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(Adnkronos) – The ‘Two Sessions’ (‘Lianghui’), the political event of the year for China, have concluded. Since last Tuesday, the event has seen thousands of delegates gathered in Beijing for the annual sessions of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the

(Adnkronos) – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested at Manila airport on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on suspicion of crimes against humanity in his ‘war’ on drug trafficking. Human rights organizations estimate that tens of thousands of

(Adnkronos) – The pro-Russian right-wing candidate, Calin Georgescu, will challenge the decision of the Central Electoral Office (Bec) to reject his candidacy for the presidential elections in May at the Constitutional Court of Romania. “We will go forward together until the end.

(Adnkronos) – As anticipated, the Greens are standing in the way of the plan by likely future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to loosen the debt brake, which should allow for massive investments in infrastructure and defense. “We will recommend to the members

(Adnkronos) – Collision in the North Sea between an oil tanker and a cargo ship. Lifeboats and a Coast Guard helicopter were called to intervene for the collision that occurred this morning, which would involve a US-flagged oil tanker, the Mv Stena

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump warns that “there could be a shutdown” at the end of this week. Responding to reporters’ questions on Air Force One, the president added that “the Democrats want it, they want to destroy the country, I don’t know

(Adnkronos) – Greenland is voting to elect its new national parliament. The news, in the past, had never had much resonance outside the capital Nuuk and – albeit almost only by reflection – in Copenhagen. Tomorrow’s vote, however, will have a particular

(Adnkronos) – With the promise to defend Canada from Donald Trump who “is trying to weaken our economy, is attacking our families, workers and industries”, Mark Carney has become the new leader of the Liberal Party and therefore the next prime minister

(Adnkronos) – Annual joint naval drills by Iran, China and Russia kicked off today in the Gulf of Oman. The maneuvers, codenamed ‘Security Belt-2025’, are taking place off the Iranian port of Chabahar and are the fifth joint exercises conducted by Tehran,

(Adnkronos) – A “representative” of the British embassy in Russia has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Russian agency Tass reports it. “A representative of the British embassy in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with