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Updated: 21/01/2025 – 14:34 GMT+1 The quake hit at 12:17 am local time, 38 kilometres southeast of Chiayi County Hall, at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. The US Geological Survey recorded a slightly lower magnitude of 6. … More The quake hit at 12:17 am local time, 38 kilometres southeast of Chiayi County Hall, at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration. The US Geological Survey recorded a slightly lower magnitude of 6.In Tainan, six individuals, including a one-month-old baby, were rescued from a collapsed house. Rescue teams also freed…

The salute immediately generated a viral and divided response, with online critics attacking Musk for the gesture and supporters minimizing its significance. “I will start by talking about the response, or perhaps the lack of responses of the EU to Trump’s inauguration. It represents a threat to the whole of the European Union,” said French member of the European Parliament Manon Aubry, co-chair of The Left group, at a press conference Tuesday morning. “Let’s start by keeping things simple, I am sure everyone saw the Nazi salute, I select these words carefully, the Nazi salute of Elon Musk.” In Germany,…

Most of the world’s superpowers are members of the legally binding international treaty. President Trump wasted no time announcing a raft of executive orders after entering the Oval Office, and withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is one of them.He pulled the US out of the global climate agreement during his first term in office, so it is no big surprise that he has done the same again. But with devastating extreme weather, partly driven by rising temperatures, taking lives and devastating communities the world over, many will question Trump’s decision. The iconic international climate treaty – the Paris Agreement -…

Flurry of activity And so on Monday night and Tuesday morning, just hours after Rudakubana’s guilty plea, came a flurry of government activity. In an early morning Downing Street press conference framed by Union Jacks, Starmer promised a probing public inquiry into the state’s handling of the case, vowing not to “let any institution of the state deflect from their failure, failure which in this case, frankly, leaps off the page.” In a detail disclosed since Rudakubana’s conviction, the prime minister pointed out that the killer had been referred three times to the British government’s de-radicalization Prevent program, only for…

While the City of Paris and the French government are at loggerheads over resolving the situation, many of the protesters say they are unaccompanied minors from sub-Saharan Africa. Almost 350 people are protesting at an iconic Parisian cultural venue located in the Marais district, sleeping on mattresses in cramped communal spaces. The demonstration at La Gaîté Lyrique in the city’s Marais district is the work of Belleville Park Youth Collective, an organisation founded by minors and young adults from sub-Saharan Africa who now live in France.The action began on 10 December, when members of the collective streamed into the venue,…

US President Donald Trump stopped short of imposing new tariffs in his initial executive orders but unveiled the External Revenue Service, a new agency tasked with collecting tariffs and duties in the coming months. Financial experts are growing more cautious about Germany’s economic outlook, as the spectre of a second consecutive year of recession and renewed trade tensions under the new US administration cast a shadow over expectations.The ZEW Economic Sentiment Index for Germany fell to 10.3 points in January, down from 15.7 in December and missing market forecasts of 15.3. While not an outright collapse, the decline underscores persistent…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will go to India for the first trip of her new term to shore up relations with the world’s largest democracy, she said Tuesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, von der Leyen said Europe was an increasingly attractive partner from Africa to Asia. “Hence, the first trip of my new Commission will be to India,” she said. “Together with Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi we want to upgrade the strategic partnership with the largest country and democracy in the world.”

But Russia’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that the Panama Canal legally belongs to Panama and warned the U.S. against trying to reclaim it, whether by military or economic coercion. “We expect that during the expected discussions between the leadership of Panama and U.S. President Donald Trump on issues of control over the Panama Canal … the parties will respect the current international legal regime of this key waterway,” said Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American department of the Russian foreign ministry, according to Russian state media. “Russia […] confirms its obligations to maintain the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal,…

Journalists repeatedly asked Trump about his promises to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and reminded him he had promised to do so on his first day in office. “I have another half of the day left,” Trump joked, then added he wants to get it wrapped up soon. Trump said Putin couldn’t be happy with the slow progress of his war against Ukraine — nearly three years after he ordered an all-out assault, and 11 years after disguised Russian troops first entered Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. “He’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and…

Faeser said the centers, which will be known as “unity hubs,” would help refugees wanting to return home, while also enabling those staying in Germany to integrate more effectively.  Germany’s generous refugee policies — which have provided a safe haven for 1.2 million Ukrainians — have drawn mixed reviews domestically. Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, head of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the favorite to become chancellor after next month’s general election, previously sparked controversy by accusing Ukrainian refugees of “welfare tourism.” His comments, which implied that the refugees were exploiting Germany’s social safety net while traveling back and…