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Fabrice Leggeri, director of the European border security agency Frontex, has resigned. The organization is accused of illegally returning migrants if they try to cross the external borders of the European Union. Leggeri has led Frontex since 2015 and has come under fire for years. MEPs and aid organizations have criticized media reports of illegal pushbacks, in which migrants are …

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to replace his brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and appoint an interim government. Maithripala Sirisena, a prominent MP, said after a meeting with the president. Sri Lanka has been going through a serious economic crisis for months. Sirisena was previously the country’s prime minister and resigned a month ago along with dozens of …

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a European summit in Brussels last October.Image access point If the Commission finally concludes that Prime Minister Orbán’s government is actually harming the financial interests of the EU, it will propose to stop or suspend the subsidies. This is decided by EU countries. Hungary can count on around 40 billion euros in EU subsidies …

Frances Connolly (55) and her husband Patrick from Hartlepool, in the north of England, won 115 million pounds (about 180 million euros) in 2019 with EuroMillions. They agreed on a budget they would donate each year to charity, but Frances says he has already “spent it until 2032”. Connolly estimates she has already given away £60million, more than half of …

A British Conservative MP, believed to be in government, watched pornography on his smartphone in the British Parliament. A colleague sitting next to him reported the incident. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party is investigating the matter. According to the newspapers The sun and The mirror The incident was reported yesterday at a meeting of Tory MPs. The man who watches …

India, a country of nearly 1.4 billion people, is often cited as a democratic partner in a world where democracies are increasingly under pressure. This also applies to India, which is now described by The Economist, for example, as a “flawed democracy” and which has further slipped back slightly in recent years. in a world ranking well-functioning democracies. Hoekstra therefore …

The last 2,000 Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol, along with around 1,000 civilians, reside in the tunnels under the factory complex. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the site of the plant heavily bombed† In addition, Russian troops reportedly blocked exits from the site. Soldiers and civilians are in critical condition in the tunnel system under …

The American university recognizes in The report that he profited from slavery and faced racial discrimination in the past. This happened in the 17th and 18th centuries, before slavery was outlawed in Massachusetts in 1783. Harvard was founded in 1636 in Cambridge, not far from Boston. At least 79 slaves At the time, Harvard profited from the slave trade in …

For several weeks, Russia has required countries and companies wishing to buy Russian gas to open an account with Gazprombank. This allows them to pay for gasoline in rubles. This requirement applies to what Russia calls “hostile countries”. This includes all countries of the European Union. Cheating with exchange rates According to analysts, Russia wants to take control of the …

Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. Justice is investigating the Trump family’s real estate portfolio.ImageAFP The former president has been summoned to appear in a judicial investigation into possible financial abuses within the Trump organization. It is suspected that the family business deliberately undervalued real estate, such as golf clubs and the Trump Tower in New York, for …