In February 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation aimed at reducing the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks, and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive). After three rounds of trilogue meetings, the Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the text in February 2024, and now need to formally adopt it. Parliament is scheduled to vote on the text during its second April plenary session. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

During the April II plenary session, Parliament is due to vote on provisional agreements resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on three related EU acts concerning money laundering and terrorist financing. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Parliament is expected to vote during the April II plenary session on the draft agreement reached on creating an interinstitutional body for ethical standards, following a recommendation due to be debated in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) on 22 April. The agreement is the result of negotiations between eight EU institutions and bodies, based on a Commission proposal responding to Parliament's request. The interinstitutional body for ethical standards would strengthen EU institutions' ethics, integrity and transparency, by ensuring their rules converge, ensuring an institutional ethics culture, and increasing ethical awareness. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The Parliament is due tol vote on the agreement reached with the Council on a new directive that sets minimum standards to improve working conditions for people who work through digital labour platforms. It introduces the first-ever EU rules regulating algorithmic management in the workplace. The directive is the outcome of difficult negotiations and sends a signal to taxi and food delivery drivers and domestic workers that the EU is determined to set straight platforms' use of gig work, albeit with less ambition than in the initial proposal. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

On 10 February 2024, the Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new economic governance framework for the EU, seeking to balance national debt sustainability with sustainable and inclusive growth in all Member States. Parliament is due to vote on the final texts during the April II 2024 session. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Seaborne exports of Russian crude surged to an 11-month high in the second week of April, Bloomberg has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

The family of a Victoria, B.C., woman who was seriously injured in an accident in Thailand is pleading for help as medical bills pile up.

A man is fighting for his life after falling about 30 feet in an air duct at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on Monday, authorities say.

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the theft of «several thousand» dollars worth of tropical fish stolen from an Upper Ottawa Valley restaurant last week.

Canadians will learn Tuesday the entirety of the federal Liberal government's new spending plans, and how they intend to pay for them, when Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tables the 2024 federal budget.

The annual inflation rate ticked higher in March compared with February, boosted by higher prices for gasoline, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

A policeman was fatally shot in St Ann on Monday night. He has been identified as Constable Ricardo Fairclough. It is reported that he was responding to a robbery and shooting and lost his life in the process. The Jamaica Constabulary Force has...

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The Portland police are probing the death of a man who drowned while swimming with friends at Blue Lagoon on Monday. He has been identified as 20-year-old security guard Robert Ford of a David Lane address in Port Antonio. It is reported that he...

IAN HERBERT: Sheffield Wednesday observed their usual remembrance on Monday for the 97 Liverpool fans whose deaths have made Hillsborough synonymous with tragedy.

Rakesh Tikait, a prominent farmer leader, encourages voting for the right candidates without party support, criticizes BJP's alignment with industrialists, and highlights the farmers' disillusionment with all political parties in the elections.

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday over the electoral bond issue, describing it as a «form of extortion» and alleging «intimidatory tactics» against targeted businessmen. «There are some people in every small town or village who extort money on the streets by threatening physical harm. In Malayalam you call this extortion 'kolla adikkal' (loot), but Modi calls it electoral bonds. What a common thief is doing on the streets, the PM is doing at an international level,» Gandhi alleged.

On Tuesday midday, at least 18 Maoists were killed in a significant engagement with security forces in the deep forests of Bastar's Kanker district. Three Border Security Force and District Reserve Guard men were injured by bullets during the incident, and evacuation was ongoing. This is one of the biggest killings in an operation in Bastar.

The Congress party has strongly criticized India's ambassador to Ireland for his disparaging remarks towards the opposition party. Jairam Ramesh, the party's general secretary, condemned Ambassador Akhilesh Mishra's behavior, stating it was inappropriate for him to openly attack opposition parties like a «party apparatchik.» Ramesh called for the ambassador's dismissal.

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[DW] More than a million people, including children, have fled their homes in the volatile Central Africa Republic to Cameroon. Not all have given up hope.

The Israeli military's most important strategic target should be Iran's nuclear weapons program. Tehran is building a new heavily fortified facility near Natanz in central Iran and buried under a mountain.

A judge rejected a bid to halve the amount he had to pay by saying the Duke of Sussex had 'comprehensively lost' his case.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has expressed skepticism about an Olympic truce proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron Read Full Article at RT.com

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The Somali financial sector comprises 13 licensed Commercial Banks, 4 Mobile Money Operators, and 2 International banks that cater to client deposits. Despite the presence of financial institutions, public trust in the banking sector is relatively low due to, among other things, the lack of deposit insurance or guarantees for customer savings and deposits

Qaybta maaliyadda Soomaaliya waxa ay ka kooban tahay 13 licensed Commercial Banks, 4 Mobile Money Operators, and 2 International banks oo bixiyo adeegyada dhigaalka.

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Jury selection continues in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial. He’s charged with falsifying business records connected to a payment to Stormy Daniels.

On March 19, a drone strike outside Mogadishu reportedly killed more than 20 people, including children. Citing two security sources, the Washington Post reported that “the strike was carried out by a Turkish drone,” adding, “Turkey routinely carries out drone strikes in Somalia in support of Somali government forces.” United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is responsible for U.S. military strikes in Somalia, told me and other media sources that the U.S. did not carry out the strike.

Jigjiga (HOL) - More than 350 chickens died in coops in the town of Godey, located in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, on Tuesday due to an extreme heatwave.

Toronto (HOL) - Toronto police have confirmed the identity of a man killed in a daylight shooting in the city's Weston area as community concerns about violence continue to grow. Mohamud Abdi Duale, 32, was fatally shot near Lawrence Avenue West and Ralph Street late Sunday afternoon