News Archives for World - 2019-11-27

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Europe

US sanctions on French digital tax 'incomprehensible'

OECD group of wealthy democracies was finalising a way to tax global revenues of digital giants, many of which are

Published 27 Nov, 2019 10:10pm

Asia

Iran says 200,000 took to streets in anti-government protests

Khamenei, in his strongest remarks since the unrest peaked, described the two weeks of violence as the work of a "v

Published 27 Nov, 2019 09:50pm

World

US rejects proposal for spy swap of ex-Marine held in Russia

US embassy complained about Whelan's declining health and called Russia's treatment of him "shameful". Moscow

Published 27 Nov, 2019 09:20pm

Europe

Top advisor to UK PM Johnson warns of hung parliament

Johnson's Conservative Party holds a sizeable lead over the opposition Labour Party in opinion polls. Trust me

Published 27 Nov, 2019 08:50pm

Asia

Protester emerges to urge Hong Kong police not to enter university

Police planned to enter the campus to "process dangerous items and collect evidence" and that any remaining protest

Published 27 Nov, 2019 08:40pm

World

Judge places temporary hold on ex-White House lawyer ruling

Justice Department lawyers said the filing was "in an abundance of caution" in order to ensure that they could then

Published 27 Nov, 2019 07:50pm

World

Pakistan ranked 28th among 61 countries in number of diplomatic missions

China tops the chart with 276 diplomatic posts, while the US stands at number two position with 273 such posts.

Published 27 Nov, 2019 01:23pm

World

Botswana in the rough as diamond sales lose glitter: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that Botswana's economy is facing headwinds. Growth

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:59pm

Europe

Romania's Social Democrat leader resigns after poll rout

The head of Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) Viorica Dancila. Dancila was prime minister from January 2

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:56pm

World

US State Department warns against travel to Burkina Faso

The US State Department has urged Americans not to travel to Burkina Faso. The country's militant insurgency,

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:54pm

Asia

Iran supreme leader says people foiled 'very dangerous' plot

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday praised the country's people for foiling. The demons

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:50pm

Europe

Amnesty warns of Egypt's 'parallel justice system'

Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government. The situa

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:48pm

Europe

EU chief wins over MEPs with vow to build green superpower

Ursula von der Leyen will take office on Sunday after winning a comfortable parliamentary majority. Her path t

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:46pm

Africa

NATO brain dead? Macron's disruptive style rattles Europe

NATO is brain dead, it's time for a rapprochement with Russia and there can be no more EU enlargement for now.

Published 27 Nov, 2019 12:43pm

Europe

Romanian PM says a 2020 budget deficit below 3pc/GDP unrealistic

Romania's budget plan for 2020, will take the consolidated deficit as close to 3pc of gross domestic product as pos

Published 27 Nov, 2019 11:35am

Europe

Poland's unemployment rate falls to 5.0pc in October

The statistics office also said that the number of registered unemployed was 840,500 last month. Statistics of

Published 27 Nov, 2019 11:18am

Europe

Incoming EU chief promises no compromise on rule of law

The European Parliament, which is expected later on Wednesday to vote to give her and her new Commission final appr

Published 27 Nov, 2019 11:04am

World

Labour's Corbyn accuses Johnson of offering up UK health service in U.S. talks

Johnson has repeatedly denied that Britain's National Health Service is on the table in such talks. Corbyn say

Published 27 Nov, 2019 10:55am

World

Swiss revamp antiquated money laundering, terrorism finance report system

From 2020, Switzerland plans to use an anti-money laundering program from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime called "

Published 27 Nov, 2019 10:47am

World

Iran says hundreds of banks were torched in "vast" unrest plot

Khamenei says the protests amounted to a plot that Iranians had defeated. The disturbances began on Nov. 15 af

Published 27 Nov, 2019 10:32am

World

Thousands of farmers in mass tractor protest in Berlin

Thousands of farmers drove their tractors to Berlin's famed Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday in a mass protest against new environmental regulations they say threaten their livelihoods.