BLOOMBERG A senior Italian minister sent the strongest on-record signal yet that Italy will rescind a controversial investment pact with China. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, a close ally of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera that Italy must “get out” of the China pact “without creating a disaster.” Italy is the only Group of …

BLOOMBERG Thousands of people rallied in support of Niger’s new military leaders in the capital, Niamey, as West African heads of state met to discuss a response to a coup in a key ally of the global fight against extremists in the region. Supporters marched on the embassy of France — whose continued influence in its ex-colonies in Africa has …

CAIRO / WAM The UAE is participating in the 20th Conference of the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRI) and its general assembly, which began in the Egyptian capital Cairo, under the title: “National Human Rights Institutions Established in Accordance with the Paris Principles: Roles and Challenges, Visions and Aspiration’’. Maqsoud Kruse, Chairperson of the National Human Rights …