Judges throw out Brexit case against UK PM candidate Johnson
Last month, a judge said Johnson must appear in court over allegations he lied about Brexit by claiming during the 2016 referendum that Britain would be 350 million pounds a week better off outside the EU.
Iran rejects French call for wider talks beyond nuclear deal
?The Europeans have so far failed to fulfill their commitments under the deal and ? to protect Iran?s interests after America?s illegal withdrawal,? Mousavi added in his statement, according to state TV.
More women in the EU leadership? Don’t expect too much
When the men who run the European Union pick its new leaders this year, they might finally appoint a few more women. None of the three most powerful European institutions ? the EU?s executive Commission, its Council of national leaders and the ECB ? has ever been led by a woman. That applies to all the other top ...
US and Russia blame each other for near collision in East China Sea
Russia?s Pacific Fleet said that the USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, had come within just 50 meters (165 feet) of the Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov which had been forced to take emergency action to avoid a collision, Russian news agencies reported. ?The U.S guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville suddenly changed course and cut across the path of the destroyer Admiral Vinogradov ...
‘Economic egoism’ is recipe for trade and maybe real wars, Putin tells US
Putin said the world risked slipping into an era where ?general international rules will be exchanged for the laws of administrative and legal mechanisms by one country or group of influential countries which is how the United States is unfortunately behaving, spreading its jurisdiction over the whole world.? The risk, he added, was that unbridled economic egoism being forcefully pushed ...
First Athens mosque to open by September: govt
ATHENS: Greece?s leftist government on Friday said an official mosque in Athens, over a decade in the making, would open by September to satisfy a longstanding demand by tens of thousands of Muslims in the capital. The only officially sanctioned mosques in the country are in the northern border region with Turkey where up to 150,000 members of a ...
US-Mexico migration talks continue as Trump returns to Washington
US-Mexico migration talks were set to resume on Friday as Mexican officials continue their push to reach an agreement that would avert U.S. tariffs set to take effect next week. Trump rattled global markets, Mexican officials and his fellow Republicans in Congress last week by threatening 5% tariffs on Mexican imports starting on Monday if Mexico did not ...
Putin Says Authorities Will Follow Calvey's Case, Hopes Ruling Is Fair
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) President said Friday the authorities would follow the case of Baring founder Michael Calvey, who is under house arrest on embezzlement charges.
Mexico Tariffs Still Set To Go Into Effect On Monday - White House Spokeswoman
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) The will move ahead with its proposed plan of imposing a 5 percent tariff on a wide range on Mexican goods starting next week, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Friday.
French Police Free FIFA Vice President Ahmad After Questioning - Reports
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) Vice President Ahmad Ahmad was allowed to walk free on Friday after being questioned for hours at the French judiciary 's anti-corruption office, local said. Marseille prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux was cited as saying by L'Equipe daily that Ahmad, who doubles as the head of the African ...
Chinese president receives honorary doctorate from Russian university
Cooperation in education is an important way to help enhance people's?understanding and friendship, Xi said, noting that the university's?close exchanges and cooperation with its Chinese counterparts have?promoted the Chinese culture in Russia as well as Russian studies in?China. Recalling that he witnessed the awarding of an honorary doctorate by?Tsinghua University to Putin in April, he said Tsinghua University and?St. ...
UPDATE - Pregnant Simonyan Says Discharged From Hospital After Radio Station Incident
(UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) in-Chief Margarita Simonyan in paras 3-4) MOSCOW, 7 (Sputnik) - RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said on Friday that she was released hospital following an incident with a supporter of figure Alexei Navalny at the Echo of radio station. Simonyan added that she had complaints ...
Russia, China Do Not Form Military Alliances, Do Not Work Against Anyone - Putin
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) and are strategic allies, which do not form military alliances and do not work against anyone, President said at the plenary session of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. We are not going to replace or substitute anything," said responding to a ...
Russian Embassy In UK Asks Porton Down Defense Lab For Information About Salisbury Attack
LONDON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) The Embassy in the has sent a letter to the 's secret research laboratory near asking it to give journalists access to its facilities and provide information related to the poisoning of 's former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the embassy's spokesperson said on ...
German Parliament Passes Bills On Foreign Worker Recruitment, Illegal Migrant Deportations
BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) The on Friday passed a set of bills that would make it easier to employ skilled foreign workers and deport illegal immigrants, a Sputnik correspondent said.
Russia's Trade With Many Countries Growing Despite Attempts To Prevent This - Putin
ST. PETERSBURG (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) trade with many countries is growing despite attempts to prevent this, President said at the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. As you know, our relations with , with other countries are developing, too, despite attempts to prevent something, trade, thank , is ...
Bank of Spain raises 2019 growth forecast on domestic demand
In its economic outlook for 2019-2021, the central bank forecast growth this year of 2.4%, above its previous 2.2% view released in March but still marking a slowdown from 2018?s 2.6% expansion. ?The year has started with higher growth than expected ? and signs in the second quarter point to the economy keeping up solid growth too,? Oscar Arce, ...
Pregnant Simonyan Says Discharged From Hospital After Radio Station Incident
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said on Friday that she was released hospital following an incident with a supporter of figure Alexei Navalny at the Echo of radio station. Lubov Sobol, a supporter of figure Alexey Navalny, followed Simonyan with a camera at ...
Trump To Discuss Security, Counterterrorism With Qatar's Emir During White House Visit
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) US President will discuss bilateral security cooperation and counterterrorism issues with 's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani during a meeting in next month, the said in a release on Friday.
EU Does Not Understand US Plan To Boost Tariffs On European Goods - Slovak Prime Minister
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 07th June, 2019) The does not understand US plans to increase tariffs on the bloc's goods and hopes for the tariffs to be brought to zero instead, Slovak Peter Pellegrini said Friday. The offer the at this moment is not to increase tariffs, but to put tariffs on zero," ...
