Europe should offer Trump a Ukraine deal he can’t refuse big-plus
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Opinion Europe should offer Trump a Ukraine deal he can’t refuse

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

EU leaders fear that if reelected, the former president could cut US aid to Ukraine — but they may just be able to bribe him. Joseph de Weck is the Europe director at Greenmantle. He is the ...

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Putin sends cannibals to fight in Ukraine big-plus
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Opinion Putin sends cannibals to fight in Ukraine

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Russian media report that the president pardoned two convicted cannibals because they fought in his war. Russia needs fresh meat for its meat grinder of a war in Ukraine. So it’s using cann ...

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Pope Invites Busload of Transgenders To Lunch At The Vatican big-plus
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Opinion Pope Invites Busload of Transgenders To Lunch At The Vatican

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

A group of men pretending to be women were invited to have lunch with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome last Sunday, as the Catholic Church is moving towards relaxing its rules on transgender ...

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Germany’s Lindner signals government to suspend debt brake for 2023 big-plus
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Opinion Germany’s Lindner signals government to suspend debt brake for 2023

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

German finance minister said he will propose a draft supplementary budget for this year. BERLIN — German Finance Minister Christian Lindner announced Thursday that he will propose a draft ...

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Italian minister engineers unscheduled stop by public train big-plus
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Opinion Italian minister engineers unscheduled stop by public train

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Ministers ‘cannot stop the trains for all citizens,’ the political opposition said. Italy’s agriculture minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, has been condemned by the country’s political oppo ...

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WHO asks China for more information on clusters of pneumonia in children big-plus
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Opinion WHO asks China for more information on clusters of pneumonia in children

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

The rise in cases started in the north of the country in mid-October. The World Health Organization has asked China to provide more information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and r ...

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Conservative backlash kills off EU’s Green Deal push to slash pesticide use big-plus
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Opinion Conservative backlash kills off EU’s Green Deal push to slash pesticide use

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Defeat marks a “dark day” for European society, the environment and farmers, says lawmaker who led negotiations on the bill. STRASBOURG — Lawmakers killed off a central pillar of the Europe ...

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Put morality aside — drug liberalization works, says ex-New Zealand PM  big-plus
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Opinion Put morality aside — drug liberalization works, says ex-New Zealand PM 

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Helen Clark says countries need to be pragmatic in battling HIV and hepatitis among drug users. Politicians should put moral or political concerns aside and consider a radical rethink of th ...

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Scholz promises new budget plans ‘very quickly’ amid German spending crisis big-plus
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Opinion Scholz promises new budget plans ‘very quickly’ amid German spending crisis

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Chancellor is still not signaling where Berlin can make cuts after a court ruling blew €60 billion hole in the country’s budget. BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday his r ...

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Dutch elections veering far-right after Wilders’ mildness feign big-plus
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Opinion Dutch elections veering far-right after Wilders’ mildness feign

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

Geert Wilders founded the anti-Islam Party for Freedom in 2006 (Photo: Metropolico.org) A late surge in support could situate the anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders to play a key r ...

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Orban’s sovereignty bill seen as fresh attack on rule of law big-plus
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Opinion Orban’s sovereignty bill seen as fresh attack on rule of law

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

The new law coincides with the controversial launch of a billboard campaign and a non-binding national consultation over funding for Ukraine and its EU membership bid (Photo: Council of the Eu ...

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Jeremy Hunt makes a big statement big-plus
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Opinion Jeremy Hunt makes a big statement

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:46

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