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Germany welcomes China climate goals, wants more EU action

9:23 pm September 30, 2020

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed China‘s plan to be carbon-neutral by 2060, contrasting it with the US failure to abide by the goals of the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord. In a speech Wednesday to Germany’s parliament, Merkel stressed the significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement last week as the European Union debates ramping up its own medium- […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo voices support for talks between Greece, Turkey

7:31 pm September 29, 2020

Athens: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed support Tuesday for talks between Greece and Turkey, NATO allies whose relations have deteriorated sharply to the point where both had warships facing off in the Mediterranean. Speaking from the Souda Bay military base on the island of Crete, on the second day of a five-day regional tour, Pompeo said relations between the United States and Greece are “at […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Swedish fuel giant stops planned expansion of oil refinery

7:23 pm September 28, 2020

Stockholm: Sweden’s largest fuel company said Monday that it has decided to stop a planned oil refinery expansion that would have made it the country’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and was increasingly becoming a hot potato issue for Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s minority government. Preem said that “the COVID-19 crisis and its effects on […]

Pompeo speaks with NATO chief about Mediterranean tensions

11:48 pm September 27, 2020

Athens: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is due to arrive in Greece on an official visit early Monday, has had a conversation on tensions in the eastern Mediterranean with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “Pleased to speak today with @NATO Secretary General @jensstoltenberg to discuss de-escalation of the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and reiterate the importance of NATO Alliance unity,” Pompeo tweeted while en […]

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 […]