[ad_1] Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended Friday his decision to publicly disclose a New York Times reporter’s phone number. López Obrador subsequently claimed “the political and moral authority of the president of Mexico is above” a law guaranteeing privacy, and that “no law can be above the sublime …
Read More »UAE, other countries removed from international money laundering watchlist
[ad_1] An international watchdog said Friday that it was removing the United Arab Emirates from its so-called gray list of countries that don’t take full measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. The announcement was made by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force following its meeting in the French …
Read More »Imprisoned former Pakistani PM Imran Khan addresses IMF in election audit push
[ad_1] Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund urging it to link any talks with Islamabad to an audit of the country’s recent election, which his party alleges was rigged, his party said Friday. Senator Ali Zafar, a top leader from …
Read More »London police confirm body pulled from Thames River is chemical attack suspect
[ad_1] London police confirmed Friday that a body they pulled from the River Thames is that of Abdul Ezedi, a man wanted over a chemical attack that injured his former partner and her two young daughters. The Metropolitan Police said his body was formally identified on Thursday and that his …
Read More »Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest
[ad_1] PARIS (AP) — Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government support and simpler regulations, on the eve of a major agricultural fair in the French capital. Dozens of tractors drove peacefully into Paris carrying flags from Rural Coordination, the …
Read More »Blinken visits Argentina’s President Milei in sign of US support: ‘extraordinary’ investment opportunities
[ad_1] Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei on Friday hosted U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken, the most senior U.S. official to visit Argentina since Milei took office in December pledging a “shock therapy” to stabilize the country’s embattled economy. Asked at the start of their meeting at the Casa Rosada presidential …
Read More »Kenyan funeral pays tribute to marathon world-record holder Kelvin Kiptum
[ad_1] Kenya’s world marathon record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, received a state funeral after dying in a car crash earlier this month. Kiptum and his coach were killed in the crash near Kaptagat, a renowned training base for runners. Dignitaries including President William Ruto and Sebastian Coe attended Kiptum’s burial in …
Read More »Former Austrian Chancellor Kurz faces trial over alleged false statements
[ad_1] A Vienna court is expected to announce its verdict on Friday in the trial of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Kurz is accused of making false statements to a parliamentary probe into alleged corruption during his first government. Kurz resigned in 2021 during a separate corruption probe but his …
Read More »British court upholds decision to strip woman of citizenship after joining ISIS
[ad_1] Shamima Begum, who traveled to Syria as a teen to join the Islamic State group, has lost her appeal against the British government’s decision to revoke her U.K. citizenship. Begum, now 24, fled London at 15 to marry an IS fighter in Syria and had three children, all of …
Read More »EU to decide next week if it will release $148 billion to Poland, official says
[ad_1] Ursula von der Leyen announced in Warsaw on Friday that the EU will soon decide if it will release billions of euros to Poland. The decision to release $148 billion will be made in Brussels next week. The money would come from the EU’s Next Generation and cohesion funds. …
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