Category: WORLD NEWS

After Britain leaves the European Union some 900 Britons serving on local councils in France will also have to give up their seat at the table.Like all EU citizens living in another member country, Britons in France have the right to vote in local elections and stand for election to their local council.But in leaving the bloc Britain will forfeit that right, meaning that British residents will no longer be able to represent the communities some have served for years.Sandra Sheward and her husband moved to the western French region…

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India charges America over 100 per cent tariffs on a large number of products while the US imposes nothing on the similar or same items, President Donald Trump has said, urging his administration to work on the “stupid trade”.His statement came days after he criticised India, saying it is one of the world’s “highest taxing nations”.The US President has repeatedly claimed that India is a “tariff king” and imposes “tremendously high” tariffs on American products.Addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday, Trump said: “We have a case…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said that “new substantial progress” has been made on the China-US economic agreement, generating optimism for an end to the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Xi’s remarks were part of a message conveyed to US President Donald Trump at the White House by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Beijing’s lead negotiator to resolve the nine month-long trade war.The US and China are locked in a trade war since Trump imposed heavy tariffs on imported steel and aluminium items from China in…

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India is one of the highest taxing nations in the world, US President Donald Trump has alleged as he again slammed the country for imposing 100 per cent tariffs on American products, including the iconic Harley-Davidson motorcycles.Such a high tariff is not fair, Trump said Tuesday during National Republican Congressional Committee Annual Spring Dinner here. Early this year, at a White House event to announce his support for reciprocal tax, Trump had said he was satisfied with the Indian decision to reduce the import tariff on Harley-Davidson motorcycles from 100 per…

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New legislation to tighten New Zealand gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings drew overwhelming support when it was introduced to parliament on Tuesday.Lawmakers voted 119-1 in favour of the bill, which bans military-style semi-automatic (MSSA) rifles like those used in the March 15 rampage by a white supremacist which claimed 50 lives.Police Minister Stuart Nash said the attack by accused gunman Brenton Tarrant showed current firearms restrictions were inadequate.”Far too many people in this country have access to these dangerous firearms for no legitimate purpose, but…

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British MPs will attempt to chart a new Brexit path on Monday after rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal for a third time, leaving her strategy in tatters and the country in limbo.With less than two weeks to go until the day Britain risks crashing out of the European Union, MPs will hold a series of votes to try and find a majority-backed plan to end the current crisis.Britain voted by 52 percent to leave the EU in a 2016 referendum but the process has been mired in divisions…

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Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared Friday he is likely to shut down America’s southern border next week unless Mexican authorities immediately halt all illegal immigration. Such a severe move could hit the economies of both countries, but the president emphasized, “I am not kidding around.” “It could mean all trade” with Mexico, Trump said when questioned by reporters in Florida.”We will close it for a long time.” Trump has been promising for more than two years to build a long, impenetrable wall along the border to stop illegal…

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 He swore on primetime television. He boasted. He told jokes. He made promises. And the crowd loved him. President Donald Trump was back.In his first rally since the end of special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s two-year Russia collusion probe, Trump took off the gloves to attack opponents, while pushing an almost mythical picture of his own achievements in office.The packed arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where many wore red Trump campaign baseball caps, responded with chants of “Trump, Trump,” and “four more years!” Trump beamed and gave them more.Over about an…

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s son Andile admitted on Wednesday he was paid USD 140,000 by a company facing extensive corruption allegations, an admission that could embarrass his father ahead of polls. President Ramaphosa has sought, ahead of elections on May 8, to de-toxify the ruling African National Congress which has been embroiled in numerous graft scandals since coming to power in 1994.”It was a severe oversight on our part,” Andile told the News24 site of a USD 16,000-a-month deal his company signed with the Bosasa group in December 2017.Bosasa,…

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British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK’s departure from the European Union.The move came after May conceded that Parliament would defeat her twice-rejected divorce deal with the EU again if she put it to a third vote.With Brexit delayed and the new departure date up in the air, the House of Commons voted to give itself temporary control of the parliamentary timetable…

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