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By Jerry Fisayo-Bambi with AP Published on 04/11/2025 – 6:12 GMT+1 •Updated 6:19 A longtime North Korean ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, best known for his trademark propaganda-filled speeches with a deep, booming voice in support of the ruling Kim dynasty, has died, state media reported Tuesday. The Korean Central News Agency said that Kim Yong Nam, former president of the Praesidium of North Korea’s rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly from 1998 to 2019, died Monday of multiple organ failure at the age of 97. According to KCNA, the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, paid a heartfelt condolence visit to Kim Yong…
During an exclusive interview with POLITICO, he predicted Ukraine will face a “very difficult winter” under relentless Russian bombardment — and argued Kyiv’s government has made that worse through a series of missteps. Adding fuel to his clash with Zelenskyy’s team, Kudrytskyi was charged last week with embezzlement, prompting an outcry from Ukraine’s civil society and opposition lawmakers. They say Kudrytskyi’s arraignment involving a contract — one of hundreds — he authorized seven years ago, when he was a deputy director at Ukrenergo, is a glaring example of the aggressive use of lawfare by the Ukrainian leadership to intimidate opponents,…
He argued the BoE had “failed” under Conservative Liz Truss, who was forced out as prime minister after bond yields spiked in the wake of a tax-cutting budget, leading banks to increase their lending rates. Tice accused City regulators of “missing” the issue of liability-driven investments (LDIs), which increased the strain on pension funds during that period, and said the Bank of England “could have actually stepped in and prevented the carnage.” Truss has repeatedly blamed the Bank of England for failing to anticipate the market consequences of her budget. The central bank intervened after her mini-budget to calm the…
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Residents of Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province were clearing debris on Monday after a powerful earthquake struck the region, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640, officials said. Twenty-five of the wounded are in critical condition, and authorities warned the toll could rise. Survivors described scenes of destruction as they pulled victims from the rubble. The impoverished nation often struggles to respond to such disasters, with many rural homes made of mud brick and wood, leaving them highly vulnerable to collapse.
Published on 03/11/2025 – 21:18 GMT+1 Latvia’s President Edgars Rinkēvičs has said he is sending a law on the country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention back to parliament for further review, public broadcaster LSM reported on Monday. The parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence. 32 lawmakers voted to stay in the treaty, while 56 voted to leave, saying the treaty promotes “radical feminism based on the ideology of gender”. There were two abstentions. Rinkēvičs said withdrawing from the treaty would send a “contradictory message.”…
Conservationists at the UK’s Chester Zoo have celebrated the arrival of two rare Northeast African cheetah brothers, Kendi and Tafari. The one-year-old siblings joined the zoo as part of a vital conservation program aimed at saving their critically endangered species, with fewer than 500 remaining in the wild. The cheetahs, among the world’s rarest big cats, were photographed exploring their new habitat for the first time, curiously adapting to their surroundings under the care of zookeepers.
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Published on 03/11/2025 – 18:16 GMT+1 Czech billionaire and Prime Minister-designate Andrej Babiš signed a coalition deal with right-wing allies on Monday, bringing him a step closer to taking the seat once again. His ANO (Yes) party has teamed up with the climate change sceptics, the Motorists party, and the SPD (Freedom and Direct Democracy), which is against the EU and NATO. He said he aims to form a government by mid-December. The announcement comes after the Czech Republic’s president asked Babiš to form a new government after his party’s victory in last month’s parliamentary elections. President Petr Pavel made…
Manon Aubry et son parti, La France insoumise, considèrent Zohran Mamdani comme un exemple pour produire un “changement radical”, alors qu’ils affichent de fortes ambitions pour les municipales françaises de 2026. | Frederick Florin/Getty Images Le triomphe probable de ce dernier sur Andrew Cuomo, l’ancien gouverneur de New York, expérimenté mais dont la réputation a été entachée par les scandales — et qui se présente en tant qu’indépendant après avoir été battu par Mamdani lors de la primaire démocrate —, est également le dernier exemple en date de partis plus modérés dépassés par des forces plus radicales aux deux extrémités…