$29 Trillion: That’s How Much Debt Emerging Nations Are Facing A decades-long crisis is getting worse, and now dozens of nations are spending more on interest payments than on health care or education. 06/14/2024 - 3:24 am | View Link
Greek prime minister reshuffles cabinet after European elections Mitsotakis' new cabinet aims to focus on cost-of-living and labour policies following a successful European campaign. View on euronews ... 06/14/2024 - 1:55 am | View Link
Greek PM reshuffles cabinet after worse than expected EU vote result Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday to boost the government's battle with a cost-of-living crisis, but kept his foreign and finance ministers in place to show ... 06/14/2024 - 12:43 am | View Link
French Minister Warns of Truss-Like Debt Crisis If Le Pen Wins (Bloomberg) -- Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned that France would be plunged into a debt crisis similar to one sparked in the UK two years ago if far-right leader Marine Le Pen were to win ... 06/11/2024 - 6:13 pm | View Link
Ukraine eyes partial debt write-off in restructuring talks, finance minister says KYIV, June 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine's government is in talks with international bondholders to restructure its $20 billion in debt and is discussing a partial debt write-off, Finance Minister Serhiy ... 06/7/2024 - 6:17 am | View Link
Paris — Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, according to test results published Friday.
Contamination levels in the first eight days of June, after persistent heavy rain in Paris, showed bacteria such as E.
The search continues for a U. S. tourist that went missing on Tuesday after going on a solo hike on the Greek island of Amorgos.
The rescue team—made up of South Aegean Police Command officers, the Embassy, Coast Guard volunteers, the Amorgos Volunteer Rescue Team, and a group from the Greek island of Paros—have been coordinating the hunt across nearly a quarter of the island for 59-year-old Albert Calibet, according to a Greek newsite.
The annual Trooping the Colour event, which celebrates the official birthday of the Sovereign in the United Kingdom, takes place on Saturday, June 15 this year. Though King Charles III’s actual birthday is on November 14, Trooping the Colour has been the ceremonial celebration of the monarch’s birthday since 1748.
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The event is performed annually with a Horse Guards Parade in London, England, by regiments of the Household Division.
BEIJING — Supporters say a Chinese journalist who promoted women’s rights as part of the country’s nascent #MeToo movement has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert state authority, almost three years after she and an activist were detained.
The verdict provided to The Associated Press stated that Huang Xueqin would also face a fine of 100,000 yuan ($14,000), underscoring the ruling Communist Party’s intolerance of any activism outside its control in a system whose upper echelons are dominated by men.
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China’s #MeToo movement flourished briefly before being snuffed out by the government.
Australian-British actor and one-time pop star Holly Valance hosted a lavish fundraiser in London for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday night that reportedly raised $3 million (£2.36 million). The 41-year-old actor, who starred in the Australian soap opera Neighbours along with celebrities like Margot Robbie, has become known for her outspoken political views as of late.
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“Everyone starts off as a leftie then wakes up at some point after you start either making money working trying to run a business trying to buy a home and then you realize what crap ideas they all are, and then you go to the right” she said in an interview with GBNews in February.
BARI, Italy — Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence — a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last year — but his concerns about AI go far beyond an unflattering shot and are now taking center stage at the Group of Seven summit.
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Francis will address G7 leaders on Friday at their annual gathering in southern Italy — a first for a pope.