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Macron’s nuclear power plan hits trouble big-plus
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World Macron’s nuclear power plan hits trouble

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

In a POLITICO interview, Luxembourg’s leader Xavier Bettel slams French push to include nuclear energy in EU’s green tech plan. French President Emmanuel Macron is facing an uphill battle to per ...

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UN’s Guterres wants EU to ease Belarus sanctions. The EU isn’t so sure big-plus
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World UN’s Guterres wants EU to ease Belarus sanctions. The EU isn’t so sure

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Get your facts straight first, says Lithuania. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is flying to Brussels to deliver a simple message to EU leaders on Thursday: Stop world hunger. How? ...

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EU Parliament joins court case against Hungary’s anti-LGBTI law big-plus
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World EU Parliament joins court case against Hungary’s anti-LGBTI law

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg are all set to back the EU Commission in court against Hungary (Photo: Norbu Gyachung) The European Parliament’s committee on legal affair ...

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Boris Johnson says no evidence he ‘intentionally or recklessly’ misled MPs over Partygate big-plus
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World Boris Johnson says no evidence he ‘intentionally or recklessly’ misled MPs over Partygate

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Johnson lays out case for the defense ahead of committee grilling Wednesday. LONDON — Boris Johnson accepted that he misled the House of Commons over the Partyga ...

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Europe heading for huge excess LNG import capacity, experts warn big-plus
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World Europe heading for huge excess LNG import capacity, experts warn

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

New analysis shows terminal capacity will far exceed demand for liquefied natural gas by 2030. European countries risk wasting huge sums of money on gas import infrastructure they won’t need aft ...

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When is a veto not a veto? Rishi Sunak’s Brexit laws fuel fresh unionist concerns big-plus
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World When is a veto not a veto? Rishi Sunak’s Brexit laws fuel fresh unionist concerns

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

The Democratic Unionists reject new British legislation that gives them the power to challenge, but not block, the rollout of new European goods laws in their corner of the United Kingdom. DUBLI ...

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Crunch time for multibillion UK-India deal as elections loom big-plus
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World Crunch time for multibillion UK-India deal as elections loom

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Visas, services and different views about the scale of the trade agreement mean a pact is still elusive — despite a ticking clock. LONDON — Britain and India are still far apart, as long-running ...

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In Russia, an anti-war drawing can cost you your daughter big-plus
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World In Russia, an anti-war drawing can cost you your daughter

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Activists worry that Russian families are next in the Kremlin’s war against dissent. YEFREMOV, Russia — The case list at the interdistrict court in Yefremov last week seemed far from a new offe ...

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Kosovo and Serbia leaders arrive for EU-backed talks big-plus
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World Kosovo and Serbia leaders arrive for EU-backed talks

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

The two leaders will hold separate meetings with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell before a three-way session and a news conference expected later in the day. "I am o ...

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Voting begins in parliamentary and local elections, a key step in building a just Kazakhstan big-plus
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World Voting begins in parliamentary and local elections, a key step in building a just Kazakhstan

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Significant changes have been made to the electoral system in comparison to previous elections following constitutional amendments last year. A proportional-majoritarian model is being use ...

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UBS buys Credit Suisse in rush deal big-plus
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World UBS buys Credit Suisse in rush deal

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Total price of transaction is about $3.25B in UBS shares. FRANKFURT — Swiss banking giant UBS will buy the country’s second-largest bank Credit Suisse in a deal that will come as a relief to fin ...

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NATO is racing to arm its Russian borders. Can it find the weapons? big-plus
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World NATO is racing to arm its Russian borders. Can it find the weapons?

Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:44

Allies are worrying about dwindling war chests just as NATO seeks commitments for new stockpiles and troops along the eastern flank. BRUSSELS — Add NATO’s military planners to the list of those ...

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