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Fake heiress Anna Sorokin vows to fight deportation to Germany
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin vows to fight deportation to Germany
World
by  AFP

Anna Sorokin, the young Russian-German woman who bilked wealthy New Yorkers while pretending to be an heiress herself, has said she would fight deportation to Germany after her recent release from prison. The Russian-born Sorokin, who holds German citizenship, is the daughter of a truck driver and a shopkeeper who emigrated to Germany in 2007.

Greece and Egypt call Turkish-Libyan gas deal 'illegal'
Greece and Egypt call Turkish-Libyan gas deal 'illegal'
Africa
by  AFP

Egypt and Greece on Sunday said a deal allowing Turkish hydrocarbon exploration in Libya's Mediterranean waters was "illegal" as Athens said it would oppose it by all "legal means". On Monday, Turkey said it had signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration for hydrocarbons in Libya's seas with the authorities in Tripoli.

French energy giant offers pay talks to end fuel strike
French energy giant offers pay talks to end fuel strike
Business and Economy
by  AFP

France's TotalEnergies said on Sunday it would advance annual pay talks with unions if they dropped a blockade of fuel depots and refineries that has slashed petrol supplies across the country. "If the depot blockades end and with the agreement of all labour representatives, the company proposes to move forward the annual salary negotiations from November to October," TotalEnergies said.

German state vote tests public mood as energy crisis bites
German state vote tests public mood as energy crisis bites
World
by  AFP

Germans in the coastal state of Lower Saxony headed to the polls Sunday in a closely-watched regional election seen as a test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats amid an acute energy crisis. A win would be a boost for Scholz's SPD after it lost the last two state polls to the CDU, in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein, where voters punished his handling of the Ukraine crisis.

Germany probes rail 'sabotage' amid Russia tensions
Germany probes rail 'sabotage' amid Russia tensions
World
by  AFP

German police were on Sunday probing an act of "sabotage" on the country's rail infrastructure, with some officials pointing the finger at Russia in the wake of the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. Given that the Nord Stream leaks "pointed to the Kremlin", "we can't rule out that Russia could also be behind the attack on the rail services," he said.