calling for …
Read More »‘Israel is not a country, but a terrorist camp,’ Iran’s leader Khamenei says
Israel has “turned occupied Palestine into a base for terrorism,” Khamenei tweeted. “Israel isn’t a county; it’s a #TerroristCamp against Palestinians & other Muslim nations,” he wrote, adding that it was “everyone’s responsibility” to fight against it. Khamenei made his comments on the so-called Quds Day, an annual day designated …
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