Meta calls for UK govt rethink over plans to scrap EU laws
(AFP) Facebook owner Meta is urging UK lawmakers considering legislation to scrap all retained European Union laws by 2024 to maintain some e-commerce rules to...
Author : Agence France-Presse
Stocks mixed as China Covid spike offsets rosier US rate outlook
(AFP) Stock markets traded mixed Friday, as fresh Covid lockdown fears in China offset hopes that the Federal Reserve would tone down US interest-rate hikes....
Taliban treatment of women could be crime against humanity: UN expert
(AFP) Taliban restrictions on the freedoms of women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in...
Spain PM takes over as Socialist International chief
(AFP) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was on Friday named head of the Socialist International (SI) as the movement of centre-left parties gathered in Madrid...
Putin tells Russian mothers he shares 'pain' of soldier deaths
(AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told a group of mothers whose sons are fighting in Ukraine that he shares the pain of those...
Rebels fight on in eastern DR Congo ahead of truce
(AFP) M23 rebels were still fighting and advancing on one front of their offensive in east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, civilian...
US city authorities release note penned by Walmart gunman
(AFP) Virginia authorities on Friday released a “death note” in which the Walmart manager who shot and killed six people at his store complained of...
Trudeau testifies on emergency powers use against Canada trucker protests
(AFP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified at a public inquiry on Friday to defend his use of emergency powers to dislodge noisy trucker-led protestors...
Protest scrutiny intensifies on Iran despite win
(AFP) Iran’s football stars scored a famous victory with a last gasp World Cup win but scrutiny on the conduct of the team ahead of...
Benin opposition gets green light for legislative election
(AFP) Benin’s opposition, weakened by arrests and the exile of its leaders, has been allowed to participate in January’s legislative elections, four years after they...
