Posts by Riah Stelmack
YPF and Shell sign agreement to develop Argentina LNG project
Argentina’s state-run oil company YPF, in collaboration with Shell, has signed a project development agreement to advance the development of the Argentina LNG project. Touted as the nation’s premier LNG project, the multi-stage $50bn Argentina LNG initiative focuses on the liquefaction of gas for international export. It involves extracting gas from specific blocks in Vaca…
Read MoreMost Germans favour giving Syrian refugees time before returning home
A clear majority of German residents believe Syrian refugees should be allowed to remain in the country until conditions in their homeland are peaceful and stable enough to return, according to a new survey. The survey for German public broadcaster ZDF, released on Friday, showed 64% of respondents in favour of granting Syrian refugees time…
Read MoreUN food agency says 40 million people are struggling to feed themselves in West and Central Africa
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 40 million people are now struggling to feed themselves across West and Central Africa with that number set to rise to 52 million by the middle of next year, the United Nations food agency said Friday. According to a new report released Friday, the World Food Program said 3.4…
Read MoreMacron thanks Gisèle Pelicot for courage, advocacy during rape trial
French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Gisèle Pelicot’s fight on Friday, a day after the conclusion of a landmark mass rape trial in Avignon that found her ex-husband guilty of aggravated rape and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. “Thank you Gisèle Pelicot,” Macron wrote on the platform X. “In the name of…
Read MoreVerdicts expected for 8 people on trial over their role in the beheading of a teacher in France
PARIS (AP) — Eight people accused of assisting an Islamic extremist who beheaded a French history teacher will hear the verdicts in their cases Friday, more than four years after the death of Samuel Paty outside his school. Paty was killed near Paris on Oct. 16, 2020, days after showing his class cartoons of the…
Read MoreMuslim lawyer killed in Bangladesh violence was not part of arrested Hindu monk’s legal team
Supporters of an arrested Hindu monk calling for the protection of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority clashed with the police in the port city of Chittagong in November, with a Muslim public prosecutor killed in the violence. The Chittagong District Bar Association, however, refuted claims repeatedly shared by media organisations in neighbouring Hindu-majority India that the deceased…
Read MoreAngry Mayotte residents confront Macron during his visit post cyclone
Angry residents of cyclone-affected French overseas territory of Mayotte greeted French President Emmanuel Macron on his visit there, video broadcaster Euronews reported on Friday. “I come from Ouangani, there is no water, there is no supply,” a man told Macron, referring to Mayotte’s capaital “After six days, is that supposed to be normal? Do you…
Read MoreItaly’s Salvini to hear verdict for blocking migrant rescue ship
Italian far-right Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini risks six years in prison as he hears a Sicilian court’s verdict on Friday over his August 2019 decision to block a migrant rescue boat from docking. The public prosecutor accuses Salvini, who was interior minister at the time, of kidnapping and dereliction of duty for not allowing…
Read MoreTokyo inflation likely accelerated on suspended energy subsidies: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely accelerated in December on higher food costs and after the government’s suspension of its gas and electricity subsidies, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The expected pickup could prod the Bank of Japan, which decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.25% on Thursday, to raise borrowing…
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition member leaves Argentine diplomatic compound after sheltering for 9 months
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the six members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for nine months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, abandoned the premises Thursday. Two people familiar with the situation at the facility confirmed to The Associated Press that Fernando Martínez left the ambassador’s residence and…
Read MoreDozens of men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot mass rape trial that shocked France
Dozens of men including the ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot were found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in a historic trial that shocked France. Addressing a cheering crowd in the southern town of Avignon after the verdicts were read, Pelicot, 72, said the outcome of her case gave her faith in a future where “everybody, women, men can live…
Read MoreBarn Find R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Cleans Up Nicely
Read the full story on Backfire News Barn Find R33 Nissan Skyline GT-R Cleans Up Nicely While here in the US we have barn find Corvettes and muscle cars, in places like Australia they have Nissan Skyline GT-Rs that have been stashed away and forgotten. A YouTuber recently told the story of how he ran…
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