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Factbox-Russia offers Sweden or Austria as military model for Ukraine
FILE PHOTO: The Ukrainian national flag is seen in front of a school which local residents said was on fire after the shelling, as the Russian ... -
If Russia is an aggressor? | By Ali Ashraf Khan
If Russia is an aggressor? The WORLD situation is getting darker and darker as the hours pass, the Russians are waging three prone wars, the first ... -
Successful cooperation of Azerbaijan with international organizations (ANALYTICS)
By Ulviyya Zulfikar Today, Azerbaijan maintains fruitful cooperation with a number of influential international organizations. Azerbaijan, recognized as a reliable partner on a global scale, enjoys ... -
The EU will reduce Russia’s energy dependence | News | DW
The European Union presented new proposals on Tuesday that would see the bloc reduce its dependence on Russian gas as the bloc reacts to the ongoing ... -
Ukrainian Zelenskyy calls for no-fly zone: Russia-Ukraine live | Russian-Ukrainian crisis
The United States announces its intention to expel 12 Russian diplomats from the UN mission in New York. The Pentagon says the United States is not ... -
Live Updates: Musk’s Starlink Internet ‘Active’ in Ukraine
The latest news on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk says his company SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is now “active” in ... -
EUROPE POWER Futures prices fall and sanctions have yet to hit Russian energy
A gas burner is pictured on a stove in a private house in Bordeaux, southwestern France, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Join now for FREE unlimited ... -
EU sanctions target major Myanmar energy company | News | DW
The European Union has expanded its sanctions against Myanmar’s military junta to include several key officials and four regime-linked entities as the bloc continues its response ... -
As militarization spreads, ECOWAS faces a credibility crisis | Military News
Adama Cissé was among thousands of Malians who took to the streets last month after the military government called for protests against sanctions imposed by the ... -
India-Pakistan Relations, Past, Present and Future | By Tariq Aqil
India-Pakistan relations, past, present and future RELATIONS between India and Pakistan continue to be the most antagonistic rivalries in the field of international relations in the ... -
Serbian Foreign Minister signals deadlock in Kosovo talks
Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic said on January 30 that there had been no dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina since Albin Kurti became Prime Minister of ... -
Coordination of positions, successes and results of the foreign policy of Azerbaijan
From the first days of regaining its independence in 1991, Azerbaijan initiated the process of integration into the international community with the aim of becoming a ... -
Russian standoff prompts Europe to seek U.S. help to secure gas
BRUSSELS — European officials are scrambling to lock in the energy supplies they would need to sustain their economy if hostilities around Ukraine jeopardize natural gas ... -
Russia’s Gazprom did not plan gas exports to Europe in February via the Yamal pipeline
A worker lifts a bottle at a gas compressor station of the Yamal-Europe pipeline near Nesvizh, southwest of Minsk December 29, 2006. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo Join ... -
Philippines: End the murderous “red marking” of activists
(Manila) – The Philippine government should end the “red-branding” of activists as rebels or supporters of the communist insurgency, Human Rights Watch said today, by releasing ... -
The UN violates Tunisia for the arrest of the former Minister of Justice | Human rights news
The UN expresses its “serious concerns” about human rights violations in Tunisia and calls for the release or indictment of the detained official of Ennahdha. The ... -
Humanity’s solidarity can help the situation – OpEd – Eurasia Review
As COVID-19 does not recognize borders, we must build the fight against it on the basis of organization, solidarity, mutual aid, the use of positive experience, ... -
The incompetence of the SLPP annoys the UN – Op ed – Welcome to the Sierra Leone Telegraph
Sheriff Mahmud Ismail: Sierra Leone Telegraph: January 6, 2022: Traditionally, international partners, especially the United Nations, which are more or less the guardian of international diplomacy, ... -
Religious leaders denounce sanctions | The herald
The herald Office of Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo LOCAL religious leaders condemned corruption and denounced illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries which they said should ... -
Spanish government approves crucial labor reform and budget for 2022
Spain’s left-wing ruling coalition is securing its retention in power with the approval of a landmark labor reform and a new national spending plan for next ... -
Japan Strongly Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia
BERLIN: Olaf Scholz is expected to take office on Wednesday as Germany’s ninth chancellor after World War II, succeeding Angela Merkel after her announced 16-year term.Scholz’s ... -
EU and P5 countries invited to OIC meeting on Afghanistan
The European Union and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have been invited to a meeting on Afghanistan. The Organization for Islamic ... -
From ASEAN, the Burmese junta still has nothing to fear
After months of doing little to respond to the February 1 coup in Myanmar, as well as the Burmese military’s subsequent crackdown on civil society and ... -
Ottawa bans foreigners from seven African countries amid Omicron COVID variant fears
OTTAWA – The federal government immediately bans foreign nationals from entering Canada if they have been to any of the seven African countries in the past ... -
Madrid defends waste management despite methane leaks in landfills
MADRID – Authorities in Madrid on Wednesday defended their treatment of gas from decomposing organic waste after scientists aided by satellite imagery said they found major ... -
Poland’s heart would rather keep EU money than break with the bloc
KOBYLIN-BORZYMY, Poland – The twin spiers of Saint Stanislaus, an imposing red-brick Catholic church, can be seen for miles through the cornfields and cow pastures of ... -
There is still life in the non-alignment movement
Local international affairs observers may have missed the Non-Aligned Movement’s 60th anniversary commemorative summit earlier this month. A relic of the Cold War, NAM, as it ... -
EU summit puts pressure on Poland over rule of law
Posted on Thursday, October 21, 2021 | 1:15 p.m. Updated 17 minutes ago BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders on Thursday pressured provocative Polish Prime Minister ... -
Greece wants a ‘realistic’ EU green policy for maritime transport
A freighter is moored at the commercial terminal of the port of the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, August 4, 2016. REUTERS / Alexandros Avramidis ATHENS, ... -
Senior EU official says Polish move threatens bloc
BRUSSELS (AP) – The top European Union official held talks with the Polish prime minister on Tuesday, arguing that a recent ruling by the country’s Constitutional ... -
UN and PH align relief efforts for next typhoon season
The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Philippines, Gustavo Gonzalez, has announced a contribution of more than 380 million pesos from the mechanism ... -
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S / 2021/861) – Serbia
I. Introduction and mission priorities 1. This report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) by which the Council established the United Nations Interim ... -
The global energy crisis has brought the climate to a crossroads
So much for the fight against the climate crisis, it is the energy crisis that takes precedence. And it couldn’t have happened at a more crucial ... -
Soaring energy prices push the EU political agenda
EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson speaks during an online renewable energy press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, November 19, 2020. Francisco Seco / Pool ... -
calls for EU action on soaring energy prices | Money
Flags of the European Union fly in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, December 12, 2019. – Reuters pic LUXEMBOURG, October ... -
Consequences of trust in the United States in the words of the leader
TEHRAN – In a speech on Sunday morning, the leader of the Islamic revolution discussed the AUKUS pact, Iran-Azerbaijan disagreements and the scandalous withdrawal of the ... -
US envoy says climate summit can generate “huge progress”
Milan, Italy – US climate envoy John Kerry said on Saturday he believes “huge progress” can be made in the upcoming UN climate talks in Scotland, ... -
EU to deploy election observation mission to Venezuela
FILE PHOTO: Josep Borrell holds a press conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations ... -
More renewable energies, better response to soaring energy prices, according to the European electricity lobby
An aerial view shows wind turbines generating electricity at a wind farm in Graincourt-les-havrincourt, France, November 7, 2020. Photo taken with a drone. REUTERS / Pascal ... -
Ethiopian crisis “stains our conscience”
UNITED NATIONS (PA) – The crisis in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience,” said the UN humanitarian chief, as children and others die of hunger ... -
EU leaders to discuss soaring energy prices
Leaders of European Union countries will discuss soaring energy prices at their meeting next month, as governments scramble to protect households from soaring gas and electricity ... -
Germans vote in close election to decide Merkel’s successor
AACHEN / POTSDAM, Germany – The Germans went to the polls on Sunday in a national election too close to be called, with the center-left Social ... -
Can Macron lead the European Union after Merkel retires?
The German Chancellor, although recognized for having handled multiple crises, has long been criticized for her lack of strategic vision. Macron, whose more swaggering style has ... -
Europe needs long-term energy plan, says CEO of Eni
Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Italian energy company Eni, speaks to media at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 25, 2018. REUTERS / Yiannis Kourtoglou / ... -
When 3 Bangladeshi women took center stage at UNGA
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives to speak during the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in the UNGA Hall ... -
Who is afraid of China? – Stabroek news
Many readers may have seen the BBC interview with the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, in which she was asked for her complimentary remarks towards ... -
Why Turkey’s strongman Erdoğan’s Kashmir statement must be taken with a bag full of salt
Turkey’s strongman Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan lifted Kashmir again this week for the umpteenth time. Obviously no one paid attention and it buried itself in the last ... -
Oportun (OPRT) gains 1.42% to close at $ 23.63 on September 22
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French submarine snub tests EU defense cooperation avenues
WASHINGTON – France’s rage at its brutal sidelining from an Australian-British-American defense pact renews attention to the European Union’s nascent cooperation programs aimed at building bridges ... -
UN releases funds to save Afghan health system from collapse | United Nations News
The UN aid chief releases $ 45 million in emergency funds to boost life-saving aid in Afghanistan. The UN aid chief has released $ 45 million ... -
EU chief denounces US ‘disloyalty’ over submarine dispute
EU chief Charles Michel accused the United States of lack of loyalty after Australia canceled a mega-contract with France to buy US nuclear submarines. “The basic ... -
UN hopes to save Iran nuclear deal
NEW NUKE TALKS? Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi gives a press conference at a polling station in the capital Tehran on June 18, 2021 (June 19 in ... -
UN: World leaders should tackle rights crises
(New York) – World leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly in New York should support actions to address major human rights crises around the ... -
Oportun (OPRT) fell 0.12% in Light Trading on September 16
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European Parliament resolution calls for sanctions against Lebanese officials | Middle East News
Beirut, Lebanon – The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the EU to adopt targeted sanctions against Lebanese officials involved in corruption and obstructing the ... -
Taliban 2 and Khmer Rouge: “Invitations” from two regimes – 1975 and 2021
Last of 2 parts Due to the lack of direct contact with the Soviets, it cannot be said that the Khmer Rouge hated the Soviets as ... -
The EU and North Macedonia: No more traumas before accession? | Europe | News and events from across the continent | DW
North Macedonia was officially put on the EU enlargement agenda in 2005; the promissory note that Brussels offered to Skopje on the conditions of good conduct ... -
Vulnerable countries lead by example in research on the Sustainable Development Goals
Iraqi wetlands are threatened by climate change; the country is orienting its research towards the SDGs.Credit: Murtadha Al-Sudani / Anadolu Agency / Getty With the United ... -
Ben & Jerry’s joins long list of failed Israel ‘boycotts’ – analysis
In a confused statement posted online this week, ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s said, “We have a long-standing partnership with our licensee, who makes Ben ... -
Low battery: Brexit Britain faces acid test
By Nick Carey, Barbara Lewis LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has stepped up the race for electric vehicles with its 2030 ban on the sale of new ... -
United States holds monopoly on UNICEF for 74 years – in a global organization where money speaks
Featured, Global, Global Geopolitics, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore meets with students from Roberto ... -
Green production: Turkey to enact green organized industrial zones
Turkey aims to establish green industrial zones and generalized industrial regions as part of its historic action plan just released, among the steps the nation is ... -
President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President Charles Michel had a joint working dinner VIDEO – AZERTAC
Baku, July 18, AZERTAC The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of the European Council Charles Michel had a joint working ... -
Floods in Germany: Climate change moves to center of countryside as toll rises
BERLIN – As the death toll exceeds 160 and rescue efforts intensify, the one-time flooding that ravaged Germany and much of western Europe this week put ... -
Top Polish court ruling goes against EU laws | News | DW
Poland continued its opposition to the EU on Wednesday with a decision by its Constitutional Court declaring the temporary injunctions of the European Court of Justice ... -
Viktor Orbán wants a Chinese university in Hungary. Opponents see chance to turn nationalist rhetoric against him
But that was before Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s populist government announced a controversial plan for a prestigious Shanghai university to open its first overseas campus there ... -
UK auto industry finds Brexit much less of a problem than expected
July 10, 2021 FFIVE YEARS there is, just after the British vote to leave the European Union (EU), Nissan, a Japanese automaker, has warned that the ... -
Greek FM Nikos Dendias said India, Greece and the United Arab Emirates would establish a trilateral dialogue; hits Turkey and India
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said India, Greece and the United Arab Emirates will soon establish a trilateral dialogue even as Athens strives to “develop a ... -
Reorganization of carbon trading to hit polluters in the portfolio
EU flags fly in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] The European Union is on the verge ... -
EU prepares plan to toughen carbon market – report
Smoke and steam billow from the Belchatow Power Plant, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant, operated by the PGE Group, at night near Belchatow, Poland on December ... -
EU imposes broad economic sanctions on Belarus following Ryanair incident
Economic sanctions hit potash, tobacco, oil, finance The rare EU rapid reaction in the divided bloc The forced landing of a Ryanair flight outrages the EU ... -
Europe should “pull itself together” against Russia, says Russian ambassador
The European Union should “pull together and define what it really expects from its relations with Russia,” said Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s long-time ambassador to the EU. ... -
EU launches new Google antitrust investigation
LONDON (AP) – European Union regulators have launched a new antitrust investigation into Google, this time to find out whether the US tech giant is stifling ... -
Lebanon crisis caused by power struggles, EU envoy says
FILE PHOTO: European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, June 19, 2021. Dalati ... -
EU warns Lebanese leaders against sanctions over ‘homemade’ crisis
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT – The European Union’s foreign policy chief told Lebanese leaders on Saturday that they were to blame for the country’s political and ... -
UN calls for cessation of arms in Myanmar
NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for an end to arms flows to Myanmar and urged the military ... -
Over 30,000 children risk death in famine-stricken Tigray: United Nations – Edexlive
Tens of thousands of malnourished children are at risk of dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged and now famine-stricken Tigray region, the United Nations said ... -
Forced offshoring of swap netting to EU would hurt bloc, says LSE
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Forcing euro derivatives clearing to move from London to the European Union would increase costs for customers and put European ... -
EU carbon tariff will target steel, cement and electricity, according to Bloomberg News
Flags of the European Union fly in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, February 19, 2020. REUTERS / Yves Herman / ... -
The humanitarian response to the explosions at the Port of Beirut: Flash Appeal Lebanon 2020 – Final report (April 30, 2021) – Lebanon
ABSTRACT The explosions in the port of Beirut occurred in the early evening of August 4, 2020 when Lebanon was already grappling with the impact of ... -
Security Council recommends next UN Secretary General this month | national
United Nations (PA) – The United Nations Security Council will appoint the next Secretary General this month, with current United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres the ... -
Coal mine dispute pits Poland against neighbors
Written by Andrew Higgins The huge hole in the ground, dug deeper and deeper by generations of Polish gang miners feeding their country’s voracious appetite for ... -
Analysis: Switzerland will pay the economic price for abandoning the EU Treaty
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will pay the price for lost exports, rising costs and diminishing attractiveness as a business center after deciding this week to halt ... -
EU targets industry and transport in renewable energy rules, says Commission
European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans (not pictured) address a joint press conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, ... -
World aviation stunned by hijacking of airliner in Belarus
A Ryanair plane, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and hijacked to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in ... -
Justice Beyond Borders: The Tribune India
Neera Chandhoke Political scientist The first decades of the 21st century brought a rush of right-wing populists to power across the world. The consequences are well ... -
Morocco uses migrants to get what it wants – POLITICO
Sam Edwards is a freelance journalist in Barcelona When 6,000 people pushed a Moroccan beach on Monday, swam around two border walls and waded into the ... -
German regulator bans Facebook from processing WhatsApp user data
The regulatory action has opened a new front in Germany over Facebook’s privacy policies, with its national antitrust regulator waging a legal battle over data practices ... -
Baku among potential venues for next Biden-Putin meeting
Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is among the cities considered for a meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. According to ... -
The government’s shambolic jab plan is ‘non-Thai’
A health official prepares a photo of Covid-19 at the Bang Khunthian fresh market last month. Although it has been praised for successfully controlling the outbreak ...
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