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Memo from Munich — EU needs to reinvent democracy support big-plus
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Business Memo from Munich — EU needs to reinvent democracy support

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

Ten days ago, I was at the Munich Security Conference. The mood was sombre. Russia on the offensive in Ukraine, the US Republicans blocking support for Ukraine, and the murder of Alexei Navalny in ...

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For Ukraine’s sake, pass the EU due diligence directive big-plus
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Business For Ukraine’s sake, pass the EU due diligence directive

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

The war in Ukraine has clearly demonstrated that human lives can be totally dependent on companies’ behaviour during conflict (Photo: UNICEF) EU companies will be actively involved ...

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Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Committed to Strengthen Relations, Boost Trade Turnover big-plus
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Business Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Committed to Strengthen Relations, Boost Trade Turnover

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

Kazakhstan attaches utmost importance to the development of cooperation with brotherly Uzbekistan, said President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a Feb. 19 meeting with t ...

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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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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?

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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

Thursday, 18 April 2024 06:06

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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