Kanados poetės Anne Carson (En Karson) laimėta Nobelio literatūros premija šaliai yra „pasididžiavimo akimirka“, ketvirtadienį pareiškė ministras pirmininkas Markas Carney (Markas Karnis).

LRT tarybai nutarus, kad visuomeninio transliuotojo generalinė direktorė padarė pažeidimą dėl neatskleistų duomenų apie asmenis, iš kurių įstaiga pirko paslaugas, Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė prašo šį nutarimą persvarstyti.

Ukraine accused Russia of targeting the crowded vehicles in the front line city of Kramatorsk to kill as many civilians as possible.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the move will deliver more stable government, but opposition parties say her aim is to stay in power.

Retailer issues update after BBC contacted by cyber criminals who said this week's breach went beyond "basic contact details"

Passengers have described their anger after their itineraries changed to involve hours spent on coach trips instead.

BRUSSELS — European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič opened two days of talks in Beijing on Thursday aimed at rebalancing a gaping trade deficit, with failure to reach a deal likely to test Brussels’ resolve to impose tougher trade restrictions. The meeting marks the final round of an effort launched in June to reset the lopsided trading relationship, and will hinge on whether China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is prepared to make substantial concessions. If no agreement can be reached to narrow the EU’s €1 billion-a-day goods trade deficit, Brussels and Beijing could find themselves on a collision course. EU leaders will review the outcome of the talks at a summit in Brussels next Thursday, where they will consider next steps. Arriving in China, Šefčovič said his goal was to balance what he called an unsustainable trade deficit. Heading into a meeting with Wang, he said it was crucial that the talks deliver “tangible outcomes.” The discussions have zeroed in on cars, with Chinese exports increasingly eating into the market share of European automakers. In August, one in eight cars bought in the bloc was Chinese, thanks largely to a boom in sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. European negotiators have been pushing China to commit to some form of export restraint — in particular for hybrids. Unlike Chinese-made battery-electric vehicles, which were hit with extra countervailing duties in 2024, plug-in hybrids are not subject to such measures. Without meaningful commitments from Beijing, the Commission has warned it will resort to unilateral trade restrictions. For cars, it is considering safeguard measures that would mix import quotas and tariffs to protect European automakers. Chemicals are next. Industry Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné said Thursday that the Commission plans to introduce targeted safeguards on plastics and composite materials, subject to a request from EU governments that Brussels do so. Wind in his sails  Šefčovič flew to Beijing with the backing of the leaders of Europe’s two biggest economies — France and Germany — to take a tougher approach to trade. In a joint appeal on Monday, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Commission should be given a freer hand to shut off access to the EU for goods from countries that distort the bloc’s single market. While the two leaders did not mention China in their letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, there was no mistaking the target of their proposed trade “kill switch,” which could be blocked only by a qualified majority of EU countries. The EU already has a powerful trade weapon in its Anti-Coercion Instrument, designed to counter economic bullying by foreign powers.  But Brussels has yet to muster broad support from member countries to deploy it, most recently in January when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to seize Greenland, a Danish territory. The EU’s difficulty in responding swiftly to trade threats has heightened concerns about a surge in Chinese exports that European officials say benefit from unfair government subsidies. With Trump hiking U.S. tariffs, ever more Chinese exports are heading to Europe — increasing pressure on industries that are already being forced to retrench. Europe’s heavy dependence on China for processed rare earths and other critical raw materials also leaves it vulnerable to retaliation should relations deteriorate. “If we aren’t willing to fix the way our model works, then we’ll be destroyed,” said one EU diplomat, summing up the concerns flooding Brussels. “What’s the point of having [more tools] if the Chinese can shut down our strategic production in a matter of days?” Low expectations Although Šefčovič entered the talks strengthened by the Franco-German letter, a second diplomat said they didn’t foresee a deal with Beijing this week. “He knows that a lot of member states are behind the Franco-German push,” the diplomat said, adding that this “has been seen in China.”  But Beijing has little room to compromise, given its reliance on exports to sustain growth amid weak domestic demand and a prolonged property slump. “The Chinese side is starting to recognize that there is a problem. But I don’t think they are ready to enter into a substantial deal,” said Gunnar Wiegand, a former head of the EU diplomatic service’s Asia-Pacific department. Wiegand, now a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund, said Šefčovič had earned a reputation as a dealmaker in talks on Britain’s exit from the EU and in last year’s trade deal with Trump. This time, however, “both sides are bound by their own circumstances,” he said. Europe is desperate to halt the erosion of its industrial base, while China remains heavily dependent on exports to sustain economic growth.  “The Chinese are going to object to being singled out. Even if a deal with the EU would be the most rational solution, other important markets for Chinese exports, such as ASEAN countries, will start asking the same. It will undercut their global market,” he said. 

KYIV — At least 30 people were killed and 18 injured in a Russian attack on two buses in Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s Donbas region Thursday morning. “At the time of the attack, civilian buses were carrying passengers. People just going by their day,” Kramatorsk city council said in a statement. “For frontline Kramatorsk — where only a fraction of the population remains due to constant Russian shelling and evacuations — every trip across the city is an inherent daily risk. There are few people left here. Yet, even civilian vehicles carrying passengers become targets of Russian terror,” the city council added. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said doctors were “fighting to save the lives of people injured” and that the number of fatalities may still rise. “Some of those killed have still not been identified because of the severity of their injuries. My condolences to all their families and loved ones,” he added. Prosecutors have opened a criminal case into the attack. “This strike will not go unanswered. Russia is trying to destroy all life in Donbas, and a response from the world is a must. A forceful response — exactly as the Russians deserve for all the deaths they have brought,” Zelenskyy added. In an interview Thursday, U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio said that currently “there does not seem to be any prospect of a negotiated settlement … as the Russians are making a condition of full control of Donetsk, which Ukraine rejects as unacceptable.” Russia has claimed that a key objective of its invasion is to save the Russian-speakers of Donbas from “genocide conducted by Ukraine,” with President Vladimir Putin saying on Oct. 1 his country would “liberate” Donbas much sooner than Ukraine expects. Moscow has so far issued no statement on the latest strike, but has repeatedly denied targeting Ukrainian civilians. This latest strike comes just a day after Russia’s missile strike on a residential building in Pryluky killed 22 and injured more than 50. Since August, Moscow has launched a wave of retaliatory attacks in response to Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries and marketplaces.

Houthi military spokesman claims Yemeni group fired one ballistic missile towards airport in Saudi capital, Riyadh.

New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani was met by crowds calling him a ‘traitor’ for attending a vigil for October 7.

Fears of a blow-up similar to the Eurozone debt crisis have been overdone, asset managers say

FCA seeks to avoid repeat of fund suspensions during market turmoil by restricting immediate access to investments in illiquid assets

Police who searched the properties of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of investigations into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful, a London judge said Thursday. The 66-year-old younger brother of King Charles II was arrested on February 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

France is in the international spotlight as massive student protests show no sign of stopping. Demonstrating is something of a rite of passage for young people in France, a moment when teenagers discover politics and their collective voice. How has this "protest culture" manifested itself in recent French history? And why are some student protests effective at bringing about change and others not? We take a closer look in French Connections.

Senegal and Morocco played a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final in January and they contested the title again Thursday, this time at the Court of Arbitration for Sport which expects a verdict within days.

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