French firm charged in US with Islamic State group payments

French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying $17 million to the Islamic State group so that a plant in Syria could remain open, a case that the Justice Department described as the first of its kind. The company agreed to pay criminal fines of roughly $91 million and forfeit an additional $687 million […]

Incoming Swedish PM introduces new center-right coalition government

Incoming Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson vowed Tuesday to set the country on a new course on immigration, criminal justice and energy policy as he presented a center-right coalition government led by his conservative Moderate Party. The new Cabinet consists of 24 ministers — 13 men and 11 women. Thirteen are Moderates, six are Christian […]

Nearly 100 naked migrants found at Greece-Turkey border, prompting UN to demand probe

The United Nations demanded a probe into the nearly 100 migrants found naked along the Greece-Turkey border, condemning the “cruel and degrading” treatment of the group that included children. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees “is deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images of 92 people, who were reported to have been found at […]

Ecco l’audio esclusivo LaPresse di Berlusconi sui rapporti con Putin

Read More https://video.repubblica.it/dossier/crisi_in_ucraina_la_russia_il_donbass_i_video/l-audio-esclusivo-di-berlusconi-ho-riallacciato-i-rapporti-con-putin/429702/430656?rss <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/dossier/crisi_in_ucraina_la_russia_il_donbass_i_video/l-audio-esclusivo-di-berlusconi-ho-riallacciato-i-rapporti-con-putin/429702/430656&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> “I ministri russi hanno già detto in diverse occasioni che siamo noi in guerra con loro, perché forniamo armi e finanziamenti all’Ucraina. Io non posso personalmente fornire il mio parere perché se viene raccontato alla stampa viene fuori un disastro, ma […]

Gallup: Media Trust Still Near Record Low

Americans’ trust in mass media to provide accurate and fair reporting failed to rise over the last year, remaining barely above the low point reached during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to Gallup.

False fatture, assolti i genitori di Matteo Renzi

Read More Il fatto non costituisce reato. La Corte di appello di Firenze ha assolto Laura Bovoli e Tiziano Renzi, genitori dell’ex premier Matteo Renzi, sotto processo a Firenze insieme con l’imprenditore Luigi Dagostino (condannato invece a 9 mesi) per due presunte fatture false. La Corte, accogliendo la ricostruzione delle difese, ha largamente riformato la […]

Indonesia to Demolish Soccer Stadium Where Stampede Killed Over 130

Read More JAKARTA—Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday as he vowed to “thoroughly transform” the sport in the soccer-mad nation. The president, popularly known as Jokowi, was speaking to reporters at the state palace after meeting Gianni […]

BT’s pension fund ‘fell by ?11bn’ after mini-budget

Read More BT’s pension scheme has revealed the value of its assets plummeted by an estimated ?11bn in recent weeks, after the meltdown in UK government bond markets following Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. The disclosure in the annual report published by BT Pension Scheme (BTPS), one of the UK’s largest company retirement plans with almost 270,000 […]

Iran agrees to supply missiles as well as drones to Russia

Read More Iran has deepened its commitment to supplying arms for Russia’s assault on Ukraine by agreeing to provide a batch of medium-range missiles, as well as large numbers of cheap but effective drones, according to US and Iranian security officials. The surface-to-surface missiles are designed to supplement the severely run-down stock of Russian missiles, […]

Liz Truss may abandon pension triple lock and says ‘difficult decisions’ ahead

Read More Liz Truss could abandon the state pension triple lock to help plug the fiscal black hole after her disastrous mini-budget, leaving more than 12 million pensioners facing a real-terms cut in their incomes in April. The prime minister’s official spokesperson refused four times to commit to keeping the pensions guarantee despite it being […]