In a series of announcements in early October, the Chinese ministry of commerce codified and tightened export restrictions on “rare earth-related technologies and other items”. The new rules limit exports of all…
Category: 3. Europe
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Brussels U-turns on anti-deforestation law delay
LUXEMBOURG — The European Commission has dropped a plan to delay its flagship anti-deforestation law, just a month after announcing it wanted to pause it for another year.
However, the EU executive has proposed a number of changes to the law to reduce paperwork, Environment Commissioner…
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How European Union Trade Bolsters Russia’s War Chest | International Business News
New Delhi: Despite public declarations of solidarity with Kyiv, Europe’s ongoing trade with Russia, especially in energy, continues to funnel billions of euros into Moscow’s war effort. This raises questions about the duality of Europe’s…
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Video. Nubian women in Kenya revive tradition through urban farming
Their initiative, which focuses on growing traditional vegetables, is helping them strengthen cultural identity while addressing food insecurity and environmental challenges in one of Africa’s most densely populated areas.
Founded…
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Is Europe ready to tackle solar cybersecurity risks?
The EU is responding to various actions from European states and a rising concern about cybersecurity in the solar sector, as the market dominance of Chinese inverter companies grows and renewables become increasingly integrated into the…
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A ‘big moment’ for France as Sarkozy jailed
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé…
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Amazon internet service outage highlights EU’s ‘overwhelming reliance on Big Tech’
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Despite its name, cloud computing is not a distant technology in the…
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Europe’s Broken National Politics Hamper its Geopolitical Power
For the fourth time since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, his position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine has his European counterparts in a state of shocked consternation.
What’s striking this time around is that it…
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Fact-checking claims that no female hostages made it out of Gaza
European journalists and commentators have purported that “not a single woman” survived captivity following the release of the last remaining hostages kidnapped by Hamas. These claims are misleading.
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Europe’s Road To Renewables | Mirage News
Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at Norges Bank’s Climate Conference in Oslo, Norway
It is a pleasure to be at Norges Bank again.
When I last visited the central bank, back in the summer of 2016, the world – and Europe -…
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