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Swiss President Guy Parmelin heads to Brussels on Friday for a summit with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over a stalled treaty that threatens to put ties between Switzerland and its biggest trading partner into a deep freeze. That could leave Parmelin, a member of the eurosceptic Swiss People's Party, the biggest in parliament, in damage-control mode when he meets von der Leyen, who has urged Bern finally to embrace the draft accord negotiated in 2018. The Swiss cabinet has said it wants clarifications on some open points before endorsing the pact, and officials in Brussels want concrete suggestions from Parmelin, one source familiar with the talks said.
The ceremony is set to take place next month at the O2 Arena.
The family of a former top Saudi intelligence official who is living in exile and locked in an international feud with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman say they have become pawns in the kingdom’s efforts to bring the spy chief home. Now, an attempt by the family to appeal the convictions has failed, according to Saudi authorities. The Jabri family alleges that Saudi authorities interfered in the legal process, including circumventing appeals proceedings, which Riyadh denies.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
Around 30 activists wearing gas masks, face masks with images of a crying earth and holding colorful placards danced on a bustling Jakarta street as they called on the Indonesian government to come up with policies that would not 'kill the earth'.They also blamed climate change as the cause of natural disasters in the archipelago.Earlier this month, more than 180 were killed in eastern Indonesia after cyclone Seroja hit the remote region. The country's weather agency head Dwikorita Karnawati had said once-rare tropical cyclones were happening more often in Indonesia and climate change could be to blame.Last year, Indonesia has received $103.8 million fund from the United Nation's Green Climate Fund to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle forest fires.
The 36 clubs in Germany's top two leagues will go into compulsory "quarantine training camps" for the last two match days of the Bundesliga season, the German Football League (DFL) announced Thursday, to ensure the fixture schedule is completed on time.
Extinction Rebellion protesters used hammers and chisels to shatter windows at HSBC’s headquarters in London’s Canary Wharf on April 22.According to the group, nine women took part in the protest, which was scheduled for 7 am.Extinction Rebellion said they were protesting the bank’s climate plan. The plan “still allows the bank to finance coal power, and provides no basis to turn away clients or cancel contracts based on links to the fossil fuel industry,” the group said.A spokesperson for HSBC was quoted by the BBC as saying: “We welcome meaningful dialogue on our climate strategy; however, we cannot condone vandalism or actions that put people and property at risk.” The bank says it is aiming to bring financed emissions to net-zero by 2050.This footage was captured by London journalist Damien Gayle. It shows the protesters breaking the glass and police responding. Police are seen telling some of those involved that they are being placed under arrest. Credit: Damien Gayle via Storyful
A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant on Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera footage.
Jacob Newson has now completed his first flying lesson, making him one of the youngest pilots in the UK.
Mark Williams says he ‘couldn’t be more confident’ as he prepares to write the latest chapter in a storied Crucible rivalry with fellow Class of 92 graduate John Higgins.
People aren't happy with the star
A total of 350 local and imported cases of various COVID-19 variants were detected in Singapore were detected in Singapore as of Tuesday (20 April), according to data from the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that the government is “really focused on making sure that everybody who gave up their lives in global conflicts will be recognised in the appropriate and dignified way”. It comes after a report found that up to 350,000 predominantly black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire were not properly commemorated due to "pervasive racism".
Stuart Bingham believes he can make a serious run at a second Crucible title after “one of the best 70 breaks in World Championship history” helped him reach the second round.
United Nations human rights experts urged Switzerland on Thursday to repatriate two Geneva sisters from a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria five years after the girls were allegedly abducted by their mother who joined Islamic State (IS). More than 60,000 people, two-thirds of them children, are held in camps for families associated with IS fighters, which the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross described after a visit in March as a "tragedy in plain sight". "The two fathers of the girls, who both live in Geneva, have asked the Swiss Government to take the necessary steps to repatriate their daughters who, were ostensibly taken by their mother on a vacation in August 2016 but ended up in Syria," the independent U.N. experts said in a statement.
France's foreign minister on Thursday defended a military takeover in Chad despite objections from the opposition there, saying it was necessary for security amid "exceptional circumstances". The son of Chad's slain leader Idriss Deby took over as president and armed forces commander on Wednesday and dissolved the government and parliament as rebel forces threatened to march on the capital. Under the constitution, the speaker of the National Assembly should have become interim president.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng believes that “society is becoming more aware” of environmental issues. His comments come ahead of US President Joe Biden hosting a virtual climate summit in Washington DC later today. Speaking on the matter, the business secretary said: A lot of people are now eating less meat and adopting veganism...the government hasn’t legislated for that, it’s just that more people are conscious of their carbon footprint and are choosing that lifestyle.”.
India is battling a record-breaking rise in Covid-19 infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and led to severe bed and oxygen shortages.
Bennett and Grahame dated after they met on 'Big Brother'.
Now it's time to book a pub garden.