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(Adnkronos) – The Senate of Islamabad has passed a bill against online misinformation and so-called “fake news” that provides for up to three years in prison for those who spread it. A decision that, according to Pakistani journalists, aims to suppress critical

(Adnkronos) – The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary overnight with 68 votes in favor and 29 against. Bessent is the fifth candidate of the Trump administration to be confirmed by the Senate in a week.  

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani will on Tuesday chair a pioneering event in Rome to look at strategies and priorities for internationalising Italy’s “crucial” fashion industry – a sector which already accounts for over an eighth of national exports, said a

(Adnkronos) – Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune has called for a review of the association agreement with the European Union – signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2005 – so that it better responds to the “win-win principle”, while specifying that

(Adnkronos) – EU foreign ministers “have just agreed a roadmap to ease sanctions on Syria. While our aim is to move quickly, the lifting of sanctions can be reversed if wrong steps are taken”. This was announced in a post on social

(Adnkronos) – UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has called for “a global effort” to help Syrians since longtime dictator Bashar-al Assad’s ouster in December, ending a 14-year-old civil war that triggered a major humanitarian crisis in their country.  “In Aleppo, I spoke

(Adnkronos) – The European Union will provide 30 million euros in aid as a “first step” to support the Republic of Moldova in addressing the serious energy crisis caused by the Russian giant Gazprom. The EU says it is ready to finance

(Adnkronos) – There are 19 arrests triggered in Turkey after last week’s tragedy in a ski resort in Bolu. Investigations are ongoing and 19 people have been arrested, confirms the Turkish agency Anadolu. Among the 19 are the owner of the hotel,

(Adnkronos) – Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have claimed the conquest of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with the Kinshasa government calling their advance “a declaration of war.” The rebels announced the capture of the city

(Adnkronos) – The Peruvian government will offer “facilitations” for Peruvian citizens who will be deported from the United States, where the Trump administration has started repatriating thousands of undocumented immigrants. “Peruvians who return in this situation – said Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer