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Analysis-China’s Xi Sticks With Covid Stance Despite Anger, Economic Headwinds
Date: April 19, 2022
By Yew Lun Tian and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – For many leaders, mounting public anger and a rapidly worsening economic outlook would be cause for worry and a policy rethink. But Chinese President Xi Jinping, who doubtless would prefer smoother sailing in the run-up to a third leadership term, is doubling down on a...
Lockdown Party Allegations Facing UK PM Johnson
Date: April 12, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister Rishi Sunak are to receive fines for breaching strict coronavirus lockdown rules, a government statement said on Tuesday. Police have been investigating 12 gatherings at Downing Street and the Cabinet Office after an internal inquiry found Johnson’s staff had enjoyed alcohol-fuelled parties, with...
The Underrated Solution to Europes Green Mobility Issues? Public Transport
Date: April 12, 2022
By Michael Colijn, CEO of Heliox As far back as the 1800s, the first electric vehicles plied on European and American roads when innovators in Hungary, the Netherlands and the United States, including a blacksmith from Vermont, toyed with the concept of a battery-powered vehicle. 200 years later, the conversation re-visits EVs, and in a...
Far-Right Mayor Touts Perpignan as Harbinger of Le Pen’s France
Date: April 8, 2022
By Makini Brice PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) – In the southern French city of Perpignan, the far-right mayor Louis Aliot says he has succeeded in de-demonising his party’s image and even won new supporters as he bolsters police numbers, hosts literacy classes and cleans up the streets. While his critics say they have seen no significant...
Shanghai Widens Covid Testing as Other Chinese Cities Impose Curbs
Date: April 8, 2022
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs – even in places with no recent infections. Beijing authorities intervened in Shanghai after its failure to...
Analysis-Italy’s Politics, Public Opinion, Could Weaken West’s anti-Putin Front
Date: April 7, 2022
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Divisions between Italy’s political parties and ambivalence among its public over the war in Ukraine could become a weak link in the West’s efforts to present a united front against Russia, analysts say. Prime Minister Mario Draghi and his government have taken a tough line on...