EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime
âMy strong feelings for my then-boyfriend and now-fiancĂ© Jonathan kept me alive,â he added in the Swedish TV interview.
Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution
But Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued in a strongly worded dissent that the agency âthoroughly explainedâ its methodology for calculating emissions reduction requirements, which depends not on the number of states included in the plan, but on cost-effective measures that can be achieved at each source of pollution.
DHS cyber hiring program got off on the wrong foot, CIO says, but progress is showing
Hysen told Congress that the department has almost 2,000 cybersecurity vacancies and said that DHS "has committed to expanding CTMS" to include other agency components while also broadening the program to accommodate applicants specializing in artificial intelligence and data science.
Five simple steps to deceiving your way to Downing Street
A major Tory social media ad campaign targeting hundreds of individual constituencies claimed Labour was planning to immediately launch a ânational ULEZâ scheme if it won on July 4, a reference to Londonâs anti-gas guzzling car levy.
French election: What happens next?
On the left, voting instructions appear clearer: All leaders within the New Popular Front bloc have called on their third-place finishers to pull out whenever the National Rally is in the lead, clearing the field for centrist candidates when theyâre best placed to defeat Le Penâs party.
Zelenskyy urges Biden to allow Ukraine to hit Russian airfields to stop Kremlin bombing campaign
KYIV â Ukraine cannot stop the deadly rain of Russian bombs unless the U.S. gives permission to use long-range missiles to hit airfields in Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a new interview.
Labour energy chief Ed Miliband faces local solar backlash
Solar farms as big as Fenwick are treated as so-called nationally significant infrastructure projects, meaning permission will be decided by the planning inspectorate not the local council â and then rubber-stamped by the energy secretary.
Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?
If the second-round vote on July 7 delivers a parliamentary majority for the National Rally â and forecasts suggest itâs possible â France will be in uncharted waters: The country would be governed, at least in part, by politicians who made their names sympathizing with Vladimir Putin while vowing to rip up the European Union, wage war on migration and quit NATO.
With EU bid stuck, Georgia prays for Euro 2024 victory instead
On Friday, a joint statement organized by Lithuania and signed by 36 countries was presented at a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, accusing Georgian security forces of violence against peaceful protesters and urging the cancellation of the foreign agent law, which it said would have a âchilling effectâ on media outlets and NGOs.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy reportedly summoned for possible indictment in 2007 campaign probe
A person close to the case told AFP on Saturday that Bruni could face charges of concealing witness tampering, criminal conspiracy to prepare organized trial fraud and bribery of Lebanese judicial personnel.
Iran threatens âobliterating warâ if Israel attacks Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last Sunday that the "intense phase of the war with Hamas is about to end," but also that the IDFâs focus may shift to Israelâs northern border with Lebanon.
Microsoft and Google AI deals get EU antitrust scrutiny, Vestager says
Microsoft's partnership with artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI and Google's move to install its AI service on Samsung phones are both getting European Union antitrust scrutiny, the bloc's competition chief said.