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Fiat Chrysler, Renault in talks about partnership As the car industry faces market and technology challenges worldwide, another partnership is being mooted. This one involves Italian-US concern Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Franceʼs Renault, which is already in a group with Japanʼs Nissan and Mitsubishi. Both FCA and Renault are facing major technological and regulatory challenges within thechanging automobile market worldwide. If the connection clicks and FCA becomes part of the Renault group, it would create the worldʼs largest carmaker concern with projected sales of 15.6 million units. The Volkswagen group is the current global leader, after it sold 10.8 million automobiles in 2018. British daily The Financial Times reported the talks, citing an unnamed "person familiar with the matter." A number of options are being considered, but the talks have already moved beyond just the sharing of technology, the report read.
Papua New Guinea leader steps down amid political turmoil Papua New Guineaʼs prime minister, Peter OʼNeill, tendered his resignation on Sunday, handing over the reins to Julius Chan, a former prime minister. OʼNeill had been the South Pacific nationʼs leader since 2011. The outgoing prime minster told a press conference in the capital, Port Moresby, that recent ruling coalition defections in Parliament showed there was "a need for change." A stream of high-profile lawmakers have defected to the opposition bloc in the past few weeks, compromising OʼNeillʼs parliamentary majority. A no confidence vote against OʼNeill was set to be held on Tuesday. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison thanked OʼNeill for his services: "I will look forward to working with the new prime minister of PNG (Papua New Guinea) in the same way I have enjoyed such a strong friendship and relationship with Peter OʼNeill," he told reporters in Canberra.
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Who is Boris Johnson, Brexit champion and wannabe British PM? Meet the man plotting to become Britainʼs next leader
A penchant for gaffes, extramarital affairs and fanning the flames of euroskepticism: Meet the man plotting to become Britainʼs next leader. He has Turkish ancestry, was born in New York to English parents and spent a formative part of his childhood in Brussels, the son of an EU civil servant. And yet today,Boris Johnson, this most cosmopolitan of English politicians, is the Conservative figurehead of Great Britainʼs chaotic withdrawal from the European Union and the man tipped to succeedTheresa Mayas prime minister after she steps down on June 7. Christened Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, he is known to the British public simply as "Boris," recognized by a trademark mop of unruly blonde hair and a bumbling, gaffe-prone speaking style. For many years, commentators warmed to his eccentricities, including a passion for cycling, disheveled suits and a legendary lack of punctuality. Voters forgave the political stunts — he was famously pictured dangling stranded on a zipwire during the 2012 London Olympics — and even his weakness for beautiful, smart women. (Londonʼs tabloids nicknamed him ʼBonking Borisʼ for a string of extramarital affairs.) But as Theresa May has learned this year, it is dangerous to dismiss Boris Johnson as a clown. Educated at Eton, the prestigious
boysʼ boarding school that has produced a phalanx of British prime ministers, Johnson went on to study classics at Oxford University and speaks both French and Italian. For decades, his childhood was described as idyllic, until last year, when his younger sister, Rachel — a well-known journalist and now antiBrexit candidate for the European Parliament — revealed to Londonʼs Sunday Times that their mother, artist Charlotte Johnson, had been crippled by depression and "a galloping obsessive-compulsive disorder," which saw her hospitalized for long periods. The young Boris and his three siblings were brought up by a nanny, described as a chainsmoking "tower of strength" who took the children on when their father, Stanley, secured a job as a civil servant with the European Commission. Johnson was a journalist before he turned his attention to politics, although his career in media was also marked by controversy. His first proper job, with Londonʼs The Times, ended dramatically when he invented a quote from an Oxford history don who happened also to be his godfather. He was caught and sacked.
Global Media Forum 2019: Populists, media and power Itʼs that time of year again: From May 27 to 28, Deutsche Welle invites you to the Global Media Forum at the World Conference Center in Bonn. "Shifting Powers" is the topic of what is now the largest international media conference in Germany, which DW is hosting for the 12th time. For, in many places, the relationship between media, politics and society is in a state of upheaval, partly owing to increasing digitization. "Populists from all ends of the spectrum are threatening the integrity of Europe," says DW Director General Peter Limbourg. "Controlling access to information has become a tool of power." At the same time, many politicians are broadcasting their messages by monopolizing state-controlled media or by spreading disinformation in social networks. "Freedom of expression is on the decline," says Limbourg.
Malawi court orders partial election recount after alleged irregularities Malawiʼs High Court has received a total of 147 complaints from some of the parties involved in Tuesdayʼs vote. Lazarus Chakweraʼs Malawi Congress Party (MCP) told the court it had found irregularities in results from 10 of the countryʼs 28 districts, ranging from a use of correction fluid, or tippex, on altered vote count sheets to the same handwriting coming from polling stations which were miles apart.
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