Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar on Wednesday unveiled a centre in Istanbul to oversee the export of Ukrainian grain, after a UN deal last week between Russia and Ukraine. The first shipment is expected to depart from Black Sea ports within days. The joint coordination centre (JCC) will oversee departures from three Ukrainian ports, with […]
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French president Emmanuel Macron hosts Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, despite criticism the invitation is inappropriate four years after the murder by Saudi agents of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, AFP reported. Energy concerns will dominate the agenda as fears over power shortages rise. It is the prince’s (referred […]
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Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni moved a step closer to becoming Italy’s next prime minister on Wednesday, after her rightwing coalition struck a deal that will see the party with the biggest share of the vote in the coming election get the top job. A right-wing alliance made up of Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi’s […]
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The European Commission put forward a new proposal to reduce pesticides in mid-June. But experts warn that it is based on weak rules, and that European agriculture is stuck in a “permanent pesticide-dependence.”
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French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, defying criticism that the invitation is deeply inappropriate barely four years after the murder by Saudi agents of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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RIGA – The U.S. Embassy in Riga released a video message today to mark the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United Sta……
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Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War
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Hotel Giardino, in the tiny skiing resort of Breno, Italy, is run by a staff of refugees as part of a good-news programme aimed at integrating migrants.
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Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s minister of ecology and natural resources, talks about the country’s environmental challenges.
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