PARIS: Antonio Filosa began his tenure as chief executive of US-European auto giant Stellantis on Monday with a leadership shake-up, as he seeks to jump-start performance at the struggling maker of Jeep, Peugeot and Fiat vehicles. The company veteran, an Italian who led Stellantis in North and South America, was named last month to succeed…
MANILA: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte responded Monday to her Senate impeachment trial summons hours before the deadline, demanding the case against her be dropped. The House of Representatives impeached Duterte in early February on charges of graft, corruption and an alleged assassination plot against one-time ally and former running mate President Ferdinand Marcos. A…
LONDON: UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday announced a “rapid national investigation” into English maternity services after a string of scandals over 15 years. Streeting said he was ordering the probe having heard many “deeply painful stories of trauma, loss, and a lack of basic compassion –- caused by failures in NHS (National Health…
JERUSALEM: Sirens sounded in several areas of northern Israel on Monday, after the army reported a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles, at least the third salvo in less than two hours. “A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas in northern Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of…
TEHRAN: Israel carried out a fresh strike on Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site south of Tehran, a media outlet in the country reported. “The aggressor attacked the Fordo nuclear site again,“ Tasnim news agency reported, quoting a spokesperson for the crisis management authority in Qom province where the site is located. The latest attacks come…
BRUSSELS: Belgium on Monday said it was seeking “maximum flexibility” from NATO on ramped-up defence spending targets to be agreed at a summit this week after fellow laggard Spain insisted it had won an exception. Madrid said on Sunday it would not need to hit the five percent of GDP demanded by US President Donald…
TEHRAN: Aerial assaults raged between Iran and Israel early Monday, while Tehran vowed retaliation over the bunker-buster bombs American warplanes unleashed at the weekend on three nuclear sites. US President Donald Trump insisted the attack had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear capabilities, but other officials said it was too soon to determine how significantly Tehran’s nuclear programme…
ISTANBUL: Turkey will not allow extremists to drag Syria back into chaos and instability, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday after a suicide attack killed 22 at a Damascus church. “We will never allow our neighbour and brother Syria… be dragged into a new environment of instability through proxy terrorist organisations,“ he said, vowing…
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government. The 38-year-old daughter of controversial former PM Thaksin Shinawatra began handing out ministerial posts vacated when her main coalition partner quit last week — a move…
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government. The 38-year-old daughter of controversial former PM Thaksin Shinawatra began handing out ministerial posts vacated when her main coalition partner quit last week — a move…
