Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de El Tiempo Latino.
After U.S. and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements…
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Rare earths and strategic minerals in Ukraine
Ukraine has significant deposits of rare earths. In 2022, the Russian-language service of UN News reported that Ukraine’s deposits of rare earths accounted for approximately 5% of the world’s reserves. These materials are key in the…
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Three years of full-scale war in Ukraine roll back decades of progress for women’s rights, safety and economic opportunities
The full-scale war has pushed an entire generation of Ukrainian women backwards: they are facing heightened exposure to gender-based violence; rising unemployment; decreased decision-making power; greater domestic burdens; and a severe mental…
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US figures do not support Trump claims on Ukraine spending
President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated a claim that the United States has spent $350 billion on Ukraine’s war — a figure that far eclipses the amount recorded by the Department of Defense and the interagency oversight group that tracks…
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Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers | Life expectancy
Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.
The average annual growth in life expectancy…
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Europe’s energy information problem
Institutions established in support of the European Energy Union
In 2009, the EU adopted rules – known as the Third Energy Package – aimed at further liberalising energy markets and deepening integration. Among other measures,…
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Europe — Stop Hitting Snooze and Wake Up
The continent’s defense, technological and industrial capacity should be strengthened quickly using the leverage of the European Union’s regulatory power and its enormous market. To drive this, governments will need to increase…
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Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised | Migration
The rise of the far-right could speed up the population decline of Europe, projections show, creating economic shocks including slower growth and soaring costs from pensions and elderly care.
Anti-immigration politics is on the rise across the EU,…
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After Munich, It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And as my geopolitical gurus taught me, one must always think the unthinkable, as Europe must do now.
It’s too early to tell who the real winners and losers from the second Trump…
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