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Kerry slams Trump’s foreign policy before speech

11:54 pm August 18, 2020

Washington: Former Secretary of State John Kerry is condemning President Donald Trump‘s foreign policy as he prepares to address the Democratic National Convention, saying the United States “is not the leader of the free world.” Speaking online to reporters during the daily convention briefing Tuesday, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee said, “The world does not […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hungarian PM claims EU win but rule-of-law dispute not over

7:01 pm July 24, 2020

Budapest: Hungary’s prime minister on Friday touted what he called his victory at the European Union summit, where the bloc’s leaders decided on a massive seven-year budget and coronavirus recovery plan, but acknowledged he did not achieve his goal of de-linking EU funds from rule of law considerations. Hungary and Poland, two nations led by […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Germany laments US exit from WHO, says EU seeks to reform it

11:29 pm July 8, 2020

Geneva: Germany’s health minister on Wednesday lamented the formal US notification of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization as a “setback for international cooperation” and said Europe would work to reform the UN health agency. The comments from German Health Minister Jens Spahn epitomized concerns in Europe over the WHO’s largest contributor preparing to pull out following the Trump administration’s complaints that the agency […]

Germany works to tame meatpacking outbreak

8:02 pm June 22, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said “everything needs to be done” to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus linked to a large slaughterhouse where over 1,300 people have tested positive for COVID-19. Steffen Seibert said 20 workers at the Toennies meat plant in the western Guetersloh region have been hospitalised and several are in intensive care. “We very […]

Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction

3:14 pm June 20, 2020

Berlin: Preparing for her appearance before the UN General Assembly last fall, Greta Thunberg found herself constantly interrupted by world leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had formed a queue to speak to her and take selfies. “Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, waits in line but doesn’t quite make it before it’s time for […]