Brantner wants to “make Green great again,” she said, adapting the slogan of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, whom she has criticized as a threat to global climate policy. Brantner will remain state secretary in the German economy ministry, headed by Robert Habeck, Germany’s vice chancellor. He is expected to be nominated as the Green Party’s … Read more
World Bank officials — under fire for losing track of $24 billion in climate funds — are panicking over the prospect of severe budget cuts as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to slash US government spending, The Post has learned. According to sources, top brass at the Washington-based lender — which has faced accusations that it’s … Read more
Yonatan Urich, the spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was questioned under caution by the police concerning the leak of classified documents to the German newspaper Bild, Channel 13 News reported on Friday. This is just one of a slew of investigations launched into the Prime Minister’s Office in the last few weeks. This … Read more
It also comes as green advocates fear the new balance of power in Washington will lead to a rollback of environmental regulations and the end of climate leadership on the world stage. “Cracking down on methane leakage, decarbonizing our economy, and combatting sea level rise are firmly on my agenda for COP29,” said Whitehouse in … Read more
Among the articles he won the award for were the seizure of former finance minister Daim Zainuddin’s flagship Ilham Tower by the anti-graft agency last year. The multi-million dollar commercial building in Kuala Lumpur city is one of the largest towers in the capital. Mr Lopez spoke to finance executives close to the former politician, who … Read more
“The EPP Group prides itself in extending its full cooperation” to legal authorities, a spokesperson for Weber and the EPP groups said in a statement to POLITICO said, adding that no external auditors “currently have any open cases of alleged misuse of funds.” Layered inquiry EPPO is in charge of investigating serious crimes affecting the … Read more
Electoral participation also seems to have improved, although only slightly and from an eye-catchingly low baseline. Exit poll data published by Alpha Research at 19:00 as the polls closed showed 38 percent voter turnout, up from 34.4 percent in the June election. “People want a government, [they want] security and stability,” Borissov told reporters in … Read more
The former head of China Geological Survey has been charged with bribe-taking and leaking state secrets by the country’s highest prosecutorial agency. Zhong Ziran, 62, is accused of using his senior positions at the natural resources ministry as well as its affiliated China Geological Survey to take a “particularly big” amount of bribes, the Supreme … Read more
With parliamentary elections set for late October, and EU membership negotiations due to start shortly thereafter, the timing of this behavior was largely puzzling. However, an even greater riddle was the ruling party’s 12-year reign: If Georgians were so passionate about Western integration, why did they keep reelecting the anti-EU Georgian Dream (GD) for more … Read more
Blushi was referring to images published by local media showing masked police stopping a car, removing Meta, who appeared to resist, and escorting him to a police special forces van. “This government will pay the price in every street and in every square,” Blushi said when asked if there would be protests following the arrest. … Read more
