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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Rate hike had been well flagged, but recent market turmoil had meant it was less than certain. FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank decided to raise interest rates by 0.5 percentage points to 3 ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Battlefield in east Ukraine, seen through an artillery sight, following Russia’s first invasion in 2014 (Photo: Christopher Bobyn) EU ammunition-buying plans show Russia and Ukraine are wa ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
President Sauli Niinistö will meet his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday, while Stockholm acknowledges its path looks different. BRUSSELS — Turkey is expected to greenlight Finland ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
The Latvian government last month approved a plan to donate cars seized from drunk drivers to Ukraine, in what it says is a creative scheme (or else we could say publicity-seeking scheme) to help ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Communist China is now actively challenging the international world order, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. The growing influence of China now represents a “challenge” to the world order, R ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Top trade reps Kemi Badenoch and Mary Ng make CPTPP progress over London lunch. LONDON — Britain’s trade chief Kemi Badenoch and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng settled differences during a cru ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
In the last few years, the European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against two major events: the pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine. As a result, we now have more ‘Europe’. But the E ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Maritime security is vital to the European Union and its Member States. Together, the EU’s Member States form the largest combined exclusive economic zone in the world. The EU economy depe ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
‘I am proud to be your shipmate,’ US president tells his UK and Australian counterparts. SAN DIEGO — Rishi Sunak joined Joe Biden and Australian premier Anthony Albanese at a submarine base in C ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Led by the Chair Robert Biedroń, the delegation attended the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and held bilateral meetings with representatives of the UN, the ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
Dr. Anthony Fauci has hit back against those wishing to see him prosecuted over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The now retired Fauci, 82, called his accusers ‘insane,’ during an interview ...
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Friday, 17 May 2024 05:02
It’s Team Germany vs. Team France going toe-to-toe over the the EU’s automotive industry. BRUSSELS — The future of the internal combustion engine is turning into a Franco-German war. An allianc ...
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