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Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Olena Kondratiuk called on participants of the World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in Geneva to boycott public events with the…
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Hundreds of arrests during deadly fuel-price-rise demonstrations
EPAParts of the capital, Luanda, came to a standstill on Monday Police in Angola say four people have been killed and 500 have been arrested after demonstrations in the capital, Luanda.
What began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against…
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Brussels scrambles to defend US trade deal with details up in the air – POLITICO
“All I can tell you is that we’ve avoided the worst case, we’ve landed on 15 percent, and we will make it work technically with the minimum of costs and the minimum damage for our exporters,” Gill added.
Initially, the White House and the European Commission aimed to publish a…
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Higher US tariffs part of the price Europe was willing to pay for its security and arms for Ukraine
BRUSSELS — France’s prime minister described it as a “dark day” for the European Union, a “submission” to U.S. tariff demands. Commentators said EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s handshake with President Donald Trump…
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Russian Strikes Kill 22 in Ukraine After Trump Ultimatum
At least 22 Ukrainians have been killed and another 85 injured in Russian strikes across the country overnight, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to call for “very harsh, truly painful” sanctions on Russia.
Moscow’s latest…
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The markets are behaving as if Europe has pulled the wool over Trump’s eyes
European stocks are up 0.93% today, and the STOXX Europe 600 index is again approaching an all-time high. (By contrast, S&P 500 futures are only up 0.28% this morning.) Given that the U.S. just slapped Europe with a 15% tax on all its exports to…
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Carrier’s Europe Unit Flat as Heat Waves Fail to Drive Sales
Carrier Global Corp. shares dropped as sales in Europe disappoint after heat waves across the continent failed to deliver a boost in air conditioner purchases.
Organic sales for its Europe segment came in flat for the quarter for both home and…
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NYPD officer killed in shooting; Starvation in Gaza : NPR
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A gunman opened fire…
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Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say | Israel-Gaza war
Famine is unfolding in Gaza, where Israeli restrictions on food aid and continuing fighting have produced a “worst-case scenario”, UN-backed hunger experts have said, calling for immediate intervention to save lives.
“Mounting evidence shows…
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Sybiha, Philippine foreign minister agree to enhance bilateral dialogue
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa Lazaro have agreed to enhance bilateral political dialogue and coordinated future diplomatic contacts.
Sybiha announced this in a post on the social network X, as reported by…
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