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Britain’s Drug Busters Seize £450 Million Cocaine Haul destined for Europe big-plus
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Politics Britain’s Drug Busters Seize £450 Million Cocaine Haul destined for Europe

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

The largest ever haul of class-A-drugs worth more than £450 million has been found in a shipment of bananas. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized 5. ...

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EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia big-plus
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Politics EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

The European Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of a 13th package of sanctions against Russia. Two years since Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, EU’s support for Ukraine and ...

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EU auditors: rule-of-law budget protections only partial success big-plus
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Politics EU auditors: rule-of-law budget protections only partial success

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán — a member state facing rule-of-law related budgetary suspensions of around €22bn from Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union) N ...

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EU’s €723bn Covid recovery fund saw growth, but doubts remain big-plus
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Politics EU’s €723bn Covid recovery fund saw growth, but doubts remain

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

EU president Ursula von der Leyen announcing the EU Covid-19 recovery plan back in 2022. This year marked the halfway point review — funds must be spent by 2026 (Photo: European Commission) ...

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CO2-Derived Concrete Can Build a Net-Negative Future big-plus
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Politics CO2-Derived Concrete Can Build a Net-Negative Future

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

The new IDTechEx report “Carbon Dioxide Utilization 2024-2044: Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players” explores many ways to valorize captured carbon dioxide to create useful p ...

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Russian oligarchs failed to get off new EU blacklist big-plus
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Politics Russian oligarchs failed to get off new EU blacklist

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

Sanctioned Russian fertiliser tycoon Moshe Kantor at the European Parliament in Brussels back in 2008 (Photo: europarl.euorpa.eu) Hungary failed to get three Russian and three Chine ...

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EPP Group to set out social policy priorities big-plus
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Politics EPP Group to set out social policy priorities

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

“The social market economy has made Europe not only the third largest economy in the world but also the most equal. But we only have to look around to see that there is still a lot ...

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Germany trials four-day week big-plus
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Politics Germany trials four-day week

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

Germany has started a four-day workweek trial for numerous employees, involving 45 companies nationwide. The objective is to assess the impact of an extended weekend on employee wel ...

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Consumer rights: final approval for the directive to empower consumers for the green transition big-plus
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Politics Consumer rights: final approval for the directive to empower consumers for the green transition

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

The European Council has today adopted a directive to empower consumers for the green transition. The new rules will enhance consumers’ rights by amending the unfair commercial prac ...

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China-US container leasing rates rise threefold, container demand recovery on the horizon big-plus
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Politics China-US container leasing rates rise threefold, container demand recovery on the horizon

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

A fresh analysis of the China- US container leasing rates as a result of the Red Sea crisis and the Chinese New Year. The global shipping industry experienced a significant surge ...

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Balancing acts: High aims in the policy realm, yet investments must align with ambitions big-plus
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Politics Balancing acts: High aims in the policy realm, yet investments must align with ambitions

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

The past week has seen a flurry of policy developments at the European level, suggesting progress towards Green Deal goals. On February 6, the European Commission unveiled its 2040 ...

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WMA Takes Stand Against Humanitarian Violations, Calls for Urgent Action in Gaza big-plus
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Politics WMA Takes Stand Against Humanitarian Violations, Calls for Urgent Action in Gaza

Friday, 26 April 2024 21:04

In response to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the World Medical Association (WMA) reiterates its call for medical neutrality and strongly condemns any violations of international hum ...

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