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London could also be asked to pay a fee to join the loan. France, with the support of other countries, last week suggested that third-party countries that take part should contribute. They made the argument that since EU member countries pay interest on the loan it would be unfair if non-EU countries don’t pay anything, according to three EU diplomats. However, British officials said this idea was not under active discussion. A U.K government spokesperson said: “We do not comment on internal EU processes,” pointing out that the country has so far committed a total of £21.8 billion in support for…
French IT giant Capgemini announced on Sunday that it was putting up for sale its subsidiary working with the US immigration police (ICE), at the heart of international controversy over the violent methods used by these federal agents. The company has been in the spotlight for several days because of a contract, revealed by the NGO Observatoire des Multinationales, that its US subsidiary, Capgemini Government Solutions, signed with ICE to identify foreign nationals on US soil and track their movements. In a press release, Capgemini explained that “the usual legal constraints imposed in the United States on contracting with federal…
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By Andreas Rogal & Jerry Fisayo-Bambi Published on 01/02/2026 – 17:30 GMT+1•Updated 17:39 A Russian attack on a bus outside the city of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has killed at least 15 miners and injured seven others on Sunday, Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm, DTEK, reported. Russia launched a mass attack, targeting DTEK mines, the company said. One of the strikes hit a service bus in the town of Ternivka, which was transporting miners home after their shift. “The service bus was carrying mine workers — civilians who were not involved in the combat. This is yet another brutal attack with casualties, just…
Gold hit a new record high on Thursday at $5600 per ounce. Silver was trading at $120 per ounce. Suddenly, precious metal prices began to fall. By Friday evening, gold was already costing $470 per ounce. Gold fever reached a new high at the beginning of 2026, with prices hitting a record earlier this week. All over the world, people queued up to sell bullion they already owned or to buy it. Consumers went to local retailers to cash in their gold jewellery. Some are buying gold coins or bars for the first time. Others are investing in exchange-traded funds,…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled that trilateral talks with Russia and the United States — scheduled to take place on Sunday in Abu Dhabi — will be delayed to later this week, citing Washington’s focus on rising tensions with Iran. In his nightly video address Saturday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was still waiting for clarity from U.S. officials — who are mediating the negotiation process — on when and where the next round would take place. “We are in regular contact with the U.S. side and are waiting for them to provide specifics on further meetings,” Zelenskyy said. “We are counting…
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Israel announced it was terminating the operations of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza, accusing the humanitarian group of failing to submit lists of its Palestinian staff. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Published on 01/02/2026 – 12:16 GMT+1 At a moment when all eyes were on a possible U.S. strike against Iran, nothing major ultimately happened. Still, several explosions were reported in different Iranian cities. The most significant occurred in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, where reports suggested that an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or army-related facility may have been targeted. Iranian officials quickly denied this, but it is worth recalling that just weeks before the 12‑day war last June, a major blast in Bandar Abbas was also officially classified as an “accident.” Now, with a large U.S. naval…
Iran escalated its warning to Washington on Sunday, threatening a regional war if the United States launches military action. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that if U.S. forces attack Iran, the fallout would spread across the Middle East, according to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. “The Americans should know that if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war,” the 86-year-old leader was quoted as saying.