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Swiss vote on limiting jobs, residency for EU citizens

6:04 pm September 27, 2020

Geneva: Voters in Switzerland cast ballots Sunday on a nationalist party’s proposal to limit the number of European Union citizens allowed to live and work in their country. The measure, championed by the populist Swiss People’s Party, would give preferential access to jobs, social protection and benefits to people from Switzerland over those from the […]

EU leader Michel lashes out at Britain over post-Brexit plan

11:29 pm September 25, 2020

Bradenton: European Union leader Charles Michel used the virtual pulpit of the UN General Assembly on Friday to lash out at Britain for its threats to renege on parts of the withdrawal treaty it signed with the EU and warned that the 27-nation bloc won’t back down in the final weeks of acrimonious talks on a free-trade deal. Michel made unmistakable […]

Experts cite ‘crimes against humanity’ in Maduro’s Venezuela

7:59 pm September 16, 2020

Geneva: Independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body have alleged the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro committed crimes against humanity. The experts issued a scathing, in-depth report on Wednesday that said the people responsible for crimes that include extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture must be held to account, in part to ensure […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM seeks party backing for his controversial Brexit bill

8:24 pm September 12, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on his Conservative Party MPs to back a controversial parliamentary bill that would override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement struck with the European Union, or the so-called Brexit divorce pact. In a Zoom call with party members on Friday, he reportedly urged the members of parliament (MPs) […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Trade deal at risk as EU says UK must honour Brexit agreement

10:59 pm September 10, 2020

London: Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union appeared to dim Wednesday, with the EU saying that even the smallest UK breach of the Brexit withdrawal treaty would undermine what little trust is left between the two sides. The warning came as Britain pushed ahead with legislation that it admits breaks international law by overriding parts of the legally […]