Harold Manning

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The new Sri Lankan president wants to suppress the demonstrations | Abroad

The new Sri Lankan president wants to suppress the demonstrations |  Abroad

“If you try to overthrow the government and the offices of the president and prime minister, that’s not democracy, but it’s illegal,” threatened the new president after being sworn in. “We will take firm action in accordance with the law. We will not allow a minority of protesters to overwhelm the wishes of the silent majority to change the political …

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“Italian Prime Minister Draghi resigns” | Abroad

“Italian Prime Minister Draghi resigns” |  Abroad

Last week, Draghi had already tendered his resignation due to trust issues. This was later refused by President Sergio Mattarella. Draghi was ordered to try to save his government of national unity. Last week, it was a coalition partner who refused to express his confidence. On Wednesday, three ruling parties boycotted the vote. With the departure of Draghi, who took …

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Italian PM Draghi resigns again over coalition crisis | NOW

Italian PM Draghi resigns again over coalition crisis |  NOW

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will resign for the second time in a week on Thursday morning due to a crisis within his coalition. The Italian news agency reports that ANSA Wednesday evening. Three coalition parties did not show up in a vote of confidence. Last week, the 74-year-old prime minister announced his resignation. The reason for this was the …

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Hottest day on record in UK, smoke over Bordeaux due to fires

Hottest day on record in UK, smoke over Bordeaux due to fires

Bathers look out over a huge plume of smoke from a forest fire in La Teste, Gironde (southwestern France).ImageAFP As the heat wave moved north, temperatures in Spain and Portugal fell to normal summer temperatures on Tuesday. In northern Spain, it was still 43 degrees on Monday. Firefighters in both countries, as well as in France and Greece, tried with …

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Diversity is the first winner in the battle for the post of British Prime Minister: only the white man eliminated

Diversity is the first winner in the battle for the post of British Prime Minister: only the white man eliminated

Ahead of last Friday’s televised debate, the leadership contestants pose with host Julie Etchingham (third from right). From left to right: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Julie Etchingham (presenter), Tom Tugendhat and Penny Mordaunt.Image ITV via Getty Images “Don’t vote for me because I’m a woman. Don’t vote for me because I’m brunette. Those words were spoken at the …

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Many EU countries barely froze Russian assets | Financial

Many EU countries barely froze Russian assets |  Financial

“There are six member states doing the job,” he said. “We have a situation where some Member States give us a lot of information, others give us information on very low amounts” and “it gets complicated when some countries don’t communicate”. According to Reynders, Germany, France, Ireland, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg account for 12.7 billion euros of the 13.9 billion …

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