BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Thousands of people rallied across Slovakia on Thursday as protests intensified against a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The protests came hours after President Zuzana Čaputová voiced her strong opposition to the changes, saying they could jeopardize the rule of … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Dagalo, leader … Read more
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. I know I usually lead Startups Weekly with my own column (and I did write one this week, so if you are somehow a fan of everything I write, go ham), but Devin’s piece taking a stand against the pseudanthropy … Read more
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned that a proposed U.S.-backed multinational task force to protect shipping in the Red Sea would face “extraordinary problems”, official Iranian media reported on Thursday. Ashtiani’s comments came after the United States said last week it was in talks with other countries to set up a … Read more
Vijay Sundaram Contributor Vijay Sundaram is chief strategy officer at Zoho, where he drives corporate strategy, execution, channel management, business development and enterprise sales. He is a prior entrepreneur and company founder, in cloud supply chain software, mobile advertising technology, and renewable energy. More posts by this contributor During a recession, look to drive growth … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — It began, as many modern love stories now do, with a swipe on a dating app. It ended, a little over a year later, in a roar of exploding glass and concrete from a Russian missile strike. Six months into Russia’s invasion, Danylo Kovalenko, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump will argue in court Monday over a proposed gag order aimed at reining in the former president’s diatribes against likely witnesses and others in his 2020 election interference case in Washington. In pressing U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose the narrow gag order, special … Read more
Foreign ministers of several European Union nations gathered in Kyiv in a meeting that the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, lauded as “historic.” The event culminated in Borrell’s proposing up to 5 billion euros, or about $5.2 billion, in additional aid to Ukraine. It was a stark contrast from recent developments in Washington, where … Read more
October 1, 2023 at 2:30 a.m. EDT Cars drive past the U.S. Capitol during a vote on a resolution to fund the government on Sept. 30. The Senate passed a short-term, bipartisan funding bill stripped of proposed aid to Ukraine. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Proposed aid to Ukraine did not make it into a U.S. government … Read more
ROME — Italian financial institution shares plunged Tuesday after the Cupboard accepted a proposal to use a 40% tax on some financial institution earnings this 12 months to assist customers and companies deal with increased borrowing prices. Transport Minister Matteo Salvini introduced the tax at a Monday night information convention, saying it was a measure … Read more