BRUSSELS/ANKARA (Reuters) -The European Union will establish contacts with Syria’s new leadership and reopen its delegation in the country, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. Von der Leyen also said the EU would increase humanitarian aid to Syria. But she warned of the risk …
EU to engage with Syrian leaders and reopen delegation Read More »
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it has finalized $406 million in government grants to Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to significantly increase production of silicon wafers in the United States. The funds for projects in Texas and Missouri will establish the first high-volume U.S. production of 300-mm wafers for advanced semiconductors …
US finalizes $406 million chips subsidy for Taiwan’s GlobalWafers​ Read More »
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German political parties presented their election programmes on Tuesday, a day after parliament backed a no-confidence motion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, paving the way for a snap election on Feb. 23. Disagreements over how to save Europe’s largest economy had been the main factor behind the collapse of Scholz’s …
Factbox-How Germany’s parties say they will revive its anaemic economy Read More »
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A woman who was branded a Chinese spy by Britain’s MI5 has lost her case to sue the domestic spy agency over an alert issued to politicians which said she was an agent working for Beijing, a London tribunal ruled on Tuesday. Lawyer Christine Lee had sued MI5 over the …
Woman, branded a Chinese agent, loses case against UK’s MI5 Read More »
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission opened formal proceedings on Tuesday against social media firm TikTok over its suspected failure to limit election interference, notably in the Romanian presidential vote last month. The Commission said it will request information and look into TikTok’s policy on political advertisements and paid-for political content as well …
EU opens investigation into TikTok over election interference Read More »
By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s main political parties were unveiling their manifestos on Tuesday, offering competing visions to lift Europe’s largest economy out of the doldrums while fighting off a far-right surge ahead of a snap election on Feb. 23. Germans will go to the polls after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way …
Parties unveil plans to rescue Germany from economic doldrums Read More »
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -German and French officials are due to meet representatives of Syria’s new governing authorities in Damascus on Tuesday, expanding Western contacts with the new administration after British diplomats met its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa late on Monday. Nine days after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, the new prime minister installed by Sharaa’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir …
Western governments expand contacts with Syria’s new leadership Read More »
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday. U.S.-Canadian Watson, 74, founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, has now been released from detention in …
Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, lawyer says Read More »
By Helen Coster and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his legal threats against news outlets and said he would also consider suing social media influencers and others for defamation, two days after ABC News agreed to settle a lawsuit with him. “It costs a lot of money …
Trump vows to pursue more defamation claims after ABC News settlement Read More »
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that tightens restrictions on income received by those Moscow has designated as “foreign agents”. Russian law requires any person or organisation receiving support from outside Russia or who Moscow says is under foreign influence to …
Russia’s Duma passes bill tightening control over income of ‘foreign agents’ Read More »
