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The European Union will pressure other countries at this year's COP29 climate summit to follow through on their pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, a draft of the bloc's negotiating position seen by Reuters showed. This year's…
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China has rebuked the European Union over a statement about the South China Sea, saying the latter ignored historical and objective facts of the testy issue and “blatantly endorses” what it called the Philippines’ violation of its…
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EU-regulated “green” funds are investing in some of the world’s biggest coal companies that are expanding their operations in contrast to a 2021 UN agreement for countries to reduce their use of the dirty fossil fuel. European investors…
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Long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged his country to support Ukraine and international cooperation in his final address to his compatriots Sunday, as an inward-looking new government is set to take over the Netherlands in two…
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European Union leaders agreed to nominate Ursula von der Leyen of Germany for a second five-year term as president of the European Commission, the EU’s powerful executive body. At a summit in Brussels, the bloc’s 27 national leaders also…
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Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on Wednesday for the European Union to build a defense line along the bloc’s border with Russia and Belarus to protect the EU from military threats and other harmful activities from Moscow. In a…
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A Group of Seven summit is opening Thursday with agreement on a US proposal to back a USD 50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe's political chessboard…
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A group of exiled Kremlin critics on Tuesday urged EU countries to do more to welcome Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s regime, arguing that a shortage of skilled workers would deal a blow to the country’s war-time economy. According to…
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The EU on Monday said it is now imposing a tougher visa process on Ethiopia because of the African country's "insufficient" cooperation in taking back rejected asylum-seekers and irregular migrants. The move means Ethiopians will no longer…
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The European Commission has announced new visa rules to help facilitate easier travel for Indian nationals ahead of summer vacations. Under the latest regulations, Indian citizens will now have easier access to long-term Schengen visas…
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