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US President-elect Donald Trump discussed the issue of illegal immigration through Mexico in a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.According to Trump, the Mexican President 'agreed to stop Migration through Mexico,' while Sheinbaum denied responsibility for immigration, stating that she had no intention of closing Mexicos borders.In a post on the social media platform X, Sheinbaum said, 'we reiterate that Mexicos position is not to close borders but to build bridges between governments and between peoples.'She added that she discussed the issue of migration and informed Trump that migrant caravans were not reaching the northern border with the United States. She also spoke about enhancing cooperation on security issues.Trump stated in a post on his Truth Social account that the conversation with the Mexican president was 'very productive,' emphasizing that 'she has agreed to stop Migration through Mexico, and into the United States, effective...

Pro-European Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu was leading in Sunday’s first round of Romania’s presidential election, according to two exit polls released soon after the end of voting.Ciolacu scored 25% of the vote while the centre-right former journalist turned small-town mayor Elena Lasconi was on 18%, according to the polls. Two far-right candidates scored 15% and 16% .Voting finished at 9pm.In the absence of an outright winner in the first round — scoring more than 50% — the top two candidates go through to a second-round run-off on December 8.Romanians voted on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election amid a surge in inflation and fears over the war in neighbouring Ukraine that could favour far-right leader George Simion.The vote kicks off two weeks of elections in the poor Nato member country, including a parliamentary vote and a December 8 presidential run-off.Social democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is leading a field of 13 contenders in the race t...

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope is under construction in northeast China's Jilin Province.Located in Huadian, Jilin, the radio telescope will be 120 meters in diameter and help scientists in understanding planets and asteroids more accurately.What is special about the new telescope is that it can send electromagnetic waves to celestial bodies and receive the return waves to measure the distances between the planets and the Earth accurately.Head of the project office for the radio telescope Luo Xuejiu said the site for the telescope was chosen in May this year and preliminary work had started since then.The pile foundation work has been finished, said Luo, adding that the installation, as well as adjustment and testing of the telescope, are expected to be completed in 2028.To explore the universe, China has built the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish and most sensitive radio telesc...

UN human rights' experts urged full compliance with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants issued against Israeli entity's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former War Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the experts said that ICC arrest warrants can help save lives, and they must be enforced, urging full compliance with the ICC's arrest warrants.'The ICC's decision marks a historic step towards justice and accountability, offering hope for ending decades of impunity for long-standing serious violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT),' the experts said.Israel's protracted lack of accountability has been an enabling factor to the increasing and untenable violence in the region, they said.Since Oct. 7, 2023, and the military aggression on Gaza and the rest of the OPT, the independent experts have received...

South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) brought a case to the country’s top court yesterday to try to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the scandal dubbed “Farmgate” by local media.The scandal centred on the alleged theft of millions of dollars hidden in furniture on Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala game farm, which a former intelligence official revealed to police.An independent panel report found evidence Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over the incident.But in late 2022 lawmakers from Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC), which had a majority in the National Assembly at the time, voted to reject the report and prevented an impeachment committee from being set up to probe the allegations. source https://www.gulf-times.com/article/695399/international/sa-opposition-seeks-to-revive-impeachment-proceedings-against-ramaphosa

Thousands of protesters calling for the release of Pakistan’s jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan defied roadblocks and tear gas to march at the gates of the nation’s capital late night.The government said one police officer had been killed and nine were critically wounded in two days of clashes with demonstrators as they closed in on Islamabad.Khan was barred from standing in February elections that were marred by allegations of rigging, sidelined by dozens of disputed legal cases which he claims were confected to prevent his comeback.His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has defied a government crackdown with regular demonstrations aiming to seize public spaces in Islamabad and other large cities.The capital has been locked down since late Saturday, with mobile Internet sporadically cut and more than 20,000 police flooding the streets, many armed with riot shields and batons.Last week, the Islamabad city administration announced a two-month ban on public gatherings.But PTI convoys...

President-elect Donald Trump promised that he will impose an additional 10% tariff on goods coming from China and a 25% tariff on all products entering the country from Mexico and Canada.'On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States,' Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.He also said that the US will be imposing an additional 10% tariff on China, on top of any additional tariffs, on all its numerous products coming to the United States.Trump will be inaugurated as President of the United States on January 20, 2025. source https://www.gulf-times.com/article/695352/international/us-president-elect-promises-additional-tariffs-on-china-mexico-and-canada