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UK's Starmer vows 'partnership' with unions but warns on pay
UK's Starmer vows 'partnership' with unions but warns on pay
by  AFP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday pledged to reset industrial relations strained by widespread strike action, as he became the first UK leader to address the annual meeting of Britain's trade unions in 15 years. "Partnership is a more difficult way of doing politics," Starmer said, seeking to draw a line under years of strike action and tensions between unions and the previous administration.

Djibouti says offering port-sharing deal to Ethiopia
Djibouti says offering port-sharing deal to Ethiopia
by  AFP

Djibouti said it has offered a port-sharing deal with Addis Ababa, a move aimed at easing tensions between Horn of Africa rivals Ethiopia and Somalia. The Ethiopian prime minister had warned Sunday that his country would "humiliate" any nation that threatens its sovereignty, after Addis Ababa accused unnamed actors of seeking to "destabilise" the Horn of Africa.

China's Huawei unveils triple-folding phone
China's Huawei unveils triple-folding phone
by  AFP

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its new smartphone, billed as the world's first trifold phone, hours after US competitor Apple lifted the curtain on its new iPhone built for AI. The Mate XT was officially launched in a keynote presentation by Huawei executive Richard Yu at the firm's headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen.

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