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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 […]

Poland holds presidential election delayed by pandemic

1:13 pm June 28, 2020

Warsaw: Poles began voting in a presidential election Sunday that had originally been scheduled for May but was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. President Andrzej Duda, a 48-year-old conservative backed by the ruling party, is running against 10 other candidates as he seeks a second 5-year term. Most recent polls showed that no single candidate was […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump suspends travel from Europe to US for 30 days amid coronavirus outbreak

3:42 pm March 12, 2020

Washington: In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump announced the US will suspend all passenger travel from Europe, except the UK, on Friday for the next 30 days to stop the spread of coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 4,500 lives, including 37 in America, and sent global markets into a tailspin. In a televised […]

Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 50

6:55 pm November 30, 2019

Tirana (Albania): The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has ended, the prime minister said Saturday, with the death toll at 50 and no more bodies believed to be in the ruins. Prime Minister Edi Rama said preliminary figures showed more than 1,465 buildings in the capital, Tirana, and about 900 in […]

Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

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