Month: October 2023

Spain’s left needs votes to govern. For Catalans, it’s not that easy.

First Look Spain’s left needs votes to govern. For Catalans, it’s not that easy. Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez needs the support of Catalan regional parties to form a government. The price might be granting amnesty to independence activists – a move that would be highly divisive with the rest of Spain’s voters. | View caption…

EU fears ‘significant harm’ as it goes to war with China over electric cars

The European Commission has officially opened an investigation into China’s electric vehicle sector. It says it is “in possession of sufficient evidence” that Beijing has provided subsidies that would damage the electric vehicle (EV) market in the EU. Should member states agree with the severity of the Commission’s finding, it could lead to an import…

Two 1-year-old girls drown in swimming pool at day care facility in California

Two 1-year-old girls drowned in a backyard swimming pool at a day care facility in San Jose, California, on Monday. “This is the type of call that’s the worst that a parent can receive,” Steven Aponte, San Jose Police Department public information officer, told reporters on Tuesday. Aponte said police and the fire department were…

India police search NewsClick journalists’ homes and offices

NEW DELHI — Indian police raided the offices of a news website that is under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, in what critics described as an attack on one of India’s few remaining independent news outlets. The raids came months after Indian authorities searched…