WARSAW: Poland’s government has written to the European Union’s security commissioner alleging that a cash-for-visas scandal is an exaggerated “media fact” timed to discredit the ruling nationalists in a tough battle for re-election next month. The letter from Poland’s deputy foreign minister to EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson emerged after she called on Poland…
LONDON: British pharmacy chain Superdrug will stop selling single-use vapes, the company announced on Friday, citing the environmental impact caused by their disposal and the popularity of the products among young people. Nearly five million disposable vapes are thrown away every week in Britain according to research by non-governmental organisation Material Focus and YouGov. The…
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina‘s sales of the upcoming wheat crop are the slowest in seven years, delayed by farmers waiting for heavier rainfall and gambling on the result of the country’s Oct. 22 presidential election, with some candidates pledging tax cuts on grains exports. Argentina, a major exporter of wheat, along with soy and corn, has…
SACRAMENTO: A new plan from California‘s insurance commissioner aims to stop the nation’s top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state by letting them consider climate risks when setting their prices. Unlike most states, California tightly restricts how insurance companies can price policies. Companies aren’t allowed to factor in current or future risks when deciding how…
WASHINGTON: A former senior FBI agent is expected to plead guilty on Friday to charges he concealed $225,000 in cash payments from a former Albanian intelligence officer who became a source in an FBI investigation, court records show. Charles McGonigal, who led the FBI’s counterintelligence division in New York before retiring in 2018, is scheduled…
YEREVAN: Azerbaijan said it was delivering food and other humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, two days after the region’s ethnic Armenian separatist government called a cease-fire in a short but intense fight with Azerbaijani forces. Nagorno-Karabakh’s 120,000 people have suffered severe shortages of food and medicine since late last year when a blockade began…
Union sports minister Anurag Thakur has cancelled his visit to China for the upcoming Asian Games amid an escalating row over entry to athletes. The MEA announcement came after Chinese authorities denied accreditation and entry to some sportspeople from Arunachal Pradesh for the Games. “China’s action violates both the spirit of the Asian Games and…
TAIPEI: Recent Chinese military movements around Taiwan were “abnormal”, the island’s defence minister said on Friday, flagging amphibious exercises in addition to drills Taipei has observed in the province facing the island. Taiwan has reported an increase in such activity during the past week, as dozens of fighters, drones, bombers and other aircraft, as well…
Japanese technology investor SoftBank and Oravel, the parent company of OYO, have come together to establish a joint venture (JV) to launch a premium hotel chain in India. In this venture, both partners share 49.9% stake, reported yourstory. The joint venture named as Mountainia, plans to introduce 5-star and 4-star hotels under the brand name…
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