Member states stall on EU ban on forced-labour products big-plus
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Opinion Member states stall on EU ban on forced-labour products

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

An estimated 3.9 million people worldwide are affected by state-imposed forced labour (Photo: Unsplash) The EU’s forced labour regulation has stalled, as member states struggle to a ...

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EU calls for increased fuel supplies into Gaza big-plus
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Opinion EU calls for increased fuel supplies into Gaza

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

A potential maritime corridor from Cyprus could increase humanitarian aid to Gaza in the long term (Photo: UNRWA) The EU has called for an increase in fuel supplies to Gaza, and a f ...

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Ukrainian spy chief’s wife poisoned, Kyiv says big-plus
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Sport Ukrainian spy chief’s wife poisoned, Kyiv says

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Kyrylo Budanov has previously said his wife lives with him at his GUR office due to security concerns. Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov’s wife is being treated in hospit ...

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People-smuggling profits at historic high, EU concedes big-plus
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Politics People-smuggling profits at historic high, EU concedes

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

‘Never before has the smuggling business been so profitable, so deadly,’ said EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (Photo: European Union, 2023) The European Commission says ...

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Finland entirely shuts border with Russia big-plus
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World Finland entirely shuts border with Russia

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Helsinki blames Moscow for stoking migrant crisis at frontier. Finland will completely close its border with Russia for two weeks after a surge of asylum seekers crossing the frontier, Fin ...

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Germany must ‘invest heavily’ in green transition despite budget crisis, Scholz says big-plus
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Sport Germany must ‘invest heavily’ in green transition despite budget crisis, Scholz says

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Under fire from the conservative opposition, the German chancellor provided few specifics on how the government would pay for it. BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that hi ...

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Morocco arrests suspect over bomb threats in Belgian schools big-plus
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Breaking news Morocco arrests suspect over bomb threats in Belgian schools

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Person does not appear to have terrorist motives, Brussels public prosecutor’s office says. An individual suspected of threatening via email to bomb 15 Belgian schools was arrested in Moroc ...

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EU bets big on fossil hydrogen and carbon storage big-plus
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Business EU bets big on fossil hydrogen and carbon storage

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Energy commissioner Kadri Simson said the era of EU funding for fossil-fuel infrastructure is over (Photo: European Parliement) The EU Commission presented a list of 166 energy and ...

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Dominic Cummings said UK officials ‘should be shot’ over bungled COVID response big-plus
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World Dominic Cummings said UK officials ‘should be shot’ over bungled COVID response

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

It’s the latest bombshell text disclosed at Britain’s COVID-19 inquiry. LONDON — Boris Johnson’s former top aide Dominic Cummings joked that “people should be shot” over the U.K. government ...

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It’s OK to ban wearing religious symbols at work, EU top court rules big-plus
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Business It’s OK to ban wearing religious symbols at work, EU top court rules

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

A public administration may prohibit staff from wearing items such as an Islamic headscarf, CJEU says. The EU’s top court on Tuesday ruled that a public administration may ban staff from v ...

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This old-school building material could take over city skylines big-plus
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World This old-school building material could take over city skylines

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Green Spaces Blueprints for a more resilient planet People had no idea back then what role the little sapling might play beyond the sawmill. It could have become Ikea ...

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How centre-right conservatives capitulate to the far-right big-plus
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Politics How centre-right conservatives capitulate to the far-right

Friday, 26 April 2024 10:49

Extreme rightwing parties in Europe seem to be making huge gains these days, with Geert Wilders’ PVV in the Netherlands serving as the latest example. Who, many wonder, will follow? And what does t ...

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