Ballot boxes opened for early elections in Greece 7 Jul 2019 The ballot boxes for the parliamentary elections in Greece are open on Sunday morning at 7 a.m. (local time). Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted a request for early elections in May, following a major defeat of his Syriza party in the European Elections. The ballot boxes close at 7 pm and the result is expected around midnight. They will …
British ambassador calls Trump “incompetent” 7 Jul 2019 The British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, has called US President Donald Trump “incapable” and “dysfunctional” in political memos. This is reported by the British newspaper The Mail on Sunday, which has viewed the letters. The ambassador says he expects Trump’s presidency to end in disgrace. “We do not expect the White House to become more normal under Trump,” …
Mark Carney named as a probable new IMF director 6 Jul 2019 Mark Carney, the head of the Bank of England, is mentioned as a possible new boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Based on an initiate, Bloomberg news agency reports that European countries are currently “actively” discussing his nomination. The current IMF director Christine Lagarde was nominated earlier this week as the new president of the European Central Bank (ECB). …
Students reject the invitation from Carrie Lam 5 Jul 2019 The proposal from Carrie Lam is an attempt to deal with the month-long crisis, where the opposition protests against a new bill that would mean that criminals can be extradited to mainland China. The bill is seen by the opponents as a threat to Hong Kong’s relative independence. According to a spokesperson, Lam has recently begun to invite young people …
Trump invokes the avalanche of jokes with his airport remarks 5 Jul 2019 The United States took over airports, just over a hundred years before the aircraft was invented, said Donald Trump in his national day speech. The president’s lack of history knowledge has invoked an avalanche of laughter, jokes and mockery. In heavy rain, Donald Trump held his speech in Washington DC during the celebration of National Day July 4th. During the …
Netflix to reduce smoking in the streaming content 5 Jul 2019 Walt Disney banned smoking years ago. In productions from many other studios, however, there is still plenty of work, but now Netflix also seems to realize that this is actually not necessary at all, or at least it exposure can be decreased. After an investigation, Netflix will reduce smoking scenes in their productions. The BBC reports that Netflix, following a …
Why Frans Timmermans was the second best? 4 Jul 2019 Chancellor Angela Merkel is slightly optimistic at the start of the resumption of the EU summit. She radiates new rounds, new opportunities. She is on her way to series of meetings, with new plans in her pocket and especially new names. Business as usual. Or at least we have to pretend it is. Among the Christian Democrats, there is disappointment …
The EU is said to refrain from disciplinary action against Italy 3 Jul 2019 The EU Commission is likely to decide not to take disciplinary action against Italy regarding its state finances, reports Italian news agency Radiocor. Representatives of EU governments note a “significant improvement” after the Italian government introduced new measures during the past week. The EU Commission’s meeting is still ongoing, but according to Radiocor’s sources, officials at the European Commission have …
Vaimalama Chaves, Miss France, wants to study political science 3 Jul 2019 Miss France, Vaimalama Chaves, wants to study political science to become president. Just not president of France, but of the overseas territory of French Polynesia, where she comes from. Chavez was Miss Tahiti last year before she was crowned beauty queen in the motherland. She has many projects and dreams, and becoming a president is part of that, she said …
Police arrest three suspects conspiring to carry out attack in Sydney 3 Jul 2019 The Australian police today arrested three men who planned to attack police stations, courts, churches and embassies in Sydney. These are men aged 20, 23 and 30. The trio is said to have ties with the Islamic State (IS) terror organization. Two of them are suspected of being a member of a terrorist organization and preparing an attack. The third …
Aybek Barysov, Gulmira Wakhitova and Kanat Ibraev among founders of Qazaqstanda Jasalğan economic movement