Tag: duties

Zelensky scolds officials who shirk duties amid Ukraine’s war effort

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signalled that he is getting tough on officials he suspects are shirking their duties in the war with Russia. Mr Zelensky and Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months. They also discussed with […]

Stand-off ensues China weighs up pork duties on EU exports

The European Commission is “analysing” the opening of an investigation by China into so-called anti-dumping duties on EU pork and its by-products. China’s commerce ministry launched the probe yesterday (17 June), purportedly in retaliation to the EC’s “provisional” notification last week to impose tariffs on imported Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV). In making that proposal, […]

US defence secretary resumes duties after undergoing medical procedure

US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has resumed duties after undergoing a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Friday, officials said. Mr Austin is continuing to deal with bladder issues that arose in December following his treatment for prostate cancer, Pentagon press secretary Maj Gen Pat Ryder said. The procedure was successful, […]

King Charles visits cancer center, returns to public duties

STORY: A smiling, healthy looking King Charles returned to public duties on Tuesday (April 30). The British monarch’s visit to a London cancer treatment center was his first engagement since being diagnosed with the disease himself in February. Buckingham Palace announced on Friday (April 26) that doctors were sufficiently pleased with the 75-year-old king’s response […]

King Charles announces return to public royal duties following his cancer treatment. Here’s what to know about his health journey.

King Charles is headed back to work. On Friday, palace officials announced that the 75-year-old British monarch will “shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis.” The announcement, which was accompanied on social media by a portrait of the king and his wife, Queen Camilla, taking […]

Spain’s Sanchez suspends public duties to ‘reflect’ on future

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings. Mr Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Socialist party as leader of a […]

Prince William returns to public duties after wife Kate’s cancer revelation

Britain’s Prince William will return to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife Kate revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy for cancer. In a video message last month, Kate, 42, the Princess of Wales, said tests taken following major abdominal surgery she underwent in January had uncovered cancer, something she described […]

Dundalk head coach Stephen O’Donnell ‘relieved of his duties’

Stephen O’Donnell has been sacked as head coach of Dundalk FC after a poor start to this season’s SSE Airtricity League. The club confirmed O’Donnell had been “relieved of his duties” on Monday, along with the team’s assistant manager, Patrick Cregg. Dundalk currently sit bottom of the Premier Division having picked up three draws and […]