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Honda Nissan merger talks, Nikkei reports Nissan Motor shares surged Wednesday following a media report that the struggling Japanese automaker is looking to merge with Honda Motor, forming a bigger entity that can compete with larger rivals and invest more in the growing market for electric vehicles. Nissan shares were last trading up 23.7%, while Honda shares slipped 3%. Honda and Nissan are considering operating under a holding company, and soon will sign a memorandum of understanding, according to a report in the Nikkei newspaper. They also look to eventually bring Mitsubishi Motors, in which Nissan is the top shareholder with a 24%…

A letter from Gianna Fracassi, Secretary-General of Italy’s largest trade union, FLC CGIL, has brought the high-profile case of the long-running discrimination against non-national university language lecturers(“Lettori”) in Italian universities to the immediate attention of incoming Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, and Executive Commission Vice-President, Roxana Mînzatu. With her appointment to this post, Commissioner Mînzatu joins the long line of commissioners who have handled the still unresolved Lettori case. The involvement of her predecessors in the Social Rights portfolio dates all the way back to the 1980s, when the Commission sided with Spanish Lettore, Pilar…

A Government minister said she found responses to the Ask for Angela safety scheme “wanting” after going undercover at venues across the UK to test the programme. The scheme was introduced in 2016 in an effort to provide an avenue for support for anyone who is feeling vulnerable or unsafe in a public space. Someone in need of help can approach staff at a participating venue and use the code word Angela to ask for help, with staff trained in vulnerability management and how to discreetly provide support. Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said she routinely went undercover to test the…

A Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after lift-off, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an explosion. Space One’s Kairos No 2 rocket lifted off from a site in the mountainous prefecture of Wakayama in central Japan. The company said it had aborted the flight after concluding it was unlikely to complete its mission. Space One aims to be Japan’s first company to put a satellite into orbit, hoping to boost the country’s lagging space industry with a small rocket for an affordable…

On Monday, the prosecutor requested 10 and 12 years’ imprisonment for the two men behind the ‘hate campaign’ that targeted Samuel Paty, and 14 and 16 years for two friends who helped the killer. He also asked for the charges of four of the defendants to be downgraded. Trial for beheading of French teacher: Prosecution makes ‘uncompromising but not excessive’ sentence requests

Agnès Fichot will never forget that day in 1977 when, just a few years out of law school, she picked up the phone to call the office of Gisèle Halimi, France’s most renowned lawyer. The decision was a natural one: she wanted to work with her, it was as simple as that. She admired Halimi’s courage, talent and audacity. She respected her ability to ignite major social debates that changed culture, mindsets and even the law. Halmini embodied the fight for women’s rights with passion and unwavering commitment. She had saved the life of Djamila Boupacha, a young activist with…

This is being an atypical Christmas in Seville and not only because, in the middle of the Constitution Bridge, residents and visitors will gather in the center of the city to enjoy the multi-step procession of their Holy Week, instead of the Christmas lighting. . This year, many points in the Andalusian capital that had become landmarks for markets and attractions during these dates are empty. In some cases, such as the Muelle de las Delicias, next to the Guadalquivir, or the Prado de San Sebastián, due to the incompatibility, precisely, with the organization of the brotherhood macro-event, or due…

Updated Wednesday, December 18, 2024 – 00:12The flamenco singer’s relationship Diego The crayfishwith his ex-wife, the Jerez-born singer Kina Méndez, became a “hell” of constant attacks, insults and humiliation during the artist’s tours around the world. A sentence of Criminal Court number 3 of Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) known this Tuesday sentenced the artist to two years and one month in prison for three crimes of abuse committed on Become Premium from €1 the first month Take advantage of this limited time offer and access all web content I love you “You, as a gypsy, have to be by…

Although Christmas is a celebration of contemplation, there is a lot of stress involved every year. Some want to go on Christmas vacation, some want to go to the office – and many are driving into the city to get the last gifts. According to a forecast from the ADAC, there is a risk of a lot of traffic on the roads at the start of the Christmas holidays.The ADAC tried to predict when and where exactly:Friday December 20thDrivers should be prepared for traffic jams that day. The automobile club reports that all federal states are on vacation at this…

Hurricane Chido has devastated the Mayotte archipelago and fears of looters are growing. Now Emmanuel Macron is traveling to the French overseas territory – whose prime minister is under pressure. The situation in Mayotte remains extremely tense, and the consequences of “Chido” are still unclear. After the devastating cyclone in the French overseas territory,  the Interior Ministry has imposed a night-time curfew to prevent looting. It applies between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., the ministry announced in Paris on Tuesday. On the Mayotte archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 21 deaths have been reported in the island’s only hospital. According to Prime Minister François…