They are suspected of having stolen luxury leather goods from the workshops of LVMH, Hermès and Chanel: nine people have been indicted, and seven of them imprisoned, AFP learned on Saturday from the gendarmerie and from the Paris prosecutor’s office. In total,
Egypt is on the verge of becoming one of the first countries in the world to eradicate hepatitis C, according to an official from the World Health Organization. Naima al-Qaseer, the WHO representative for Egypt, says the North African nation has submitted
Wants Portugal to “protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies”. China said today it expects Portugal to adopt ‘rational’ and ‘autonomous’ policies after a Portuguese government advisory body ruled the de facto exclusion of Chinese companies from the development of
No more “forward guidance” policy; today, central banks depend on data. And this is bad news for the markets. With monetary policy now more uncertain than ever, massive financial movements can occur at any moment. In this context, what policy to expect
Shares in London were set to open higher on Friday after low unemployment in the United States threw cold water on expectations of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this week. next. Elsewhere on the central banking front, the People’s
MPs from across the political spectrum will today take part in the first-ever parliamentary debate on ‘preventing obesity and fatty liver disease’ to address the growing liver disease epidemic caused by skyrocketing rates of obesity in the UK. The debate coincides
Every day 250 people begin to lose their sight with a shocking 21 people a week losing their vision due to a preventable cause. We should all be asking the question – Why are so many people needlessly going blind? Huge backlogs,
On the 17th of May I had the privilege of hosting a Westminster Hall debate on the future of stoma care, to bring attention to the difficulties and challenges facing those living with stomas. For the unfamiliar, a stoma is an opening
Qatari Minister of Labour, Ali bin Samikh Al Marri, will chair the 111th session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva from 5 to 16 June 2023. More than 5,000 people from around the world will
Palestinian activists and politicians have accused Israeli authorities of waging war on Palestinian education in East Jerusalem. They condemned what they called the “Israelization” of the school curriculum taught by Palestinians after the Israeli Knesset approved two bills aimed at strengthening supervision
The UN Security Council on Friday extended for only six months the United Nations political mission in Sudan, whose leader Volker Perthes is no longer welcome in the country in the midst of deadly conflict. In a short resolution adopted unanimously, the
Across the Channel, Sky News has just revealed a series of emails exchanged between Royal Air Force recruiters between 2020 and early 2021. They are about “boarding profiles”. The director of human resources for the British air force openly pours out his
