The fires, which started last week, have proven difficult to bring under control despite reinforcements from Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon that came to the country to help Syrian teams fight the blaze.
Category: 3. Europe
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Syria issues appeal to EU for help battling massive wildfires along northwestern coast
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UK and France must save Europe, says Macron – POLITICO
Macron used the address to underline his commitment to the “coalition of the willing,” the initiative spearheaded by the U.K. and France to protect any Ukrainian ceasefire, which the French president described in his speech as a “signal…
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The role of Poland and the wider Central and Eastern European region – Clean Air Task Force
As the European Union (EU) accelerates…
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Migration Commissioner expelled from Libya as 'persona non grata'
The incident comes amid a new surge of departures of irregular migrants from Libya to Southern Europe.
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No TACO Tuesday: Trump insists Aug. 1 tariff deadline won’t be extended
President Donald Trump said “no extensions will be granted” to his Aug. 1 tariff deadline in a Tuesday social media post, the latest bit of uncertainty over when his tariffs will go into effect.
“There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change,” Trump posted Tuesday…
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Spanish police suspect speeding in crash that killed footballer Diogo Jota and brother
Portuguese media reported Jota was heading to the northern Spanish city of Santander to take a ferry to England where he would rejoin Liverpool after being advised not to fly following a recent lung procedure.
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Sino-European Tensions Simmer Ahead of Key Summit
Tensions between the European Union and China are simmering ahead of a key summit, with the two economic giants scrapping over trade and security. Beijing is flooding global markets with subsidized goods to wipe out competitors, European…
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Libyan officials boot out EU migration commissioner in diplomatic spat – POLITICO
Benghazi is under the de facto control of the Russia-aligned warlord and military leader Khalifa Haftar, who has held sway over the east of the country since it split into two dueling administrations in 2014. Talks earlier in the day in Tripoli, in the west of the country, had passed without…
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Patriots break cordon sanitaire to seize climate file in European Parliament
By taking over legislative work on the European commission’s new 2040 climate target, the Eurosceptic Patriots for Europe will increase its influence over the bloc’s climate policy.
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EU will keep €18 billion frozen for Hungary after 'no progress' on rule of law concerns
The money currently frozen combines around €8.4 billion in cohesion funds and €9.5 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds.
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