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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be treated to a seven-course meal in Moscow. — courtesy AFP
Putin to Xi: We will discuss your plan to end the war in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin has said he will discuss Xi Jinping’s 12-point plan to “settle the acute crisis in Ukraine”, during a highly anticipated visit to Moscow by the Chinese president.“We’re always open for [a] negotiation process,” Putin said, as the leaders called each other “dear friend”.China released a plan to end the war last month — it includes “ceasing hostilities” and resuming peace talks. But on Friday the US warned the peace plan could be a “stalling tactic”.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia, supported by China or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms.”China’s plan did not specifically say that Russia must withdraw from Ukraine — which Ukraine has...
March 20, 2023

Putin to Xi: We will discuss your plan to end the war in Ukraine

Emmanuel Macron looks at crowd with hand on mouth.
Pension reform: Macron's government faces no confidence vote
PARIS — The French government will face two votes of no confidence on Monday as the fallout continues from its controversial pension reform.Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne used constitutional article 49:3 to push the bill through without a vote last week.Since then, thousands have taken to the streets of France in protest.The no-confidence motions have been filed by centrist MPs and the far-right National Rally, with parliament due to debate them from 16:00 (15:00 GMT).If the no-confidence motions succeed, President Emmanuel Macron would not be at risk of losing his job, but the positions of Ms Borne and the government would be jeopardised.Macron could either name a new government or dissolve the National Assembly and call new elections.The pension reform bill would also be nullified.If...
March 20, 2023

Pension reform: Macron's government faces no confidence vote

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin (File)
Xi Jinping heads to Moscow in three-day visit to 'promote peace talks'
MOSCOW — Just days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant for his arrest, Russian President Vladimir Putin received China's leader Xi Jinping in what Beijing has called a "journey of friendship" aimed at “playing a constructive role in promoting peace talks” over the war in Ukraine.It comes after China scored a major diplomatic victory by brokering a surprise rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, helping the two archrivals restore ties. Yet hours after the announcement of Xi’s trip, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Putin, accusing him of war crimes over Moscow’s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children.For the United States and much of Europe, Xi’s visit is a stark show of support for the increasingly isolated Putin, at a time...
March 20, 2023

Xi Jinping heads to Moscow in three-day visit to 'promote peace talks'

Windows were broken as crowds gathered at the Indian High Commission in London on Sunday
Man arrested after protest at Indian High Commission in London
LONDON —Police were called to the building in Aldwych, Westminster, on Sunday.Videos on social media showed a crowd waving yellow "Khalistan" banners and a man detach the Indian flag from the first-floor balcony of the building.The Metropolitan Police said two security guards were injured and an investigation has been launched.PA news agency said crowd members were believed to be supporters of a Sikh separatist movement.Officers were called to the Indian High Commission at about 13:50 GMT on Sunday.Upon arrival "the majority of those present had dispersed prior to the arrival of police", said the Met.The force's spokesperson said "windows were broken" and two members of security staff sustained minor injuries which did not require hospital treatment.The...
March 20, 2023

Man arrested after protest at Indian High Commission in London

European Commissioners Frans Timmermans and Thierry Breton unveiled the “Net-Zero Industrial Act.” — courtesy EU
EU’s new industrial strategy will aim to have 40% of its green technology homegrown by 2030
BRUSSELS — The European Union will aim to have 40% of the key technology it needs to combat climate change built within its own borders by 2030.The goal is the centerpiece of a new strategy designed to boost domestic industry and cut dependencies on foreign suppliers, mainly China, a country that enjoys a vastly comfortable lead in the production of batteries, solar panels and wind turbines.The strategy is also a response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year by US President Joe Biden.The IRA includes a $369-billion envelope of tax credits and direct rebates to promote investment in green technology, but only if these products are predominately manufactured in North America.The generous injection of American money sent Brussels policymakers into a panic, resulting in a...
March 19, 2023

EU’s new industrial strategy will aim to have 40% of its green technology homegrown by 2030

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a drive around occupied Mariupol.
Putin pays visit to occupied Mariupol, state media reports
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid a surprise visit to Mariupol, a Ukrainian port captured by Russia after its forces pounded much of it to ruins.An official video shows Putin driving a car through streets at night and speaking to people. The Kremlin said it happened late on Saturday.It is believed to be his first trip to a newly-occupied Ukrainian territory.Exiled Ukrainian city officials said Putin had visited at night so he would not see the destroyed city in daylight.The Kremlin said Putin’s decision to go to Mariupol had been “spontaneous”. The Russian leader is also reported to have met top military commanders in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city just east of Mariupol.Tass news agency says he traveled to Mariupol by helicopter. In the video he is in the car with...
March 19, 2023

Putin pays visit to occupied Mariupol, state media reports

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend the National Roundtable on Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on March 16, 2023. — courtesy AFP
Is Macron’s government doomed by pension crisis?
PARIS — “What this crisis goes to show,” veteran political commentator Alain Duhamel said recently, “is that there are two Frances out there. They live in completely separate mental worlds, and find it impossible even to communicate.”As the country teeters on the edge of civil unrest, his verdict echoes like a gloomy premonition. France’s demons are back, and stalking the land.The anger and mutual incomprehension over President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed reform of the pension age show how dangerously polarized the two factions have become.The government says pushing back the pension age from 62 to 64 is vital in order to preserve France’s much-prized “share-out” system — based on a single fund that workers pay into and pensioners draw out of.With people living longer,...
March 19, 2023

Is Macron’s government doomed by pension crisis?

Logos of the Swiss banks Credit Suisse and UBS are seen on two buildings in Zurich, Switzerland, Saturday, March 18, 2023.
UBS to acquire troubled rival Credit Suisse in Swiss government-brokered deal
GENEVA — Banking giant UBS is to acquire its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion (€3.05 billion euros), in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking.The announcement came at a news conference Sunday evening, where the Federal Council, Switzerland's seven-member governing body that includes President Alain Berset, said this was the best solution to restore confidence.Swiss authorities pushed for UBS to take over its smaller rival after a plan for Credit Suisse to borrow up to 50 billion francs ($54 billion) failed to reassure investors.The Swiss central bank is extending a line of credit up to CHF 100 billion (€100 billion) to UBS and Credit Suisse.In a press release, the Swiss National Bank said "with the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS,...
March 19, 2023

UBS to acquire troubled rival Credit Suisse in Swiss government-brokered deal

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen in this file photo.
Ex-PM Johnson to reveal evidence in his defense over Partygate
LONDON — Boris Johnson will publish evidence in his defense ahead of a grilling by MPs over whether he misled Parliament about COVID rule-breaking parties.The former prime minister faces a crucial televised evidence session in front of the Commons Privileges Committee on Wednesday.The committee is yet to publish its final verdict — but its initial update earlier this month said Johnson may have misled Parliament multiple times. Johnson denies misleading MPs.Wednesday’s session, which could last up to five hours, will be a key chance for Johnson to persuade the seven cross-party MPs who make up the committee that he did not mislead MPs in December 2021.That would include when he told the Commons that he had “been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there was no...
March 19, 2023

Ex-PM Johnson to reveal evidence in his defense over Partygate

Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Crimea on Saturday.
Putin visits Crimea on anniversary of Russia’s illegal 2014 annexation
MOSCOW —Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea on Saturday, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation.The trip comes the day after the International Criminal Court’ issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes.Putin visited an art school and a children’s center, locations that appeared to have been chosen in response to the court’s action on Friday.The court specifically accused him of bearing personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion of the neighboring country that started almost 13 months ago.Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world denounced as illegal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has demanded that...
March 18, 2023

Putin visits Crimea on anniversary of Russia’s illegal 2014 annexation

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