A scaling back of international development commitments among developed countries is indisputably part of the political zeitgeist our age. The decimation of USAID, and dismantling of longstanding initiatives like PEPFARS under the second Trump administration is the most stark…
Category: 3. Europe
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Turkish forces harass aircraft carrying European defense ministers to Cyprus
ATHENS — Turkish forces interfered with a military aircraft carrying European defense ministers to an EU meeting in Cyprus on Monday, the Cypriot government said, adding it will lodge formal complaints over the incidents.
“We have been informed by the defense ministers of Greece, the…
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Trump tells Iran and Israel to stop ‘shooting’ as ceasefire breaks down
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded both Iran and Israel halt the military attacks on one another “immediately.”
“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social. In a second post, he added that the two countries “are looking to do an…
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How do you stop Ebola at the World Cup?
LOS ANGELES — When the United States, Canada and Mexico formally submitted their co-hosting bid to soccer governing body FIFA in 2018, they touted the safety of the region, noting “no major endemic infectious diseases across any of our Host Countries.”
Now, as the three countries…
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Commission endorses Lithuania’s €884 million Social Climate Plan to support vulnerable households and micro-enterprises in the clean transition
The European Commission has today adopted Lithuania’s Social Climate Plan, the second one under the new Social Climate Fund. Using carbon pricing revenues, the fund helps make the clean transition fair and inclusive and fosters clean heating and transport. It will support…
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New EU rules on pay transparency explained
Have you been applying for jobs and felt frustrated not knowing what the pay was? Have you gone through several rounds of interviews, completed tests, prepared documents, and invested significant time and energy, only to find out at the end that the salary was far below your…
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Record breaking Belgian sailors making more waves
Two record-breaking intrepid Belgian sailors have revealed their next nautical target. Quentin Debois, the first Belgian to set a record for a solo Atlantic crossing, aims to qualify for the 2028 Vendée Globe as skipper. His sailing chum, Denis Van Weynbergh, the first Belgian…
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Message to Kemi Badenoch: ‘Make a splash by thinking out-of-the-box on UK-Europe relationship’
It is difficult to see how the Europe question will not resurface once Labour has decided to politely thank Sir Keir Starmer for his work in making Labour re-electable after the lost Corbyn years but look for a new leader and prime minister who is a professional politician not a…
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Kazakhstan cuts water use by 874 mln m³ through new technologies
- Kazakhstan is expanding the use of water-saving technologies in agriculture, industry, and urban infrastructure in line with instructions from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Qazinform News Agency reports, citing the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
In his…
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Europe’s peripheral and maritime regions ‘combine many territorial assets’, meeting told
Europe’s energy transition must strengthen territorial cohesion rather than deepen existing disparities.
That is the message from the e Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), the body that represents more than 100 regional authorities from 21 countries across…
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