Germany approves 2025 budget, marking new spending era
Germany's parliament approved on Thursday the nation's first annual budget since sweeping reforms to loosen fiscal rules were passed earlier this year...
China’s cabinet on Thursday set fresh rules for its nationwide social-credit system, promising tighter control over personal data and stronger penalties for fraud as it seeks to ease public fears of surveillance.
The State Council said it would “promote high-quality development” of the ratings scheme, which scores firms, officials and citizens on their trustworthiness, by creating a long-term deterrent to dishonest conduct.
Under the guidelines, any records of wrongdoing—and the sanctions they trigger—must be collected, stored and shared strictly in line with Chinese law. Officials pledged that public credit disclosures would protect commercial secrets and individual privacy, while serious breaches could still bar offenders from loans, subsidies or public procurement.
Responding to criticism that the system harvests data with scant oversight, Beijing vowed to learn from international practice and to tread cautiously in areas that have raised “significant public concerns.”
Financial institutions, credit-rating agencies, internet platforms and data brokers will face closer scrutiny over how they gather, process and release personal information.
China began building the social-credit framework in 2014 to combat tax evasion, loan defaults and counterfeit goods. But weak regulation and enforcement have fuelled anxiety that the programme could become intrusive, prompting Thursday’s attempt to tighten safeguards while preserving the goal of a “fair and honest market environment,” the cabinet said.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
Germany's parliament approved on Thursday the nation's first annual budget since sweeping reforms to loosen fiscal rules were passed earlier this year, securing record investments to revive the economy while committing to an increase in defence spending.
Ukrainian troops and engineers will train their Polish counterparts in a joint group on countering drones, Ukraine's defence minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday, a week after Russian drones flew into Poland.
The Ambassador of Afghanistan to Russia, Ghulam Hassan, has met with Zamir Kabulov, Moscow’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, to discuss deepening ties and regional engagement, the Afghan embassy in Moscow said on Wednesday.
FBI chief Kash Patel told the U.S. Senate on Tuesday there was “no credible information” that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women or underage girls to anyone but himself, as he defended the bureau’s decision to close its review.
As well as a text message, the suspect accused of assassinating right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah also wrote a physical note message before the shooting that he planned to kill Kirk, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday.
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