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Indigenous leaders travel to UK from Peru to draw attention to oil damage and banking

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforests. HSBC bank, JPMorgan Chase and Santander helped finance the Peruvian state-owned oil company Petroperu as it sought to upgrade a coastal refinery. In the last decade there have been dozens of leaks along a pipeline that serves the refinery. The banks say they adhere to environmental guidelines... Читать дальше...

Tusk's party holds primary to choose presidential candidate for election in 2025

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist Civic Coalition is holding a primary to choose a candidate who will run in the nation’s presidential election next year. Party members are choosing between Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski. The winner of the party primary will face a field of several candidates. The date of next year's presidential election has not been set but it is expected to take place in May, with a runoff two weeks later if no candidate receives an outright majority. Читать дальше...

The grand finale for JMC 2024, with PM Starmer and King Charles

«MercoPress» (en) 

It was a grand finale for the two days Joint Ministerial Council held in London between the democratic representatives from Britain’s Overseas Territories and the new UK government’s cabinet ministers, chaired by Foreign minister Stephen Doughty. In effect, Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the group at the end of the event, reaffirming his government’s commitment to the OTs and the principle, “nothing about you, without you”. The Prime Minister also mentioned the Falkland Islands... Читать дальше...