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After two years of war, time to hit Putin’s LNG exports big-plus
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Business After two years of war, time to hit Putin’s LNG exports

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Many energy super-majors have been pushing a self-interested profit-maximisation narrative that Europe needs more LNG (Photo: Razom We Stand) As we reach the tragic milestone of the ...

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Blackmailing the Global South on EU carbon border tax won’t work big-plus
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Business Blackmailing the Global South on EU carbon border tax won’t work

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Blackmail has never been a principle of global climate agreements. But rather than receiving promised financial and technological support, less-developed countries are being punished (Photo: J ...

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Impending Rafah disaster shows up politics of humanitarian aid big-plus
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Business Impending Rafah disaster shows up politics of humanitarian aid

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Once hailed as a beacon of hope for vulnerable people across the world, humanitarian assistance is on a dangerous slippery slope. The international response to the situation in Gaza, where "every ...

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Greece legalises same-sex marriage big-plus
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Business Greece legalises same-sex marriage

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Greece is the first country with a predominantly Christian Orthodox population to legalise marriages between people of the same gender. As a result of the referendum that took place ...

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Forward look: 19 February - 3 March 2024 big-plus
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Business Forward look: 19 February - 3 March 2024

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Overview of the main topics and events at the Council of EU and European Council for the coming fortnight. Foreign Affairs Council, 19 February 2024 The Foreign Affairs Council ...

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European elections: What’s at stake for EU humanitarian aid? big-plus
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Business European elections: What’s at stake for EU humanitarian aid?

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

EU aid workers in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: © European Union, 2020 (photographer: Bernard Khalil)) Editor’s note: We’ve partnered with the newsletter Brussels Dispatches, launch ...

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USA Under High Alert as Russia wants to Place Nuclear Weapons in Space big-plus
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Business USA Under High Alert as Russia wants to Place Nuclear Weapons in Space

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

The big ‘national security threat’ announced today is supposedly about Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon in space, prompting some to question whether it’s all an election year ploy. The c ...

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Transgender Terrorist Attack on Texas Church Prevented on the Spot by Security big-plus
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Business Transgender Terrorist Attack on Texas Church Prevented on the Spot by Security

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

A 36-year-old “woman” named Genesse Moreno, born in El Salvador, opened fire inside pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood, Texas megachurch on Sunday as the Spanish language service was set to begin. ...

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Russia declares Estonian PM Kaja Kallas a ‘wanted’ person big-plus
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Business Russia declares Estonian PM Kaja Kallas a ‘wanted’ person

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Russia has declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas a "wanted" person. The website of Russia’s interior ministry included Kallas in a database as being "wanted under the crimina ...

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The AI Act — a breach of EU fundamental rights charter? big-plus
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Business The AI Act — a breach of EU fundamental rights charter?

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

The use of particularly intrusive AI systems, such as the ones that (claim to) infer the emotions of persons from their biometric data, affects the fundamental right to privacy, autonomy and d ...

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European Commission welcomes political agreement on a new economic governance framework fit for the future big-plus
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Business European Commission welcomes political agreement on a new economic governance framework fit for the future

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

The Commission welcomes the agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the most ambitious and comprehensive reform of the EU’s economic governance framework since ...

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Czechs and Hungary still delay EU Israeli settlers blacklist big-plus
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Business Czechs and Hungary still delay EU Israeli settlers blacklist

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 08:51

Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavsky (left, with back to camera), with Israeli ambassador to the EU Haim Regev (c) and Israel’s foreign minister Israel Katz (r) in Brussels in January (Photo: c ...

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