Source link Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called for global talks on reparations for countries affected by the slave trade Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has urged the UK to pay $4.9 trillion in reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, in a speech in London on Wednesday. She added that talks over how this debt […]
Source link Thousands of lorries have been stopped at the border amid an ongoing dispute between Warsaw and Kiev Poland will insist that the EU restore a permit system for Ukrainian truckers crossing its border, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday. Polish truckers have already been blocking crossing points since early November, arguing that […]
Source link Washington is taking allegations of New Delhi’s involvement in the attempted murder of a US citizen “seriously” Allegations that an Indian government official was behind a foiled plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader on US soil are being taken “seriously,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. He emphasized, however, […]
Source link Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has insisted on “fundamental” changes to the way the Ukrainian military manages battlefield casualties, after sacking Medical Forces commander Major-General Tatyana Ostashchenko on Sunday evening. The move came after Zelensky’s meeting with Rustem Umerov, the recently-appointed defense minister, amid recriminations in Kiev about the failure of its summer counteroffensive […]
Source link The military rulers claim the agency’s performance in mediating the country’s transition to civilian rule is “disappointing” The United Nations has been asked to immediately terminate its Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, where an armed conflict has been raging since mid-April between the national army and rival paramilitary forces. The Sudanese military […]
Source link Reparative justice for the continent and descendants of slaves is an issue that can no longer be ignored, Ghana’s president has said Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo is hosting a global summit to facilitate dialogue and produce an African-led action plan to seek reparations for historical injustices dating back to the slave trade and […]
Source link Germany cannot accept any more anti-Semitic refugees, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union has said Germany should introduce “clear” measures to combat anti-Semitism, the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party, said on Sunday. Friedrich Merz of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) called on all anti-Israeli activities in Germany to be […]