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Eurostar-Thalys merger on track, as EU gives approval
The European Commission on Tuesday approved the merger of train companies Eurostar and Thalys, clearing the way for the creation of a cross-border rail operator…
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US training Ukrainian troops in Poland, Biden seems to reveal
President Joe Biden appeared to reveal that the U.S. is training Ukrainian forces in Poland — stating for the first time since the war began…
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Last major Russian independent news outlet suspends operations
The last major independent media outlet operating in Russia suspended its reporting Monday after a warning from the government communications regulator, marking another blow to…
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Commission to relax energy tax rules to fend off inflation
The European Commission will propose derogations to the bloc’s existing energy taxation rules to protect households and businesses from inflation, Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said…
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Putin’s useful German idiots
BERLIN — Germany is no stranger to the wrong side of history. That’s why it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Berlin spent the past 16 years…
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Supplying Ukraine an ‘evolving conversation,’ says US ambassador to NATO
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said Sunday that a formula for NATO offering additional military equipment to Ukraine is an “evolving conversation,” between the…
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Labour Party wins third term in Malta
The Labour Party in Malta is set for a landslide in the island nation’s general election, according to local media. Prime Minister Robert Abela confirmed…
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A Mariupol survivor’s story from the ‘darkest of hells’
Andrei Marusov, a 50-year-old resident of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, has nearly been killed twice since Russia invaded Ukraine. In the early hours…
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Von der Leyen meets youth climate activists to talk about Russian energy
The fight to help Europe break free from its Russian energy addiction continued Saturday when activists from the Greta Thunberg-inspired Fridays for Future movement met…
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Macron says France will spearhead operation to evacuate Mariupol
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would spearhead an “exceptional humanitarian operation” alongside Turkey and Greece to evacuate the Ukrainian city of Mariupol,…
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