Biden Says He Plans to Appoint Mandy Cohen as C.D.C. Director
By Noah Weiland Reporting from Washington June 16, 2023, 2:40
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Greece scours shipwreck site; hundreds feared drowned in boat’s hold
Rescuers scoured the seas off Greece on Thursday (15 June) following a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants, as hopes of survivors dwindled and fears grew that hundreds more, including children, may have drowned inside the crowded vessel’s hold.…
Macron under fire for ‘working lunch’ with Saudi Arabia’s bin Salman
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday for a working lunch, while NGOs accuse Macron of being the main architect of bin Salman’s rehabilitation on the international scene. The two…
Spanish socialist party accuses media of meddling with election poll data
The socialist party PSOE has denounced media companies ABC, El Mundo and El Español, and poll-making companies Sigma2, GAD3, and SOCIOMETRA before the Central Electoral Board (JEC) for publishing polls omitting information and giving Partido Popular (PP) a “
Spain to push for ambitious migration pact during EU Council presidency
Spain wants to seal an ambitious pact on migration and asylum during the upcoming EU Council presidency, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday, adding that European countries cannot be divided on the matter because ‘we are all victims of…
Bulgaria edges closer to building US nuclear reactor
Bulgaria is getting closer to making a US nuclear reactor after the Bulgarian nuclear power plant Kozloduy signed an official engineering contract for Front-End Engineering and Design of a nuclear reactor using the AP-1000
In Trump Prosecution, Special Counsel Seeks to Avoid Distracting Fights
Jack Smith has taken an iron-fist-in-a-kid-glove approach, sidestepping secondary issues that could divert attention from the weight of the evidence he has assembled in his case against the former president. Give this article
Poland ‘rejects masses of migrants’ to EU, cites human trafficking
Warsaw does not support allowing huge masses of migrants to move into the EU, nor does it agree to what it calls fees for rejecting migrants after receiving practically no help from the EU in dealing with the incoming migration…
Protect EU borders, but I don’t want to know how
Strengthening and protecting the EU’s external borders has been Europe’s narrative to tackle migration for several years now. But what Europe has never explained is what it actually means by that. In the meantime, the body count in the Mediterranean…
German and Russian economy will shrink in 2023, experts say
The German economy is expected to shrink this year, falling behind other major economies, with only Russia doing worse, according to the forecast reports of two major economic research institutes on Thursday. Economists previously predicted a slight growth in GDP…