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VIGEVANO — League against League. Thus began, an internal struggle in the Northern League. It ended up with handcuffs and warnings. For corruption. And the outcome is mocking: both factions got into trouble – at the end of two years of investigations by the judiciary. “Corruption to keep the council from falling”, the Northern League mayor of Vigevano arrested https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/11/29/news/vigevano_arresto_sindaco_andrea_ceffa-423760262/?rss

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the official dinner of Banka Slovenije in Ljubljana, Slovenia Ljubljana, 16 October 2024 It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Not far from here, tucked away in the National and University Library, lie copies of the Abecedarium and the Catechism. These two texts, written by the religious reformer Primož Trubar in 1550, were the first ever books to be printed in Slovenian.[1] At a time when German was the language of the ruling classes, Trubar’s pioneering act was fundamental in helping to establish the national identity of Slovenians.[2] Today,…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted.Her statement on Thursday — the day after she held a phone call with US President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what.“There will be no potential tariff war,” Ms Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefing.On Wednesday, Mr Trump wrote that Ms Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorised migration across the border into the United States. Trump Transition” srcset=”https://content.assets.pressassociation.io/AP/2024/11/13/e4e0e569c9bd4adab91f022e56758035.jpg?w=320 320w, https://content.assets.pressassociation.io/AP/2024/11/13/e4e0e569c9bd4adab91f022e56758035.jpg?w=640 640w, https://content.assets.pressassociation.io/AP/2024/11/13/e4e0e569c9bd4adab91f022e56758035.jpg?w=1280 1280w”/> President-elect Donald Trump (Allison Robbert/AP, File)She…

Béatrice Zavarro, Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer, in Avignon, November 26, 2024. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP How to plead for Dominique Pelicot? What can you say in defense of a man who admitted to having both raped and arranged for other men to rape his wife, after drugging her, some 200 times over 10 years? With what words could Béatrice Zavarro conclude, on Wednesday, November 27, before the Vaucluse criminal court in southern France, this trial in which she “became, in spite of herself, the devil’s advocate?” Read more Subscribers only The prosecution’s closing arguments at Pelicot rape trial: ‘By your verdict,…

The trickle of cadres, former leaders and militants who speak out in favor of the withdrawal of Juan Espadas is incessant in the run-up, although the truce is guaranteed until after the conclave: “It is a very hard moment for the party” Read A divided Andalusian PSOE with a toxic environment, the host of Pedro Sánchez this weekend in the Federal Congress

The committee of inquiry into the nuclear phase-out had already been meeting for almost nine hours on Thursday when a witness entered the meeting room E.800 in the Paul Löbe House of the Bundestag in Berlin and fundamentally contradicted Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) on a central point. The committee should clarify whether Habeck and Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) have actually examined openly whether the service life of the last three nuclear power plants should be extended in the energy crisis. At the beginning of March 2022, shortly after the start of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine,…

What will happen with the assisted dying bill on Friday – and will it pass? MPs will have their first chance to vote on the hugely emotive issue. Here’s what will happen on the day and afterwardsMPs will get their first chance to vote on the proposed bill to legalise assisted dying on Friday, with potentially a very close result being predicted over what is a hugely emotive subject. Here is what will happen on the day, and beyond. Continue reading… What will happen with the assisted dying bill on Friday – and will it pass? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/29/what-will-happen-with-the-assisted-dying-bill-on-friday-and-will-it-pass

In the debate about an insult against Robert Habeck, the AfD presents itself as the guardian of freedom of expression. In a similar case, an AfD official contacted the judiciary. AfD process shows double standards in the Robert Habeck case – debate about insults on the Internet

In tonight’s edition, for the first time in more than two decades, a Nigerian leader sets out on a state visit to France. Also, At least 15 people are killed and dozens of others are missing in devastating landslides in eastern Uganda. And aced with the mounting cost of getting an education in Chad, we hear from one NGO helping families bridge budgeting gaps to get and keep their kids in school. Nigerian president woos French investment on state visit

  A man with a terminal brain condition says the Government needs to fix the UK’s palliative care system first before legislating assisted dying. Matt Saunders, 49, from Cornwall, was diagnosed with multiple system atrophy (MSA), a rare condition which causes gradual damage to nerve cells in the brain, in 2022. Mr Saunders, who says his condition gives him a life expectancy of six to 12 years, has criticised the Government’s “rushed” Assisted Dying Bill, emphasising the need for public debate and proper consultation. Matt Saunders says the government needs to fix palliative care first The proposed legislation, which gives…