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US President-elect Donald Trump defended his choice of Charles Kushner for US ambassador to France, describing him as a “family member” and a “very successful man” in an interview released on Wednesday, December 11.

All roads lead to Carles Puigdemont. Every time there is a traffic jam in the legislature, the Junts leader is almost always the key to finishing the negotiations. It happened in the last one, that of the fiscal pact, when a video conference had to be improvised at night in which María Jesús Montero, Santos Cerdán and even the former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were present, and on the other side Miriam Nogueras, Jordi Turull and the Puigdemont himself, who joined later. Once again, the situation has been complicated by Junts’ threat not to even negotiate the Budgets, something…

Puigdemont’s party demands border control, something that the Executive refuses to give up Read The Government offers Junts that Mossos control ports and airports together with police and civil guards

Against the backdrop of the change of president in the USA, Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with colleagues and the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Kallas in Berlin. What’s next in Kyiv and Damascus? Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Meeting in Berlin – discussions about Ukraine and the situation in Syria – video

Macron wants to campaign for European protection troops in Ukraine. The parties are outdoing each other with election promises. And: Germany’s opportunity in Syria. That is the situation on Thursday. News: Ukraine, Emanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Donald Trump

'Village was always posh but now rich interlopers outnumber the locals' Rhosneigr has seen house prices soar 1,339% in just 25 years https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/village-always-posh-now-rich-30563064

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to “fight until the very last minute” amid an impeachment vote and martial law probe. Police raided his office over December’s turmoil, including deploying troops to parliament. Yoon, banned from foreign travel, faces an “insurrection” investigation into his inner circle. South Korea Yoon defends martial law decision, vows to fight until ‘very last minute’

  South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his decision to declare short-lived martial law saying it was a measure to protect the country’s democracy. The beleaguered president, who is under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection, declared martial law last week, saying he wanted to rid the country of “pro-North Korean forces,” in a move that plunged the country into political turmoil.  Yoon prepared to ‘fight to the end’ Yoon accused the opposition of trying to remove him from office in a televised statement. “I will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been…

New York will raise its minimum wage in an effort to maintain competitive wages for workers across the state beginning January 1, 2025. The increase is part of a multi-year plan aimed at gradually raising the minimum income to meet the needs of the diverse workforce, taking into account the cost of living and inflation. Minimum wage in 2025 The minimum wage in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will increase from $16.00 to $16.50 per hour, while in the rest of the state it will increase from $15.00 to $15.50 per hour. This 50-cent increase is in…

Giacomo Dandrea, head of Sergen, the Lucanian company where two of the 5 dead worked, avoids the questions. The accusations of Fiom CGIL Calenzano massacre, the owner of the company avoids the questions: “I don’t know what you are talking about” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/12/news/esplosione_calenzano_sergen_titolare-423881461/?rss