LONDON, UK - Reaching an agreement in trade deals is, in the best of times, a long process. There are inevitably differences in objectives and negotiation strategies between sides. Most trade agreements with the EU take years to negotiate, not least because there are 27 member states involved in the process. And when it comes to the negotiations between the EU and the UK <a href="https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/b

EU and Britain need to strike a deal on Brexit

No-deal Brexit will have huge implications for British economy

UK needs to decide between bargaining power and negotiation strategy

Earlier this year in February, the first photos of a Citroen showroom in India were posted. This Citroen showroom was located in Ahmedabad. At that time, we were told that Citroen had plans of opening their first showroom in India by around 15th May 2020. But then, the pandemic struck and plans were derailed.With the pandemic still around, and nowhere close to gone, businesses are getting back to normal. Citroen

Citroen plans robust dealer and showroom network across India

Groupe PSA has big ideas for launch of Citroen in Indian cities

Citroen India to open fifteen showrooms across country in first phase

The last Tu-154 passenger jet still in service in Russia has completed its final scheduled commercial flight.On October 28, the Alrosa airline announced that the aircraft had flown from the Yakutia region city of Mirny to Siberia's Novosibirsk with 140 passengers on board.The Tu-154 was developed by the Soviet Tupolev design bureau and was the most widely used midrange passenger aircraft in the Soviet Uni

Workhorse Russian Tu-154 Passenger Jet Flies Into Retirement

European stock markets steadied at the start of trading Tuesday following hefty losses the previous session on soaring cases of coronavirus.London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.1% to 5 796.53 points, having slumped 1.2% on Monday.In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 edged up 0.1% to 12 192.39 points and the Paris CAC 40 dipped 0.2% to 4 805.30.Frankfurt plunged 3.7% Monday, weighed down also b

European stock markets steady at open

Most Asian and European markets fell Tuesday following a sharp sell-off in New York that was fuelled by fears a coronavirus resurgence will force fresh economically painful containment measures.Traders have also given up almost any hope for a new US stimulus package being passed before next Tuesday's election, with Democrats and Republicans blaming each other, though there are still expectations a new deal will 

Most markets drop after virus woes hammer Wall Street

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.A Long March-2C carrier rocket blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Oct. 26, 2020. China successfully sent a group of new remote-sensing satellites into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monda

Xinhua Photos of the Day (Oct. 27)

Most Asian markets fell Tuesday following a sharp sell-off in New York and Europe that was fuelled by fears a coronavirus resurgence will force fresh economically painful containment measures.Traders have also given up almost any hope for a new US stimulus package being passed before next Tuesday's election, with Democrats and Republicans blaming each other, though there are still expectations a new deal will be

Asia markets drop after virus woes hammer Wall St, Europe

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Turkish citizens to boycott French goods in response to what he says is France's "anti-Islam" agenda.During a televised speech Monday, he also called for European Union countries to pressure France to end French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to fight what he called "Islamist separatism." Macron has said separatism threatens to take over some Muslim communities in Franc

Erdogan Calls for Boycott of French Goods

Stock markets retreated Monday with traders increasingly pessimistic that US lawmakers will pass a new stimulus package before next week's election, while spiking virus cases fanned worries about the economic impact of new containment measures.Despite months of arduous talks in Washington, there appears to be little chance Republicans and Democrats will hammer out a rescue deal to help cash-strapped Americans, w

Stocks drop on surge in virus cases, elusive US stimulus

Shares in German software giant SAP plunged on Monday after it downgraded its outlook on falling demand due to a renewed surge in coronavirus infections.At 15:00, shares in Frankfurt were down 20.0% at &euro;99.89, dragging down Germany's blue-chip DAX index, which fell 2.8%.The tech company, based in the southern German town of Walldorf, trimmed its 2020 revenues forecast to between &euro;27.2 billion an

SAP shares plummet on trimmed outlook

European markets were falling Monday as investors appeared increasingly uncertain about the outlook of the global economy due to a resurgence of coronavirus cases across Europe and the United States.Britain's benchmark FTSE index was down 0.2% at the midway point of the trading day. The CAC-40 index in France lost 0.4%, and Germany's DAX index plunged 2.2%.Markets in the Asia-Pacific rim ended mostly lowe

European Markets Nosedive Monday as Global Coronavirus Cases Rise

Reaching an agreement in trade deals is, in the best of times, a long process. There are inevitably differences in objectives and negotiation strategies between sides. Most trade agreements with the EU take years to negotiate, not least because there are 27 member states involved in the process. And when it comes to the negotiations between the EU and the UK <a href="https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/brexit-negotia

Why the UK should stop talking tough on a no-deal Brexit

MOSCOW - Belarus's opposition called a countrywide general strike on Monday - the latest in a series of efforts to dislodge longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko from power following what opponents say was a rigged presidential election in the former Soviet republic last August.Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - Lukashenko's primary opponent in the race and who fled the country under state pressure following the vote - thr

Opposition Announces National Strike in Belarus

Spain has declared a state of emergency and enacted a new round of lockdowns countrywide as it battles a resurgence of coronavirus infections."The reality is that Europe and Spain are immersed in a second wave of the pandemic," Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said during a nationwide address Sunday."The situation we are living in is extreme."Both Spain and France, which enacted nighttime curfews to qu

New Lockdowns in Europe Amid Coronavirus Resurgence

Colombia surpassed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Sunday, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center&#8239;.The Latin American country recorded 8,769 new infections from Saturday to Sunday, bringing the total to 1,007,711 and the number of deaths to 30,000.Colombia becomes the eighth country to hit the 1 million milestone, after the U.S., India, Brazil, R

Colombia Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases

PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian government will deploy 2,000 soldiers to train as deminers after Western nations, led by the United States, bolstered efforts to rid the country of landmines and other unexploded ordnance by 2025.Children, curious or just scavenging for scrap metal, are often among the victims but it's a problem that afflicts the entire country and an economy in need of productive land for agriculture.

Cambodia Expects to be Landmine-Free Within 5 Years

The odds appear to be still in favour of President Alexander Lukashenko. Possibly, Moscow is also betting on that. M.K. BhadrakumarAfter a lull of the past 3-4 weekends, the anti-government protests in Minsk, Belarus, roared back to life today. This comes in the wake of three things.One, there are some incipient signs that Moscow feels frustrated with the Belarus strongman President Alexander Lukashenk

The Endgame in Belarus is in View

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan U.S. dollar 100 671.95 Euro 100 791.21 Japanese yen 100 6.4277 Hong Kong dollar 100 86.703 British pound 100 875.31 A

Market exchange rates in China -- Oct. 28

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. SCI-TECH AWARD SYSTEM Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree to publish the revised regulation on the national science and technology award system. As an important and long-standing system, the national science and technology award system is a significant policy to encour

China science, technology news summary -- Oct. 28

BRUSSELS, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- An agreement between the European Union (EU) and China to protect the signature agri-food products won its first approval in the European Parliament on Tuesday, as the Committee on International Trade of the parliament voted for it with 38 in favor, one against and three abstentions. The agreement on geographical indications (GIs), signed in September 2020 between the two sides, wil

European trade MEPs back GIs agreement with China

WASHINGTON - Voters choosing between President Donald Trump and former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election should have no difficulty distinguishing between the two men on policy questions.The differences in the candidates' positions on a large variety of issues - climate, taxes, trade, race relations, national security, immigration, and above all the handling of the coronavirus 

Here&#039;s How Trump, Biden Differ on Key Issues

New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): Income Tax Department has seized Rs 62 crores cash from entry operator Sanjay Jain and his beneficiaries during raids, sources said.
This is among the biggest cash seizures from Delhi-NCR post demonetisation. Raids are underway in 42 premises of Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Goa, sources said.
Sources added that as entry operator, Sanjay Jain was running operation of huge

I-T dept seizes Rs 62 cr cash from Sanjay Jain, beneficiaries

 History  Oct 28 2020  Boris Egorov Russia Beyond; Public Domain The Bolsheviks planned to seize British-controlled warships in an Iranian port, but, unexpectedly for themselves, triggered a revolutionary movement in Iran.Early on May 18, 1920, a detachment of Soviet soldiers carried out a daring attack against the British garrison of the Persian port of Anzali on the Caspian Sea. The Reds' overwhelming s

How the British surrendered an entire fleet to the Bolsheviks in Iran

Authorities in Iraq's Kurdistan region this week announced the arrest of a dozen people suspected of ties to the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a move that observers say has raised tensions among major Kurdish groups.The Kurdish Region's Security Council (KRSC), an intelligence service led by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), said in a statement on Monday the arrests happened over an all

Arrests in Northern Iraq Trigger Tensions Between Kurdish Groups

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo implored Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where two months of violence continued Tuesday in defiance of a cease-fire brokered in Washington.While visiting India on Tuesday, Pompeo spoke separately via phone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. Pompeo "pr

US Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan Leaders to Stop Violence

BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Some U.S. politicians have for long relentlessly smeared China over its peaceful development. However, it is Washington that is infamously known for endangering global peace by meddling in other countries' internal affairs and instigating violence to subvert governments labelled as so-called hostile ones.Since World War II, the United States, in order to pursue global d

Commentary: U.S. meddling shows hegemonic bigotry

A Boeing 777-200 aircraft arrives at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Jan. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa)Zimbabwe will gradually reopen it's land borders beginning in December, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said.HARARE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe will gradually reopen it's land borders beginning in De

Zimbabwe plans to gradually reopen borders from December

Australia revealed on Wednesday that female passengers on 10 planes flying out of Doha were forced to endure "appalling" physical examinations, as Qatar expressed regret for the distress caused to the women.The Gulf emirate had already been facing a huge hit to its reputation after reports emerged that women were removed from a Sydney-bound Qatar Airways flight and forced to undergo vaginal inspections on 2 Octo

Women on 10 flights from Qatar invasively examined: Australia

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Oct. 28 (PIA) - - - The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) reported the status of its infrastructure projects during the last quarter meeting of the Regional Project Monitoring Committee (RPMC).Cir Rodney Cacatia, department manager for Planning and MIS of CEZA, said amid pandemic, the construction of the different projects of CEZA were continuously implemented but assured that prop

CEZA reports major infra projects status

NEW DELHI - India and the United States have signed a landmark agreement to share military information and vowed to ramp up security and strategic ties as top U.S. officials emphasized the need for enhanced cooperation to confront Chinese assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region."Our leaders and our citizens see with increasing clarity that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) is no friend to democracy, the rule of

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