Parties opposed to caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu teamed up in Israel's newly sworn in Knesset on Wednesday to win control of transitional defense and finance panels and draft bills repealing his judicial overhaul, even as Netanyahu's office pushed back on an immediate cutoff of US military assistance.
Parties opposed to caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu teamed up in Israel's newly sworn in Knesset on Wednesday to win control of transitional defense and finance panels and draft bills repealing his judicial overhaul, even as Netanyahu's office pushed back on an immediate cutoff of US military assistance.
Workers across Madrid, Barcelona, and major Spanish industrial hubs staged a 24 hour general strike on Wednesday — the country's first nationwide labor walkout since 2012 — demanding rent controls, wage increases, and curbs on tourist apartments less than three weeks before Spain's November 29 general election.
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators reached an accord for a large humanitarian prisoner of war swap at the close of two days of US brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, marking the first direct breakthrough between Moscow and Kyiv in nine months.
Presidents and prime ministers from nearly 200 nations opened high level speeches at COP31 in Antalya on Wednesday as Turkish summit president Murat Kurum and Australian negotiations chief Chris Bowen pressed governments to lift electricity to 35 percent of global energy use by 2035.
Beijing has rejected Tokyo's requests for a formal bilateral summit between President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at next week's APEC gathering in Shenzhen over her Taiwan remarks, even as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to confront Xi over alleged foreign interference.
Following Oval Office talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and steep Republican midterm losses blamed partly on energy shocks, President Donald Trump said renewed US strikes on Iran are highly unlikely while maintaining a naval port blockade as Brent crude dipped below 90 dollars.
Top Group of Seven diplomats are meeting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Paris on Tuesday even as American envoys convene Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Abu Dhabi without European governments in the main room.
France announces a 1.6% minimum wage increase from December 1, bringing the stated net monthly amount to €1,502. Other purchasing power measures still need detail.
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