- War spurs EU plan for electricity tax cuts, faster shift from fossil fuels, draft shows Reuters
- Measures to ease energy costs must have end date – EU RTE.ie
- Fossil fuels face higher taxes than electricity under looming bill politico.eu
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Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum takes a firmer stance with Trump on migrant deaths and Cuba
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government on Tuesday protested the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody as President Claudia Sheinbaum pushes back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s…
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Diplomats try to arrange second round of US-Iran talks during first day of American blockade
An initial round of talks aimed at permanently ending the conflict failed to produce an agreement last weekend. The White House said Iran’s nuclear ambitions were a central sticking point.
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US, Iran Pursue New Talks as Tehran Weighs Pause in Hormuz Shipments
(Bloomberg) — The US and Iran are looking to arrange a second round of peace talks in the coming days, with Tehran mulling a pause in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to help ease the path toward an agreement on time and place.
The…
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Qatar rejects claims of side deals with Iran and calls for regional solution to war
Qatar has rejected claims of side deals with Iran, saying they are aimed at damaging the country’s reputation.
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Rape retrial of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein begins in New York court
The judge declared a mistrial last June after the jury foreperson refused to return to deliberate the case amid a jury-room feud.
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The Islamabad talks were doomed to failure – and Hormuz blockade has thrown another obstacle to any Iran-US deal
Twenty-one hours of direct negotiations. The highest-level face-to-face engagement between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
And yet, U.S. Vice President JD Vance boarded Air Force Two in Islamabad on the morning of…
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Trump’s tariffs dealt an economic blow to all 50 states, study finds
When the Trump administration began its tariff campaign in 2025, some of the loudest critics focused on the consequences for Midwestern farmers or border states. A year in, the impact of tariffs has become clearer, and some research suggests no…
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