Kylian Mbappe scored a stunning opening goal as France shook off injuries to a host of key players and a series of off-field issues to claim a welcome 2-0 win over Austria in the UEFA Nations League in Paris on Thursday.
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) French President Emmanuel Macron visited the first wind farm in the country on Thursday. He announced plans to remove bureaucratic obstacles to renewable energy projects and stressed the importance of the green transition, according to Reuters reporting. Macron pointed out that Europe is facing an energy crunch and pledged to halve […]
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With the war in Ukraine showing no signs of letting up, countries must increase efforts to prevent further escalation and end the fighting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told Foreign Ministers meeting in the Security Council on Thursday.
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Insults, accusations and talk of war crimes and nuclear holocaust dominated the world’s premier diplomatic stage on Thursday.
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Vladimir V. Putin’s new military call-up has sent young men who don’t want to fight in Ukraine heading to the borders.
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As Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” enters a new chapter, Russians are being plucked from villages around the country for training and military service.
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Mali is marking its Independence Day celebrations with a military parade featuring fighter planes
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Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Stitcher Acast Coming to you from New York City, this bumper edition of EU Confidential brings you the highlights of the U.N. General Assembly and gets reaction from European leaders on Russia’s recent threat of military escalation. POLITICO’s Suzanne Lynch sits down with our […]
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A day after President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilisation to fight the war in Ukraine, some Russian citizens landing in Serbia on a flight from Moscow on Thursday said they were not sure if they would return to the country for fear of being conscripted. Since the announcement, prices for one-way flights from Russia […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) EU ministers of foreign affairs agreed to impose additional sanctions against Russia and supply Ukraine with more weapons. Ministers decided to press on with more sanctions after a meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba at the annual UN meeting in New York, Reuters reported on Thursday. The move comes after […]
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