Thursday, August 13
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday warned against a drift towards a rules-free global order, saying the European Union (EU) should not submit to “the law of the strongest” as geopolitical tensions rise, including with the United States.Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Macron said it was “staggering” that the EU was being forced to consider using its anti-coercion instrument against the US, underscoring growing strains in transatlantic relations.“We do believe that we need more growth, we need more stability in this world, but we do prefer respect to bullies,” Macron said. “We do prefer science to conspiracies, and we do prefer rule of law to brutality.”Without naming him directly, Macron’s remarks came amid threats and policy move
Kochi/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday launched searches in three states as part of its money laundering investigation into the Sabarimala gold loss case, official sources said.About 21 locations across Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are being raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they added.The premises linked to the main accused, Unnikrishnan Potti, in Bengaluru and former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president A Padmakumar are understood to be covered by the federal probe agency as part of the action.The ED had recently filed a PMLA case taking cognisance of a Kerala police FIR.The politically sensitive case is already being investigated by a state Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the supervision of the Kerala High Cour
