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The Kerch Strait is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea and has been a key point of conflict between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014. An emergency taskforce has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it was first detected.The team, which includes Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, was set up after Russian President Vladimir Putin called on authorities on Friday to ramp up the response to the…
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Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%, according to results released by the state election authorities after more than 99% of the ballots were counted. Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović has scored a landslide win in Sunday’s second round presidential election, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote, official results showed.Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%, according to the results released by Croatia’s state election authorities after more than 99% of the…
Red lines Resuming the free-trade talks with Washington would be a red line for France and put Paris and Berlin at odds. Still, Merz’s more critical tone toward China, which contrasts with the fealty shown by Scholz and longtime CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel, might bring Berlin closer to the position defended by Paris and the European Commission. A closer relationship between the two countries might also help ease their major differences on how to deal with China. France has advocated for a tougher approach, which includes “Buy European” measures in public tenders, but also tariffs on subsidized Chinese imports. Germany,…
he last time an American president deployed the U.S. military domestically under the Insurrection Act — during the deadly Los Angeles riots in 1992 — Douglas Ollivant was there. Ollivant, then a young Army first lieutenant, says things went fairly smoothly because it was somebody else — the cops — doing the head-cracking to restore order, not his 7th Infantry Division. He and his troops didn’t have to detain or shoot at anyone. “There was real sensitivity about keeping federal troops away from the front lines,” said Ollivant, who was ordered in by President George H.W. Bush as rioters in…
The polls conducted by Ipsos polling agency and published by state television station HRT, said Zoran Milanovic won nearly 78% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who gained around 22%. Milanovic comfortably won the first round of voting on Dec. 29 but failed to reach an absolute majority, forcing a run-off between him and second placed Dragan Primorac.Milanovic, 58, is an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. He is the most popular politician in Croatia, and is sometimes compared to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his combative style of communication…
Croatian President Zoran Milanović looks to have won a commanding victory in the runoff round of his country’s presidential election Sunday, according to exit polls. Milanović remains Croatia’s most popular politician, his history of pro-Moscow and anti-Western statements contrasting with his having overseen the nation’s 2013 accession to the European Union as its then-prime minister. He previously won the presidency in 2020 with the support of Croatia’s main opposition Social Democratic Party. According to exit polls, Milanović is set to defeat his opponent, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, by a margin of 77.9 percent to 22.1 percent. He has long been the…
The nationwide day of action over new pension reforms will cause largescale disruption as many teachers, bus, airport and rail staff have registered to strike. Belgians trying to get to work using public transport on Monday will face massive disruption as transport workers have all been urged to strike by their unions.Railway operator SNCB confirmed that it will only be running about one in three trains.”A large number of flights will have to be cancelled or rescheduled,” a spokesperson for Brussels airport, Ihsane Chioua Lekhli, told Belga News Agency on Friday.Many children may also have to stay at home as…
A group of five skiers was hit by the avalanche above the village of Trasquera in the Piedmont region. Two survived and were helicoptered to hospital. The avalanche broke away around 12.30pm on the eastern face of Punta Valgrande, a summit in the Leopontine Alps, on the border between Italy and Switzerland.The skiers who died were dragged down the snowy mountain for several hundred metres from where they had been skiing at over 2,800 metres. The bodies have not yet been recovered because they are awaiting authorisation from the local magistrate.An alert had been issued in the area above 2,100…
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