EU ministers in Malta to thrash out new migrant system
Around 60,000 migrants have risked the dangerous Mediterranean crossing so far this year (AFP Photo/ARIS MESSINIS) Valletta (AFP) – Interior ministers from four EU countries meet Monday in Malta to try to work out an automatic system to determine which … Read More
At least 52 injured in string of earthquakes in Albania – news portal
Everyone injured was rushed to hospitals, doctors are providing all the help necessary. © EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ATHENS, September 22. /TASS/. At least 52 people have been injured in a series of earthquakes that rocked Albania on Saturday, Albanian Daily News … Read More
Trump: ‘I have no intention’ of meeting with Iran at UN
© Getty Images President Trump on Sunday said he has no plans to meet with the Iranian leaders at this week’s United Nations General Assembly. “Nothing is ever off the table completely, but I have no intention of meeting with Iran,” … Read More
EU’s Juncker: Irish Border Controls Needed in No-Deal Brexit
Jean-Claude Juncker, chief of the European Union’s executive arm, says border controls will be placed on the Irish border if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern … Read More
EU’s Juncker says he is convinced Brexit will happen – Sky
BRIGHTON, England, Sept 22 (Reuters) – EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is convinced Brexit will happen, reiterating that if Britain left the European Union without a deal there would be a new border between Northern Ireland and … Read More
Japan struggles to avoid Trump’s tariff threat as deadline looms
Higher tariffs on Japanese cars, the country’s biggest export to the US, are still being negotiated. US President Donald Trump has been adamant about reducing its trade deficit with other nations, while two-thirds of Japan’s trade surplus with the US … Read More
Japan Increases Lead Over China As Largest Foreign Holder Of U.S. Treasurys
For much of 2019, many were wondering if, or rather when, as a result of the ongoing trade war, China would lose its status as the largest US foreign creditor. The answer was revealed last month, when in June, Japan … Read More
As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns
Firefighters in the Brazilian Amazon basin state of Mato Grosso battle a forest blaze in the municipality of Sorriso The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders … Read More
As Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Drags On, Untracked Cases Sow Confusion
On tour in Africa, American officials said the U.S. would keep providing aid. But Congo’s response has been uneven, and the former health minister has been jailed. Health workers last month burying an Ebola victim in Beni, the Democratic Republic … Read More
Albania Earthquake Followed By Hundreds Of Aftershocks
Destroyed cars stand next to a damaged building after an earthquake in Tirana on September 21. Albanian authorities say more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on September 21, injuring 105 people and damaging … Read More