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Millions will vote on Europe's super Sunday, with surveys suggesting a shift to the right
Voters across 20 European nations are casting their ballots in the EU election super Sunday, with concerns over a potential shift to the political right impacting the bloc's decision-making amidst ongoing conflicts and rising anti-migrant sentiment. Populist parties are expected to make gains, potentially reshaping the European Parliament's dynamics. The elections mark a pivotal moment for the EU's future trajectory and international relationships.
Protesters throng streets of Georgia's capital after parliament passes so-called 'Russian law'
Georgia's parliament has approved a "foreign influence" bill, which critics argue is a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country's aspirations to join the European Union. The bill requires media and nongovernmental organizations to register as "pursuing the interests of a foreign power" if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. The opposition has denounced the bill as "the Russian law" because Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits, and activists critical of the Kremlin.
EU to probe Meta over handling of Russian disinformation: report
EU regulators may investigate Meta Platforms for insufficient content moderation against disinformation, especially from Russia. Concerns include political advertising's impact on elections. Multiple countries, including Georgia, Britain, and Austria, have upcoming elections in 2024.
Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go
The Associated Press spoke with five officers and one soldier who deserted the Russian military. All have criminal cases against them in Russia, where they face 10 years or more in prison. Each is waiting for a welcome from the West that has never arrived. Instead, all but one live in hiding.
Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aid
Russian disinformation efforts are targeting U.S. immigration and border security issues to sow division ahead of the 2024 election. Amplified by state media and Kremlin-linked accounts, the campaign aims to stoke outrage and polarization, focusing on crime by immigrants and the need for border crackdowns. Experts warn that such efforts seek to weaken support for Ukraine and could impact the U.S. election, with Russia's disinformation apparatus shifting focus from the war in Ukraine to U.S. politics.
India-US relationship has deepened in intensity, matured in character, and expanded in scope: Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu
India, United States relationship has deepened in intensity, matured in character, and expanded in scope, as I say so many times that it touches almost all spheres of human activity: tech, trade, defence, space, healthcare, education, skilling, people to people, space ties, Ambassador Taranjit SinghSandhu said in his address on Wednesday at a farewell ceremony held in his honour with the community leaders at the India House here.
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Doctors in England start longest strike in NHS history
Thousands of doctors walked off the job in Britain on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike that was set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service. Doctors who are on strike have claimed that wages have gone down by a quarter in real terms under the current government, which has been in power since 2010.
UK peers question India's addition to safe states list to block asylum seekers
The cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee considered the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 and in a report released on Friday questioned the lack of key information on a policy intended to tackle "unfounded" human rights claims. It follows former home secretary Suella Braverman tabling the draft regulations in the House of Commons earlier this month after having "rigorously assessed" that India, as well as Georgia, are deemed safe states to be added to the list.
India to be part of UK's safe states list: What it means and how it will affect Indians
The official statement from the UK Home Office stated, "Draft legislation laid in Parliament today (Wednesday 8 November) will strengthen the immigration system and help prevent abuse, including by people making unfounded protection claims."
Why TikTok's security risks keep raising fears
TikTok is owned by parent company ByteDance, which has offices in Beijing. The platform has 150 million American users but it's been dogged by persistent claims that it threatens national security and user privacy, or could be used to promote pro-Beijing propaganda and misinformation.
Ukraine war: Moldova could be the first domino in a new Russian plan for horizontal escalation
Even before the start of the war in Ukraine, there were signs of the countries of Central Asia beginning to assert their individual and collective interests more strongly, a trend that has accelerated since February 2022. Notably, as China's role in the region has grown, partly as a result of the void created by Russia, the US has rekindled its relationships with key partners in central Asia, especially Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, in yet another sign of Russia's diminishing stature.
India's stance on Ukraine war involved practical politics but could have told Russia where we stood: Shashi Tharoor
"For India, over time, how useful is a friend and partner who is more dependent on your principal adversary. China has killed 20 of our soldiers on the borders just two years ago. We cannot forget that quickly," Tharoor said during a session at the Raisina Dialogue here.
Russia risks causing new-year IT worker flight with remote working law
Having relatively portable jobs, IT workers featured prominently among the many Russians who fled after Moscow sent its army into Ukraine on February 24 and the hundreds of thousands who followed when a military call-up began in September.
NATO chief says alliance won't back down on Ukraine aid
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Bucharest are focusing on ramping up military assistance for Ukraine such as air defence systems and ammunition, even as diplomats acknowledge supply and capacity issues, but also discuss non-lethal aid as well. Part of this non-lethal aid - goods such as fuel, medical supplies, winter equipment and drone jammers - has been delivered through a NATO assistance package that allies can contribute to and which Stoltenberg aims to increase.
14 years on, NATO to renew a vow to Ukraine
NATO foreign ministers will gather for two days at the Palace of the Parliament in the Romanian capital Bucharest. It was there in April 2008 that U.S. President George W. Bush persuaded his allies to open NATO's door to Ukraine and Georgia, over vehement Russian objections.
US Midterm Elections 2022: Date, schedule, timings, ratings, opinion polls, exit polls, results; all that you need to know
US Midterm Elections 2022 are happening for all 435 House seats; Democrats presently enjoy a slim five-seat advantage. Governors will be chosen by 36 state voters.
Russia says 'no decisions' on closing borders amid exodus of military-age men
Multiple reports have documented how people with no military service have received draft papers - contrary to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's pledge that only those with special military skills or combat experience would do so - prompting even loyal pro-Kremlin figures to publicly express concern. Peskov acknowledged that some call-ups had been issued in error, saying mistakes were being corrected by regional governors and the ministry of defence.
Mikhail Gorbachev: His seven years that changed the world
In nearly seven years, between March 1985 and December 1991, he changed the course of history by ending the Cold War and triggering the demise of the Soviet Union.
Ukraine’s EU membership faces challenges; decision on keeping Georgia out signals double standard: Analysts
EU Candidate status requires unanimous approval from the existing 27 members and backing from the European Parliament. Once approved, it only begins the accession process, though this is no guarantee of progress. Turkey has had candidate status since 1999, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, Serbia since 2012, and Albania since 2014, according to Hess.
Finland to seek NATO entry in 'new era' amid Russia's war
President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin made the announcement that Finland would seek membership of NATO during a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. The previously neutral Nordic country shares a long border with Russia.
Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help
The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II.
Putin isn’t yet ready for talks with Zelenskyy, Turkish official says
Russian and Ukrainian officials have been negotiating in Belarus and over video calls. But the Russian delegation is relatively low-level, and so far the talks have not touched on the hardest problems separating the two sides, leading Ukrainian officials to believe that Russia is delaying while its military offensive grinds on.
What will Russia's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions mean?
For the first time, Russia is saying it does not regard the Donbass as part of Ukraine. That could pave the way for Moscow to send military forces into the separatist regions openly, using the argument that it is intervening as an ally to protect them against Ukraine.
Georgia opposition boycott election runoffs
All the opposition parties have denounced as rigged the October 31 parliamentary elections and have staged mass protests, calling for snap polls -- a demand the ruling Georgian Dream party has rejected.
New strict Surrogacy Bill on the anvil, clinics shut shop
The National ART Registry of India (NARI) maintained by the ISAR is the nodal agency tasked with recording surrogacy cases. But infertility expert Dr Nayana Patel, known for handling Asia’s first surrogacy case in 2003, said this data is partially accurate as it reflects only the information voluntarily uploaded by clinics across India.
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Commercial vehicles near Taj ordered to go CNG before July 31
After a recent study by IIT Kanpur revealed that carbon pollution around the Taj was causing the famed white marble of the monument to yellow, the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority has given a deadline of July 31 this year to all commercial vehicles operating around the Taj to convert to CNG
Iran displays nuclear might, US tells world to isolate Tehran
The US has urged the world to isolate Iran after it made advances in its nuclear programme, building new uranium enrichment centrifuges.
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