The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen said EU and India were pushing to get a free trade agreement during this year. “I am well aware it will not be easy. But I also know that timing and determination counts,” von der Leyen said in Delhi, adding

Progressive Conservative Party wins third consecutive majority in vote dominated by trade tensions. Canada’s Ontario province has re-elected Premier Doug Ford’s ruling conservatives in an election heavily focused on trade tensions stoked by United States President Donald Trump. Ford and his Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) cruised to their third

Danai Nesta Kupemba in London and Emery Makumeno in Kinshasa BBC News Gunfire and explosions have ripped through a rally held by rebel leaders in a city they recently captured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Videos show chaotic scenes with bodies on the streets after the crowd fled the

The Holy See Press Office said on Friday morning that Pope Francis had a restful fifteenth night in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he is being treated for bilateral pneumonia. By Vatican News “As in recent days, the night passed calmly, and the Pope is now resting,” read a Holy See

We condemn in the strongest possible terms Thailand’s forced return of at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where they lack due process rights and where Uyghurs have faced persecution, forced labor, and torture. As Thailand’s longstanding ally, we are alarmed by this action, which risks running afoul of its international

Doug Ford, the incumbent premier of Canada’s Ontario province, has declared victory in an election returning his Progressive Conservative party to office for a rarely won third term. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) projected a sweeping victory for the Progressive Conservatives, with 43% of the vote. “As we stare down

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a hall in Banda Aceh’s Bustanussalatin city park. It’s the fourth time that Aceh,

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