Back to the future with 99 Red Balloons and Roald Dahl books big-plus
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Interview Back to the future with 99 Red Balloons and Roald Dahl books

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

Spy balloons and ‘problematic’ editing show that 1983 is the new 2023. Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column. This week’s column is brought to you by the year 1983. Forty years ago, G ...

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Ukraine’s stranded seafarers still in limbo, one year on big-plus
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Opinion Ukraine’s stranded seafarers still in limbo, one year on

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

Shipping companies are calling on the UN to intervene to free crew stuck in war-zone ports. When Russia launched its bloody invasion of Ukraine, more than 1,000 seafarers on some 140 ships sudde ...

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Budget commissioner rules out EU money to fund arms purchases big-plus
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Health Budget commissioner rules out EU money to fund arms purchases

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

The EU is eyeing advance purchasing agreements to help fund joint ammunition purchases. The European Union may be exploring options to jointly buy military equipment — but don’t expect the EU bu ...

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Confusion reigns when West talks postwar safety for Ukraine big-plus
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Opinion Confusion reigns when West talks postwar safety for Ukraine

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

The UK’s surprise pitch for a bold yet vague security ‘charter’ for Ukraine highlighted the divisions and bafflement dominating the issue. Western allies want to protect Ukraine from the next Ru ...

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‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’ big-plus
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Politics ‘Oh my God, it’s really happening’

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

A year later, Russia’s war has profoundly reshaped Europe. Here’s what those shocking early days were like for the EU and NATO leaders making the decisions. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the cal ...

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In Ukraine, we are different now big-plus
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Opinion In Ukraine, we are different now

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

War breaks, it maims, it takes what you hold most dear. But it hasn’t yet succeeded in taking our humanity — or our desire for freedom. Yegor Firsov is a combat paramedic in Avdiikva, Ukraine. H ...

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Ukraine: The day the war broke out big-plus
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Interview Ukraine: The day the war broke out

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

There’s always delayed shock when a war starts. It takes time to adjust to the enormity of what’s happening. Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. It was in the early hours of the ...

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Brussels Playbook: How the world changed — China’s play — Where they were last Feb 24 big-plus
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Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

Presented by Novo Nordisk By NICHOLAS VINOCUR with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Tweet @HankeVela | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser ...

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London Playbook: Ukraine 1 year on — Tick, tock — SNP nominations close big-plus
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World London Playbook: Ukraine 1 year on — Tick, tock — SNP nominations close

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

Presented by Intuit By ELENI COUREA with PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Subscribe for free | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser Good Friday morning. T ...

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Bangladesh marks UNESCO International Mother Language Day big-plus
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World Bangladesh marks UNESCO International Mother Language Day

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

The discussion, which took place in the Brussels press club, also showed a short documentary about the core role that language played in the independence movement of Banglade ...

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United Nations: High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell to address the Security Council and General Assembly Special Session on Ukraine big-plus
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Breaking news United Nations: High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell to address the Security Council and General Assembly Special Session on Ukraine

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

One year after Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine, the UN Emergency Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine will start on Wednesday afternoon, where High Representati ...

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Road safety in the EU: Fatalities below pre-pandemic levels but progress remains too slow big-plus
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Sport Road safety in the EU: Fatalities below pre-pandemic levels but progress remains too slow

Thursday, 16 May 2024 16:38

Contrasting trends across member states EU-wide, road deaths in 2022 rose by 3% on the previous year, not least as traffic levels recovered levels following the pandemic. Importantly, man ...

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