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Putin rakes in extra €1B for his war chest via Bulgaria sanctions loophole big-plus
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Culture Putin rakes in extra €1B for his war chest via Bulgaria sanctions loophole

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Last year, the EU gave Sofia a sanctions exemption to protect its citizens from energy shortages. Since then, Russia has profited. BRUSSELS — The Kremlin raked in an extra €1 billion for i ...

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EU throws weight behind Cypriot plan to ship aid to Gaza big-plus
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Culture EU throws weight behind Cypriot plan to ship aid to Gaza

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

The plan is to allow Gazans access to big volumes of aid carried by ship, rather than just the small quantities brought by truck from Egypt. Several EU countries on Thursday threw their we ...

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Regions with the highest life expectancy big-plus
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Culture Regions with the highest life expectancy

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

In 2021, the overall life expectancy at birth in the EU was 80.1 years. The life expectancy for women in the EU stood at 82.9 years, which was 5.7 years longer than that for men, wh ...

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Israel’s friends must give it ‘hard truths’ over Gaza assault, says Greek PM big-plus
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Culture Israel’s friends must give it ‘hard truths’ over Gaza assault, says Greek PM

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

‘There will be an increased concern about the proportionality of the Israeli response,’ Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells POLITICO. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Israel’s allies mus ...

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Inside the EU’s quest to control global AI politics big-plus
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Culture Inside the EU’s quest to control global AI politics

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Europe and the US skirt around rival visions of how to regulate as they work on AI rules that the world can follow. KYOTO, Japan — Just two hours before the world’s richest democracies woul ...

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Planned fossil-fuel production twice 1.5°C limit, UN says big-plus
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Culture Planned fossil-fuel production twice 1.5°C limit, UN says

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

‘We find that many governments are promoting fossil gas as an essential ‘transition’ fuel but with no apparent plans to transition away from it later’ said the report’s author (Photo: Kjetil A ...

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President Tokayev welcomes French president in Astana big-plus
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Culture President Tokayev welcomes French president in Astana

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

President Tokayev underlined the historical significance of Macron’s visit, which would give an additional impetus to dynamically developing cooperation ...

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London Playbook PM: Here we go again big-plus
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Culture London Playbook PM: Here we go again

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Presented by Airbnb By EMILIO CASALICCHIO PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good aft ...

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Portugal in political crisis after PM António Costa resigns big-plus
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Culture Portugal in political crisis after PM António Costa resigns

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

The far-right Chega party could be a kingmaker if a new election is held. Portugal’s government plunged into chaos following Prime Minister António Costa’s unexpected resignation Tue ...

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Jordan Issues Threat to Israel: Stop the War or Else All Options Are on the Table big-plus
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Culture Jordan Issues Threat to Israel: Stop the War or Else All Options Are on the Table

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Jordan has said it is leaving “all options” open in its response to what it called Israel’s failure to discriminate between military and civilian targets in its intensifying bombardment and inv ...

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AfD in Saxony-Anhalt classified as right-wing extremist big-plus
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Culture AfD in Saxony-Anhalt classified as right-wing extremist

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Party official have made Islamophobic, anti-semitic and racist remarks. The Saxony-Anhalt state chapter of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been classified as a right-w ...

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Boris Johnson asked to be injected with COVID virus on TV to calm public, inquiry hears big-plus
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Culture Boris Johnson asked to be injected with COVID virus on TV to calm public, inquiry hears

Friday, 03 May 2024 06:04

Former aide to the prime minister says comments were ‘made in the heat of the moment.’ LONDON — Boris Johnson wanted to be injected with the coronavirus live on television at the start of t ...

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