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EU green chief calls for day of memorial for climate victims
Europe should create a day of memorial for the victims of climate change, the EU’s Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans said Thursday, marking the anniversary…
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Let’s lower the price fever and proceed swiftly with the REPowerEU
The current geopolitical crisis is straining the resilience of the European energy system and impacting on the budgets of all Europeans. Policies must lead to…
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Russia and Ukraine reach ‘basic’ deal on Black Sea grain ships, Turkey says
A “basic, technical” agreement has been reached between Ukraine and Russia to move crucial grain exports out of blockaded Black Sea ports, according to Turkey’s…
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Get COVID-19 booster now if eligible, ECDC boss urges
Countries should start boosting older people a second time with COVID-19 shots, the head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said…
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UK GDP expands by 0.5 percent in May
The U.K. economy grew by 0.5 percent in May, data from the national statistics office showed Wednesday, surprising analysts who had largely expected the economy…
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Borrell’s adviser pushes China’s contested claim that COVID came from US
A special adviser to the EU’s foreign policy chief has been parroting what the EU considers to be Chinese disinformation on the origin of the…
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Euro falls to parity against the dollar, adding to inflation woes
FRANKFURT – The euro hit parity against the U.S. dollar for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, in a move that will further…
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Iran preparing to send ‘several hundred’ drones to Russia, US says
The Iranian government is preparing to send “several hundred” drones, including some equipped with weapons, to Russia at some point in July, national security adviser…
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Putin and Zelenskyy edge closer to Black Sea shipping truce
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held separate talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Monday on plans to reopen safe routes for shipping grain…
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Dutch government apologizes to relatives of Srebrenica victims for the first time
The Dutch government apologized for the first time Monday to relatives of victims of the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. “The international…
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