Maria Zakharova clarified that «citizens of that country who sign a contract are issued a Schengen work visa at the consular section of the German embassy in Manila»

Around 95 per cent of jury trials could be axed under plans by Labour which threaten to 'destroy justice as we know it', new legal analysis shows.

In their final encounter, Jodie claims she asked Charlene directly whether she was being abused.

Ex-West Yorkshire Police officer Maryam Ilyas, 20, accessed the force's computers to find confidential data to inform her boyfriend about an operation into him.

Electric vehicle owners, pub landlords and the average worker told the Daily Mail they felt the hardest hit, while others said they were fed up of 'being taxed, taxed, taxed'.

The long-awaited first volume of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things has now been released to eager fans - with four episodes dropping on Wednesday.

Ali Bogle and husband Angus renovated a dilapidated house (pictured) in East Sussex and say the mansion tax will wreck their retirement plans.

The Supreme Court acknowledged it lacks a quick fix for Delhi-NCR's severe air pollution, emphasizing the need to identify specific contributing factors. Justices will regularly review the issue, seeking solutions from domain experts and scientists to address the multifaceted problem.

Prime Minister Modi's declaration of Bengal as the BJP's next battlefield follows a thumping victory in Bihar. Meanwhile, the Congress faces an existential crisis in Bengal, squeezed between Mamata Banerjee's TMC and the rising BJP, with its own relevance rapidly diminishing.

Slovakia is set to receive €6 408.5 million, solely in grants, to implement its national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP), representing 6.8 % of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019. That grant allocation includes the revised Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) grant allocation (€6 005.8 million), REPowerEU grants (€366.4 million), and a transfer of the country's remaining share from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (€36.3 million). On 8 May 2025, the European Commission adopted an implementing decision reducing Slovakia's RRF allocation by €1.23 million due to a conflict of interest. This amount was deducted from the fifth payment of €492 million received on 10 July 2025. On 13 November 2025, the Council approved Slovakia's latest (fourth) revision of the NRRP. Slovakia's plan comprises reforms and investment to help the Slovak economy recover, while advancing the green and digital transitions and addressing structural weaknesses. In the 2025 country report, the Commission found that Slovakia's NRRP is progressing but requires increased efforts for timely completion. So far, Slovakia has received €3 963.8 million (61.9 % of the total allocation), covering pre-financing (including REPowerEU pre-financing) and five grant payments. Slovakia's absorption of RRF resources sits above the EU average of 56.5 %. The European Parliament continues to ensure transparency and accountability through interinstitutional dialogues on RRF implementation, and scrutiny of the Commission's work. This briefing is one in a series covering all EU Member States. Fifth edition. The previous editions were drafted by Magdalena Sapała and Božena Destin Bobková. The 'NGEU delivery' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the lifecycle of the plans. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Four people were taken to hospital following a collision involving a car, motorcycle, and taxi along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) on Wednesday (Nov 26).The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told AsiaOne they were alerted to an accident at about 1.20pm along SLE towards Bukit Timah Expressway before Lentor Avenue exit.A 70-year-old male taxi driver, a 43-year-old male motorcyclist, a 36-year-old male car passenger, and a 17-year-old male taxi passenger were conscious when taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.Videos of the aftermath of the accident were shared online, showing severe damage to the rear of a car. Its rear wheel had been dislodged and debris scattered across the road.Two SCDF ambulances were also present at the scene, with another blue taxi seen ahead. AsiaOne has reached out to ComfortDelGro for comment. Police investigations are ongoing.[[nid:725747]]xingying.koh@asiaone.com

More companies in Singapore are set to freeze wages over the next year amid growing pessimism about the economy, according to a Singapore Business Federation (SBF) survey released on Thursday (Nov 27).The 2025 National Business Survey, which drew responses from 553 businesses across key sectors, found that just over half of them — 55 per cent — indicated that salaries will stay the same over the next 12 months.It is a dip from the 48 per cent of the firms which said that they have frozen wages over the past 12 months.This comes as only 4 per cent of businesses saw an increase in profitability over the past year, according to SBF — down from 7 per cent in 2024.Just under two-thirds of businesses — 62 per cent — saw no change in profitability, a 12 per cent hike from the previous year.SBF said it suggests a degree of resilience in managing margins amid cost pressures.The survey also found that more businesses — from 35 per cent in the second quarter of 2025 to 37 per cent in next quarter of the year — are expecting the economy to worsen over the next 12 months. 

Singapore Customs seized 3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes and arrested four Malaysian men, aged between 20 and 39, during an enforcement operation at Pasir Laba Heavy Vehicle Park in Jurong West on Nov 13.The total duty and Goods and Services Tax evaded amounted to about $335,785, Singapore Customs said on Thursday (Nov 27). During the operation, officers conducted checks on a parked tanker and a nearby forested area, where duty-unpaid cigarettes were allegedly being packed into cartons.Checks uncovered 3,100 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes found concealed within the tanker and in the forested area. The duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized.Investigations revealed that a 30-year-old Malaysian man was allegedly hired to drive a prime mover with the tank attached from Malaysia to Singapore, while a 39-year-old Malaysian man was hired to deliver the contraband using a truck.The remaining two men, aged 20 and 21, were allegedly hired by the 39 year-old to act as lookouts, including using a motorcycle to «scout the area» to ensure that it was safe for unloading the contraband.

Sur instructions du Président de la République, une délégation gabonaise conduite par le Ministre des Mines et des ressources géologiques , Gilles Nembe, la ministre de la Planification et de la Prospective, Louise Pierrette Mvono, et l'Honorable député Ulrich Manfoumbi Manfoumbi, a effectué une mission en Guinée du 19 au 21 novembre 2025 pour renforcer la coopération autour des projets miniers Simandou et Bélinga. Reçue au Ministère des Mines et de la Géologie, la délégation a échangé (...) - MINES ET HYDROCARBURES / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Le Ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de la Protection de l'Enfance a reçu hier, le trophée “ARISE Africa Champion November 2025”, une distinction internationale dédiée à la lutte contre les violences faites aux enfants. Dépêché en Éthiopie la semaine dernière, le Conseiller Technique Moutsinga Gilberthe, accompagné du Cabinet de la Première Dame, a représenté le Gabon au Forum ARISE Africa, une plateforme engagée pour le renforcement des mécanismes de protection de l'enfant sur le (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Louise Pierrette Mvono, Edgard Moukoumbi et Aissatou Diallo en séance de travail Le 25 novembre 2025, une réunion a rassemblé les ministres Louise Mvono de la Planification et de Prospective, et Edgard Moukoumbi des Travaux Publics et de la Construction, avec Aissatou Diallo, Représentante de la Banque mondiale, à l'initiative de cette dernière. Cette séance de travail, demandée par l'institution de Bretton Woods, visait à évaluer l'avancement du Projet de Développement Urbain du (...) - COOPERATION / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Mogadishu (HOL) - Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has urged Somali business leaders and religious scholars to step up support for drought-affected communities amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Jammu Police apprehended a 19-year-old for plotting a terror attack, with suspected links to Pakistan-based handlers. Simultaneously, Kashmir Valley saw extensive raids targeting the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, aiming to dismantle terror networks. Authorities seized electronic devices and documents during these operations.

Nepal's central bank has released new Rs 100 notes featuring a revised national map that includes disputed territories claimed by India. This move reignites a long-standing border dispute, with India previously condemning Nepal's 2020 map update as an unacceptable «artificial enlargement» of claims.

The BJP has accused the Congress of using social media accounts based outside India to shape domestic political narratives. Citing X's location-tracking features, BJP MP Sambit Patra alleged that several Congress-linked handles, including those of leaders and influencers, appear to be operating from countries like the US, Ireland, and Pakistan, pushing specific narratives against the government.

We analyse the euro area economic outlook, the European Central Bank’s monetary policy stance and its communication strategy. We offer suggestions for complementing monetary policy statements: including additional indicators, publishing scenario analyses, and being more explicit about secondary objective considerations. We indicate guidelines for future policy analysis, like how structural changes in the economy influence monetary policy, trade-offs between different roles of the ECB, the impact of rate setting on the green transition, and additional scenarios for digital euro introduction. This document was provided by the Economic Governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) ahead of the Monetary Dialogue with the ECB President on 3 December 2025. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Executive Vice-President Ribera, charged with the Competition portfolio, has been invited to a structured dialogue in ECON on 4 December 2025. This briefing outlines key principles of competition policy, and elaborates on the available State aid data, to illustrate its size (exceeding the EU budget) and use. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

This briefing provides background on digital assets ahead of the ECON public hearing on 3 December 2025. In addition to providing quantitative and qualitative background information on digital assets including stablecoins, the briefing also aims to clarify how the decentralized and centralized parts of crypto assets interact. It offers two main take-aways: First, since the creation of Bitcoin as the first genuine digital asset, alternatives have in general re-introduced risks by imitating business models of traditional centralized financial institutions. Second, stablecoins, as a manifestation of this trend, combine elements of decentralized and centralized finance. While they use services of decentralized public ledgers (such as Ethereum) they are (highly) centralized when it comes to corporate decisions (such as minting) or the management of reserve assets and resemble Money Market Funds (MMFs) but with increased operational and cyber risks. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028–2034 allocates significant funding (EUR 522 billion) to its Heading 2: 'Competitiveness, prosperity and security'. It proposes three key instruments which directly impact ITRE core areas of responsibility : - The European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), which serves as the MFF’s main instrument to boost EU competitiveness. It merges 14 programmes into a flexible fund, aiming to enhance coherence and EU added value, but raises concerns over centralised oversight and governance. - Horizon Europe, which supports research and innovation with a 63% budget increase, yet remains below the Draghi report’s recommendation, raising concerns about underfunding, excessive centralisation as well as eligibility of dual-use. - Connecting Europe Facility, which funds Trans-European Networks in transport (including military mobility) and energy. Unresolved challenges — governance, EU versus national priority alignment, and practical implementation new funding mechanisms — will play a central role in determining ITRE’s policy influence in the years ahead. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

On 1 March 2023, as part of the road safety package, the European Commission published a legislative proposal to help ensure EU-wide application of driving disqualifications. The proposal calls for increased cooperation, harmonisation of legislation, simplification of information exchange, capacity-building, and improved public awareness efforts. In order to prevent impunity due to a lack of legislation, the proposal sets out rules to allow better EU-wide enforcement of driver disqualification decisions when drivers commit major traffic offences outside their own country. In the European Parliament, the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is responsible for the file. The TRAN committee adopted its report on 29 November 2023. Interinstitutional negotiations started in October 2024, and a provisional agreement was found on 25 March 2025. The agreement was voted in plenary at second reading on 21 October 2025. The final act was signed on 22 October and published in the Official Journal on 5 November 2025. Sixth edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

The Lilongwe University of Agriculture Natural Resources (LUANAR) says the country is on the right direction in absorption and implementation of research results from the agricultural sector. Deputy Vice Chancellor at LUANAR Associate Prof. Agnes Mwangwera made the remarks on Wednesday at the opening of 2025 LUANAR dessemination conference in Lilongwe. She said the conference […] The post LUANAR express optimism in country’s research absorption appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The link-up of Mir and RuPay is likely to feature in the agenda when Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India in December Read Full Article at RT.com

Washington wants Kiev to sign a peace deal before it agrees to any security guarantees, Politico reports, citing Marco Rubio Read Full Article at RT.com

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll reportedly told European diplomats that Russia’s ability to produce long-range missiles is only increasing Read Full Article at RT.com

US President Donald Trump has announced a halt to all payments and subsidies to South Africa amid escalating diplomatic tensions Read Full Article at RT.com

SOS Prisonniers Gabon a réuni, la semaine dernière à Libreville, plusieurs organisations de la société civile ainsi que des représentants institutionnels dans le cadre d'un atelier destiné à consolider un plaidoyer commun en faveur des droits des personnes détenues. Cette rencontre s'inscrit dans la continuité d'un cycle d'échanges engagé depuis plusieurs mois, visant à renforcer la coopération entre les différents acteurs mobilisés autour de la défense des droits humains en milieu (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON