U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will wait for a recommendation from his intelligence advisers on whether to share classified information with President Donald Trump after the Republican leaves office, Biden's top aide said on Sunday.
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang did not get an impartial hearing when he was banned for eight years for doping offences as one of the judges had tweeted anti-Chinese messages concerning animal rights, Switzerland's highest court said on Friday.
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CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova’s new President Maia Sandu appointed Foreign Minister Aureliu Ciocoi as interim prime minister on Thursday, but pushed on for a snap election in a bid to overhaul the whole government and strengthen her grip on power.
Moldova s President Maia Sandu attends a joint news conference with Romania s President Klaus Iohannis following a meeting in Chisinau, Moldova December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza
Sandu, a former World Bank economist, defeated pro-Moscow incumbent Igor Dodon in last month’s presidential vote, promising to fight endemic corruption and put relations with the European Union back on track.
Lawmakers from Dodon’s Socialist party still dominate parliament in Moldova - an eastern European country of 3.5 million, where the West and Russia vie for influence.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the storming of the U.S. Capitol by demonstrators was "a disgraceful act that must be vigorously condemned".
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc said on Thursday it would make managing director Junichi Hanzawa, 55, the head of its core banking unit, as Japan's biggest lender seeks to rejuvenate its business in the face of a tough lending environment.