Brendan Cox, the widower of British parliamentarian Jo Cox, who was murdered in 2016, resigned his duties to two charitable institutions after a new charge to his address of sexual misconduct. He steps up with More in Common and the Jo Cox Foundation, because his work has become 'a lot harder'.
The United States recognizes that Turkey has the right to protect its borders. That is what the American minister Tillerson (Foreign Affairs) said on Friday after consultation in the Turkish capital Ankara. Tillersons Turkish colleague Cavusoglu said that steps have been taken to improve mutual ties. They have been under stress in recent weeks.
SPD leader Martin Schulz stops with immediate effect as party chairman. He said that in Berlin on Tuesday evening.
British inflation stabilized at 3 percent on an annual basis in January. Lower prices for, among other things, petrol and food products were again compensated by rising costs for culture and services.
President Donald Trump of the United States has had a telephone interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In that phone call, Trump told Putin that it is time to work on a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, the White House said in a statement.
Autobedrijf Mercedes-Benz has officially apologized for the quotes of the Dalai Lama. Large international companies are becoming increasingly afraid of sanctions from China, as a result of which politically sensitive themes are increasingly being tackled with velvet gloves.
The wealthy casinotycoon Steve Wynn steps up as a board member of the Republican National Committee (RNC). He made his position as chairman of the financial committee of the Grand Old Party available on Saturday. That is what the Politico site recorded from the mouth of three prominent Republicans.
The theme of Iran will dominate a large part of the talks next week during a visit by the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, London, Paris, Warsaw and Davos.
Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a blood test that can detect eight types of cancer. For five of those types of cancer there is no test yet. Because of this blood test, cancer can be detected a year earlier than current scans.
The former top advisor of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, steps up with the right-wing media company Breitbart. That itself reported on the departure of Bannon. Director Larry Solov thanked him for 'his contributions.'
Mike Rogers, CEO of the NSA intelligence service, will soon get up. The 58-year-old Rogers has made the decision known to his employees, according to The Washington Post.
A lawyer from Donald Trump accuses former top advisor Steve Bannon of violating a confidentiality agreement. The lawyer summoned Bannon in a letter to stop passing on confidential information, reports American media.
US President Donald Trump has dissolved a committee investigating fraud during the 2016 presidential election. The reason for the decision is according to the White House because the US states refuse to share information.
Women's rights advocates in India have taken two steps forward this week, but one step back. The Indian House of Commons has approved the criminalization of the so-called triple talaq, a kind of Islamic flash separation. At the same time, the government has argued that there is no question of female circumcision in the country, to the anger of activists who are fighting against female genital mutilation.
Pope Francis asked during the Mass on Christmas Eve to show sympathy with persecuted people driven from their homes. These should be received with open arms. 'Behind the steps of Mary and Joseph are many steps hidden. We see the footprints of entire families, who are forced to leave their homes today, 'said the prince of the church against the thousands of believers in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The missile tests of North Korea not only cause international tensions, but may also cause calamity in the country itself. Defectors (who have fled the country) claim that the high radiation to which the population is exposed has led to a deadly ghost disease.
The United Nations and the United States have again warned North Korea to stop nuclear testing. Jeffrey Feltman of the UN (political affairs department) said in a conversation with the North Korean ambassador Ja Song-nam that Pyongyang 'should not take any more destabilizing steps \u0026 amp ;, after North Korea returned to a ballistic missile Tuesday after two months tested.
The Irish Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald steps up. According to a colleague she filed her resignation during a cabinet meeting. In this way the politician probably prevents the government from falling.
Sensational images have been released from the North Korean military who recently fled successfully with an army jeep and on foot to South Korea.
Gerry Adams steps up next year as leader of Sinn Fein that was long regarded as the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Adams said Saturday at a party conference that he is not a candidate for the party in the next parliamentary elections.
The Kenyan police have closed streets around the Supreme Court in Nairobi. Judges are questioning whether the presidential election can take place on Thursday. The controversy over the polling line in Kenya leads to large divisions.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont believes that the Catalan population can not accept the measures taken by the Spanish government. He called the Madrid steps against Catalonia 'the worst attacks' since Francisco Franco's dictatorship.
Employees of the fallen Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein say not to have known that their boss was a 'sexual predator'. 'We had the idea that he was a skinny hunter who committed extravagant relationships. We did not know he was violent and a suspected rapist, 'they wrote in a letter published by The New Yorker.
Roy Price has filed his resignation at Amazon Studios. The studio bosses were already inactive after allegations of sexual harassment by a producer. The wife, Isa Hackett, told The Hollywood Reporter that Price had approached her in 2015.
After five rounds, the Brexit negotiations seemed to be stuck in the last week. But the British ambassador to the Netherlands, Peter Wilson, does not fear that the trade relationship between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom has to suffer.
The United States withdraws from UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization. The US Department of Foreign Affairs stated Thursday that membership should be terminated on December 31st.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy demands from Catalonia's government government that it clarifies whether or not it has declared independence on Tuesday.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and other regional politicians have signed a document on Tuesday evening in which Catalonia declares independence from Spain. It is unclear whether that legal value has any value.
US President Donald Trump does not allow North Korea to develop any other choice than missiles that can hit the targets on the US mainland. That said the North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Saturday for the United Nations in New York.
Russia appears to be in a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (EHRM) on the hostage hostage in Beslan. The court sentenced Moscow earlier this year to pay about 3 million euros in damages to survivors and survivors.
