Unanimity is a concept often put to the test across the European Union. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, divisions over issues such as military aid and Ukraine’s EU candidacy have challenged an overall united front. Last week, the EU’s approach towards dealing with one of Russia’s closest allies – China – was also thrown into question after French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks that Europe should not be “followers” of Washington or Beijing regarding Taiwan. And now, Ukrainian grain threatens to divide the union. Amid a recent surge in cheap grains and farm products from Ukraine, Poland and…
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Unanimity is a concept often put to the test across the European Union. After Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year, divisions over issues such as military aid and Ukraine’s EU candidacy have challenged an overall united front. Last week, the EU’s approach towards dealing with one of Russia’s closest allies – China – was also thrown into question after French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks that Europe should not be “followers” of Washington or Beijing regarding Taiwan. And now, Ukrainian grain threatens to divide the union. Amid a recent surge in cheap grains and farm products from Ukraine, Poland and…
Montreal, Canada – As the top female football players from around the world prepare to compete in the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in three months, the sixth-ranked Canadian team has high hopes. The squad is coming off a gold-medal victory in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics and is now pushing for World Cup glory under the leadership of captain Christine Sinclair, international football’s all-time leading scorer for both men and women. Yet Sinclair and her teammates’ on-field successes have taken a backseat to another fight being waged off the pitch as they demand pay equity and…
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov reached the third round of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalík on Wednesday. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 13 aces during the straight-set win but also committed four double faults. Kovalík had just two aces but zero double faults, by comparison. The 24-year-old Shapovalov also won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and earned two break points in three opportunities. It was the first match of the tournament for the 14th-seeded Shapovalov, who had a bye through the first round. He will next play on Thursday against the winner…
Journalist unions, writers and publishing houses condemn the arrest of Ernest Moret under the UK’s Terrorism Act.The London Metropolitan Police have been condemned by writers, journalist unions and activists for questioning and detaining a French publisher under the United Kingdom’s Terrorism Act. Ernest Moret, foreign rights manager for popular science fiction author Alain Damasio as well as Editions La Fabrique, was on his way to the London Book Fair when he was stopped by police officers on Monday evening. Editions La Fabrique, in a joint statement with the British publishing house Verso Books, said police officers pulled Moret aside for…
Germain Mwehu has been getting non-stop calls from people in need for the last few days as violence in Sudan between rival forces continues and civilian casualties rise. Mwehu, who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the capital, Khartoum, recalls one call he received on Monday evening. It was from a Khartoum University student who told Mwehu she was sick and had disabilities, before pleading for the ICRC’s help to return to her home. The young woman has been stranded at the university since Saturday when the conflict broke out. “But we can’t do anything,”…
Noel Hanna died while returning from the summit while Indian climber Anurag Maloo fell into a crevasse on the same mountain.A renowned Irish climber has died and an Indian is missing after falling into a crevasse in two separate incidents on Mount Annapurna, the world’s 10th highest mountain, an expedition organiser said. Indian climber Anurag Maloo, 34, fell into a crevasse on the same mountain on Monday, Thaneswar Guragai of Kathmandu-based Seven Summit Treks said on Tuesday. A search is continuing for him. Another Indian climber, Baljeet Kaur, fell ill on the way down from the 8,091-metre (26,545 ft) summit…
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green has been suspended one game for stomping on the chest of Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings on Monday, the NBA announced late Tuesday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The league said the suspension was “based in part on Green’s history of unsportsmanlike acts.” Green will now miss Game 3 of their playoff series on Thursday. The Kings lead the Warriors 2-0. The two forwards tussled in the paint during Game 2. Green stomped on Sabonis’ chest with 7:03 left to play in the fourth quarter, leading to an ejection for a…
Putting a surveillance satellite into orbit is a key goal of North Korean leader’s military strategy.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country has completed the development of its first military spy satellite and ordered officials to proceed with a planned launch, according to state media. Kim, who was visiting the country’s National Aerospace Development Administration, said developing reconnaissance capabilities was a priority to counter “threats” from the United States and South Korea and that several satellites were necessary to firmly establish an intelligence-gathering capability, the state’s KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. Kim urged the deployment of…
No foul play is suspected in the US structure’s collapse, which took place near Pace University in lower Manhattan.A four-story parking structure has collapsed in the United States city of New York on Tuesday, killing at least one worker and injuring five others who were in the building, authorities said. Emergency personnel deployed robotic devices after firefighters were pulled back from the fallen structure because of unstable conditions. Those robots continued to check the site for any further casualties, but authorities said they believed everyone who was in the building had been accounted for. The collapsed parking garage was commonly…