The firings confirmed by Google late Wednesday came a day after nine employees were arrested during sit-in protests at offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, after the company called police.
Three French diplomats have reportedly been expelled from Burkina Faso by the country’s ruling military junta for subversive activities.
The US risks losing its military presence in another African country as the government of Chad sent a letter threatening to end a critical security agreement, according to four US sources, a move that threatens to cede more US influence in the region to Russia.
A well-known Tunisian journalist was sentenced to six months in prison after being arrested for insulting an official. The government has increasingly silenced dissent.
Rishi Sunak’s government is close to appointing a new chair of the Post Office, according to a person familiar with the matter, after the previous incumbent was ousted in January amid a spat with ministers.
Google has fired more than two dozen employees following protests against the company’s cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government.
The Scottish government has confirmed it will scrap its annual and interim targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They will be replaced with a system measuring emissions every five years. Ministers have announced a raft of measures to cut planet-warming gases including a national integrated
Croatia’s ruling conservatives says that talks are already underway on the formation of a new governing majority following a highly contested parliamentary election that saw a far-right party emerge as a potential kingmaker.
Scotland’s Net Zero Minister Mairi McAllan has told the Scottish Parliament that the government’s flagship 2030 climate change target is now “out of reach”. Ms McAllan has ditched the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.
Croatia’s long-dominant ruling HDZ party prepared on Thursday for difficult talks to form a coalition after winning Wednesday’s parliamentary election without a majority, and with a far-right party as potential kingmakers.