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US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has come under fire for saying he doesn't understand why some federal workers who are not getting paid during the government shutdown are using food banks
World
10.08.2024
Backlash as billionaire cabinet member dismisses US shutdown hardship
Finland allocated 899 million euros to overseas aid in 2018, representing 0.38 percent of the country’s gross national income (GNI)
World
10.08.2024
Finland duped into paying aid money into wrong account
Critics of a bill in the Netherlands giving Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government emergency powers in the event of a no-deal Brexit say it would undermine the Dutch constitution
World
10.08.2024
Dutch government seeks emergency Brexit powers
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Davos: 'For Russia, this election is a final chance to get its revenge'
World
10.08.2024
In Davos, fears of Russian interference in Ukraine election
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A growing number of activists have been detained in Egypt in recent months
World 10.08.2024
Egypt 'more dangerous' than ever for govt critics: Amnesty
The possibility of an international deal to tax US tech giants is sensitive, as countries threaten to go it alone and Europe is divided on the issue
World 10.08.2024
OECD hopes for global digital tax by 2020
Charlotte Knobloch said she had received "coarse verbal abuse, threats and insults by email and telephone almost by the minute" since calling the German far-right AfD party a threat to democracy
World 10.08.2024
German Jewish leader 'threatened' after criticising far-right AfD
The Saudi presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos "is deeply distressing", Amnesty International chief Kumi Naidoo told AFP on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the global elite in the Swiss Alps
World 10.08.2024
Activists wary of Saudi Davos welcome after Khashoggi murder
A combination of file pictures shows (clockwise from top L) the Doomsday Clock on January 25, 2018; on January 26, 2017; on January 26, 2016; on January 22, 2015; on January 10, 2012; and on January 14, 2010
World 10.08.2024
Information wars endanger civilization, say 'Doomsday' experts
Khashoggi was murdered on in Turkey in what Saudi Arabia called a "rogue" operation
World 10.08.2024
Activists wary of Saudi Davos welcome after Khashoggi murder
In unprecedented scenes, suspects have been hauled into court by the truckload, then denied bail and immediately put on trial in many cases -- some before they are given access to lawyers
World 10.08.2024
Mass protester trials put spotlight on Zimbabwe's judiciary
The Dutch parliament debated a controversial bill granting Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government emergency powers to deal with problems caused if a no-deal Brexit severs trade and customs ties overnight between Britain and the EU
World 10.08.2024
Dutch hospitals warn of risk to patients from no-deal Brexit
Demonstrators in Caracas rally against Nicolas Maduro, who the United States has declared to be illegimate as the president of Venezuela
World 10.08.2024
Pompeo warns Venezuela's Maduro against use of force
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