Source link The measure would reportedly allow landlocked Ethiopia unhindered maritime access while respecting Somalia’s territorial integrity Kenya has proposed a regional maritime treaty to resolve an escalating dispute in the Horn of Africa between Ethiopia and Somalia over a port access deal that breakaway Somaliland signed with Addis Ababa, Reuters reported on Thursday. The […]
Source link Jasmine Crockett also admits plan to introduce new form of ‘reparations’ may not work because many aren’t paying taxes anyway A freshman Democratic representative from Texas in the US Congress, Jasmine Crockett, has suggested exempting black Americans from paying taxes. Her proposal relates to the controversial idea of reparations that some academics and […]
Source link Washington should act with increased speed to develop supply chains for critical minerals from Africa, a USIP report says Washington could advance its policy goals in Africa through strategic investment in an effort to reduce reliance on China for supplies of critical minerals, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) said on Tuesday. […]
Source link President Emmanuel Macron said terminally ill patients will be allowed to request “help to die” French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to expand the existing euthanasia laws to allow more patients to request a medically assisted death. A bill on the matter will be presented to parliament by the summer, he said. In […]
Source link Hamas has responded to a US- and Israeli-backed ceasefire proposal issued last week by mediators from Egypt and Qatar with a counterproposal designed to bring about a permanent end to the conflict in Gaza, Reuters reported on Wednesday. A draft of the Hamas plan seen by the news agency proposes a three-stage, 135-day […]
Source link The militants were reportedly offered to gradually release the captives in exchange for a two-month ceasefire The Israeli government has offered Hamas a “pause” in the fighting of up to 60 days so all the remaining captives could be released, Axios reported on Monday, citing two unnamed officials. Hamas seized around 240 Israelis […]
Source link The state should punish a spouse responsible for the breakup of a marriage, Vitaly Milonov has said The divorcees in Russia should face repercussions in the form of a fine or deployment to the area of the Ukraine conflict, a controversial Russian State Duma member has said. Vitaly Milonov came up with the […]
Source link Foreign arms shipments have only prolonged the fighting, Hungary’s top diplomat has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has called for a halt to all Western military aid to Ukraine, saying the massive influx of weapons – as well as Kiev’s reluctance to negotiate – has made peace impossible. Asked what should be […]
Source link Men and women aged 35 and over or those who have at least two children are currently eligible for such surgery Male sterilization should be banned from the list of services at Russian medical institutions, State Duma member Vitaly Milonov has said. In a written appeal addressed to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, […]
Source link Monika Schnitzer’s call for a “Ukraine surcharge” comes as the German government’s approval ratings hit record lows Berlin should tax citizens’ incomes more in order to strengthen military aid to Ukraine as support for the conflict ebbs elsewhere in the West, Monika Schnitzer, who chairs the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE), told […]
Source link The initiative is aimed at protecting children from possible psychological problems, a high-ranking Russian MP has said A draft law forbidding parents from giving male names to newborn girls and female names to boys has been prepared in the State Duma, Russia’s parliament, the deputy head of the legislature’s Commission on Family, Women […]
Source link Evgeny Fyodorov said the measure would help fill the state’s coffers and incentivize population growth A member of Russia’s State Duma has proposed to revive a tax on childlessness, which existed during the Soviet times, citing the need to boost population. “We must encourage the birth of children,” Evgeny Fyodorov from the ruling […]
Source link Russia should pick a new name for the Gulf of Finland, a member of the State Duma said on Wednesday, citing tensions with the neighboring state. Oleg Nilov, an MP from the left-wing ‘A Just Russia – For Truth’ party, blasted the “provocations coming from formerly neutral Finland,” accusing the Nordic neighbor of […]
Source link A lawmaker says Kiev’s soldiers should be ‘incentivized’ to switch to Moscow’s side Ukrainian soldiers who defect to Moscow’s side should receive Russian citizenship along with social benefits, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Defense Committee, Aleksey Zhuravlev, has said. The proposal follows reports that a Ukrainian military pilot had defected […]