Aug 30, 2024, 12:37pm EDT The news Italy is considering a major hike in tourist taxes to combat the effects of overtourism, the latest European country to take measures to combat the uncontrollable number of visitors that have sparked protests across the continent. Under the proposed measure, the tax for overnight stays in an Italian […]
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EU defence ministers have agreed to increase the training target for Ukrainian soldiers to 75,000 by the end of the year, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Friday. EU defence ministers met in Brussels to discuss the bloc’s ongoing operation to train Ukrainian soldiers to defend their country against a full-scale Russian invasion.
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In December 2013, the UN General Assembly adopted the International Decade for People of African Descent to address issues of recognition, justice and development. The decade that began in 2015 focused on advancing the rights of people of African descent, raising awareness of their cultural contributions and strengthening legal frameworks to combat racial discrimination. In
There were reports of both continued fighting and unusual calm in several parts of Gaza on Friday, after the World Health Organization said Israel had made “a preliminary commitment to area-specific humanitarian pauses“to facilitate an upcoming polio vaccination campaign aimed at stopping the spread of this debilitating disease among children in the war-torn enclave. A
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by Oritro Karim (United Nations) Friday August 30, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) – Since June this year, Chad has been experiencing a prolonged period of heavy rainfall. Major flooding has led to a significant humanitarian crisis, as all aspects of Chadian life, including health, food production and community, have been
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A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is causing unrest in the fragile Horn of Africa, and is particularly troubling for Ethiopia. There are concerns that the consequences could go beyond a war of words. Tensions rose this week with the arrival of two Egyptian C-130 military aircraft in the Somali capital Mogadishu, marking the
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Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) visits Tonga, where he attended the Pacific Islands Forum. Credit: UN Photo/Kiara Worth by Catherine Wilson (sydney & nuku’alofa) Friday August 30, 2024 Inter Press Service SYDNEY & NUKU’ALOFA, Aug 30 (IPS) – Three months ahead of the United Nations (UN) COP29 Climate Change Conference, United Nations Secretary-General António
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for greater self-sufficiency of the European Union in energy production in a speech in Prague on Friday. “When we talk about our energy, we need to produce our own energy, more renewables, more nuclear energy and more efficiency,” she told a security conference in the Czech capital.
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Teamsters say federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has abused his power by creating a system where he alone can unilaterally end strikes in the federally regulated private sector. (Photo: Teamsters Canada) Canadian Teamsters filed four separate challenges Thursday in Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal, challenging the Minister of Labour’s order for binding arbitration and the
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Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to travel abroad despite an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Putin is due to visit Mongolia on Tuesday. Russia’s neighbour recognises the court’s authority and is therefore technically obliged to honour the arrest warrant issued in March 2023. But Putin’s spokesman
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