The EU and the Philippines will restart negotiations on a free-trade agreement as they seek to accelerate “a new era of cooperation”, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday (31 July).
Talks began in 2015 under then-Philippine president Benigno Aquino but stalled two years later under his successor Rodrigo Duterte, whose deadly drug war strained diplomatic relations with the West and sparked an international probe.
“I’m very glad that we have decided to relaunch negotiations for (a)
The other night my current crush-of-the-moment sent me a pic of himself at his kids soccer practice. He’s the coach – which on its own is a VERY attractive trait – but there was one particular part of the picture that left me very hot and bothered.
He was wearing grey track pants. Now if you haven’t heard of this slightly pervy phenomenon, do yourself a favour and take a little peak at TikTok right now because it’s getting all
Manchester United have reached a full agreement with Atalanta to sign forward Rasmus Hojlund, who is said to have already settled on personal terms with the Red Devils. United have been in the market for a new first-choice striker all summer and took a liking to Hojlund after he excelled in Serie A last season, with the 20-year-old widely considered to be among Europe’s finest young marksmen.
Hojlund scored 16 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions for Atalanta as
The Group of 20 (G20) major nations failed on Friday (28 July) to agree on concrete targets to cut dangerous emissions, releasing only a statement that dismissed current measures to address climate change as “insufficient”.
The impasse – the latest in a string of inconclusive international conferences – came days after scientists again raised the alarm, saying human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China.
After
July 26, 2023
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Striking SAG-AFTRA members picket with striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers outside Netflix offices on July 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
(Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Los Angeles, Calif.—Vanessa Lua, also known as Aunt Telma from Shameless, perches on a curb a few blocks from Netflix’s Hollywood headquarters, rattling a wooden noisemaker at passing vehicles. When the Showtime series
The Dutch Labour Party (PvdA/S&D) and GroenLinks (GL/Greens) will present a joint electoral list and programme for the national elections in November, the two parties announced on Monday after a referendum among party members showed overwhelming support for the idea.
The two parties announced that they would be consulting their members via referendum on whether to present a joint election programme and list roughly a week ago.
“[This result] gives hope because we need a new direction in the Netherlands,”
Britons are ploughing too much money into cash savings and would be better off opting for potentially more lucrative returns elsewhere, an influential think tank suggests.
Research from the Centre for Policy Studies reveals UK retail investors – or non-professionals – control 21 per cent of the country’s assets under management, the lowest percentage in Europe.
The figure compares unfavourably with France, Germany, Italy and Spain, where retail investors control 28, 30, 34 and 84 per cent of their country’s
Ministers and NHS unions have today agreed a new pay deal worth £2.5billion in a move that could spell the end of a winter of strikes.
Industrial action by nurses, ambulance workers and physiotherapists has so far led to the cancellation of over 140,000 operations and appointments.
But their representatives today announced they have negotiated an improved deal with ministers worth an extra £2.5 billion.
If accepted, the offer will see all 1million staff on the Agenda for Change contract
Summits come and go, usually leaving little trace of their long-term significance. The meeting scheduled this week between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali could be different. The geopolitical stakes are high. Both sides know it. And so does the rest of the world.
China and the United States are locked in a strategic competition over which of them will emerge as the preeminent global power by
Vor ein paar Jahren hatte ich meine “Farben fertig”, bei denen verschiedene Stoffmuster um meinen Hals drapiert wurden, um zu zeigen, wie sie mit meinem Hautton harmonierten (oder nicht). Ich persönlich bin der festen Überzeugung, dass man eine Farbe tragen sollte, wenn man sie mag, denn es gibt wirklich keine Regeln in der Mode – zumindest keine, die ich befürworte. Wenn Sie jedoch mit einem Stück, das Sie lieben, in verschiedenen Farben konfrontiert sind, wo fangen Sie an? Es ist … Read more
