Source link Rishi Sunak has announced a surprise round of honors, including Egyptian-born billionaire Mohamed Mansour UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash and accusations of cronyism for his decision to confer a knighthood on one of the Conservative Party’s biggest donors, who has contributed millions of pounds. Sunak announced his ‘Easter Honours […]
Source link The president is already “making most of the decisions” in the country, Sergey Demchenko has said Ukraine may need to become a dictatorship in order to prevail in the conflict with Russia, an MP from the party of President Vladimir Zelensky has said in an interview. With martial law in place, Zelensky has […]
Source link A senior member of the Narendra Modi-led BJP underscored to RT the importance of maintaining robust ties with Russia India will continue to explore more avenues for collaboration with Russia regardless of how these ties are seen by other nations, Jaiveer Shergill, the national spokesperson for the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), […]
Source link High payments contribute to low employment and put financial pressure on municipalities, politicians have warned Calls are increasing to tighten social payments to Ukrainian refugees in Germany, as the heads of 16 federal states prepare to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday to discuss the economic impact of immigration policies. Ahead of […]
Source link The bank accounts of the Congress and its youth wing were temporarily frozen on Friday The Congress, the largest opposition party in India, claimed on Friday that its bank account had been frozen by the Income Tax Department on “flimsy grounds,” and described the move as a “severe blow to democracy.” After the […]
Source link Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has alleged widespread vote tampering in last week’s election A coalition involving two of Pakistan’s major parties has agreed to form a new government, political leaders in the South Asian country said on Tuesday. The accord consigns PTI, the party of jailed former prime minister Imran […]
Source link The botched 2020 gender-reveal party sparked the El Dorado Fire, which killed a veteran firefighter and destroyed multiple homes The couple behind the deadly 2020 El Dorado Fire in California, Refugio Jimenez Jr. and Angelina Jimenez, were sentenced on Friday after reaching a plea deal, the San Bernardino County District Attorney office has […]
Source link For the first time in modern India, the government has come out openly in support of economic reforms, and spoken out against populism at the same time Last week, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) tabled a white paper in Parliament chronicling the last two tumultuous decades of the […]
Source link Hungary is the last remaining holdout in approving Stockholm’s bid to join the US-led military bloc Legislators with Hungary’s ruling party have refused to attend an emergency vote on Sweden’s application to join NATO, insisting the Nordic state’s leader must meet with Prime Minister Viktor Orban before they decide on the issue. In […]
Source link Media outlet claims Germany’s new political force DAVA is an offshoot of the Turkish president’s AKP Justice and Development Party Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘Justice and Development Party’ AKP is to have an affiliated Germany-based organization contesting this June’s election to the European Parliament, Bild has claimed. Last July, the Turkish head […]
Source link Germany’s Constitutional Court has accused the neo-Nazi ‘Die Heimat’ party of posing a threat to democracy German far-right party ‘Die Heimat’ has been stripped of its state funding privileges by the country’s highest court, for posing a threat to “the free democratic order.” The party, previously known as the National Democratic Party of […]
Source link Attempts to prohibit the AfD, a growing thorn in the government’s side, are unlikely to work – and if they do, it’ll cause more harm than good With really bad ideas, you can often ask two pertinent questions. First, why will it not work? Second, why would it be harmful if it did? […]
Source link Sarah Wagenknecht’s new outfit looks set to rival the establishment as disaffected citizens turn to its sensible platform Germany is in severe crisis. Between a tanking economy and an increasingly unpopular government, the country has begun to show just how much stress it is under. Half a year ago, the head of German […]
Source link Robert Habeck has accused the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) of trying to turn the country into an autocratic state The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AFD) party is seeking to emulate the Russian state model, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has claimed, urging the German security services to scrutinize the opposition political force more. […]
Source link The ANC is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Nomvula Mokonyane has told RT The Israeli government’s goal is to eliminate the Palestinians, the first deputy secretary-general of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Nomvula Paula Mokonyane, has told RT in an exclusive interview. Pretoria filed a genocide case against Israel with […]