Brazil to walk away if further delays hit EU-Mercosur trade deal: Pres Lula

BRASILIA, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that if the EU-Mercosur trade deal is not signed as planned on Saturday, it will not be concluded during his presidency. The EU’s plan to create the world’s biggest free-trade area with the South American bloc Mercosur…

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih Elected New UN High Commissioner For Refugees

GENEVA, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations General Assembly, yesterday, elected former Iraqi President, Barham Salih, as the new UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Salih, born in 1960, served as president of Iraq from 2018 to 2022. He previously held posts including deputy prime minister of Iraq and prime…

European farmers’ protests against Mercosur deal highlight EU division

BRUSSELS, Dec 19 (NNN-XINHUA) — Thousands of farmers from across Europe rallied near the European Parliament and the Europa Building in Brussels on Thursday as European Union (EU) leaders convened for a summit, with a long-negotiated trade deal with the South American bloc Mercosur on the agenda. Protesters, many arriving…

French ‘Doctor Death’ who poisoned patients jailed for life

Frederic Péchier faces a minimum of 22 years behind bars PARIS, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, including 12 who died.A court in the city of Besançon in eastern France found Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with…

US imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges for Israel probe

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed sanctions on two more judges of the International Criminal Court after they rejected an attempt by Israel to end a war crimes probe in Gaza.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had already ordered sanctions on judges and prosecutors in the case, explicitly linked the new…

Germany to take in more than 500 stranded Afghans from Pakistan

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt BERLIN, Dec 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The German government said it would take in 535 Afghans who had been promised refuge in Germany but have been stuck in limbo in Pakistan. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told the RND media network Berlin wanted to complete the processing of…

Denmark wants to ban burqas, niqabs in schools and universities

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Danish government said that it is proposing to extend the country’s ban on full-face veils in public places to schools and universities. “Burqas, niqabs, or other clothing that hides people’s faces have no place in a Danish classroom,” Minister for Immigration and Integration Rasmus…

UK police make arrests for alleged ‘intifada’ protest chants

LONDON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UK police made their first arrests Wednesday since announcing officers will detain people who publicly chant pro-Palestinian calls to “globalise the intifada”, in a change prompted by Australia’s Bondi Beach attack. London’s Metropolitan Police said two people “who shouted slogans involving calls for intifada were…

UK: England’s resident doctors begin five-day strike

LONDON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Resident doctors in England have begun a five-day strike in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the strike during Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament on Wednesday, describing the walkout as “dangerous and utterly irresponsible”.My message to resident doctors is:…

Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump ‘blockade’

CARACUS, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela struck a defiant note, insisting that crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blockade. Trump’s announcement on Tuesday marked a new escalation in his months-long campaign of military and economic pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela, which has the…
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