New Internationalist

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A $10-billion African energy project, negotiated at the UN’s 2015 Climate Change Conference (COP21), is facing myriad problems after criticism from African civil-society organizations and a high-profile resignation. The African Renewable Energy Initi

The Christian Science Monitor

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The European Union’s highest legal body put Poland on notice to uphold rule of law. The ruling also counters Russia’s claim that liberal values are history.

The Atlantic

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The new administration has called into question "the last 70 years of American foreign policy,” one says.

Evening Standard

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Brussels has called for an end to Europe’s sweeping travel bans on the UK sparked by fears of the new mutant strain of the coronavirus. The European Commission issued a statement on Tuesday saying that while travel to and from the EU should be “disco

The Christian Science Monitor

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The plan aims to relocate migrants in ways that both help them and relieve pressure from Europe’s anti-migrant parties. It will also assist the EU in rediscovering its reasons for unity.

TIME

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THIRTEEN EUROPEAN countries have already declared themselves open for Chinese business, but the 14th has both Brussels and Washington on edge. Chinese President Xi Jinping is traveling to Rome in late March to officially welcome Italy into his ambit

Farmer's Weekly

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After China effectively banned imports from Australia, farmers there will be forced to sell their barley supplies to the domestic livestock industry, or to “cheaper” international markets. China announced earlier that barley imports from Australia’s

The Christian Science Monitor

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Would better opportunities at home persuade would-be migrants to stay put? The European Union is pouring hundreds of millions of euros into an experiment in Gambia to find out.

Yachting Monthly

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Despite a long-standing ‘common position’ amongst EU countries that there is a more than negligible risk that imports of Myanmar teak cannot currently comply with the requirements laid down by the EUTR, a handful of countries have adopted a different

MoneyWeek

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Last summer the 27 countries making up the European Union banded together to order a common pool of vaccines, securing up to 2.6 billion doses, or more than five for every person, says The Times. Yet even now only 6% of the EU’s population has receiv

Beijing Review

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It was 45 years ago, on May 6, 1975, in Beijing when Christopher Soames, Vice President of the European Economic Community (EEC) Commission in charge of external relations, and Qiao Guanhua, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, formalized the establ

The Atlantic

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The EU and its members too often equivocate when it comes to pushing liberal ideals, both within and outside the bloc’s borders.

Manhattan Institute

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Negative interest-bearing bonds—now a quarter of the world’s bond market—hardly represent a resounding vote of confidence in the economic future, though as ever, some people may eventually make money from them. But overall, they are like an umbrella

The Christian Science Monitor

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Two of Europe’s most powerful executive bodies are slated to be run by women, a result of a more inclusive view of every person’s capabilities.

The Atlantic

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The new president has a daunting list of foreign-policy challenges. Among the biggest will be managing a longtime ally.

The Railway Magazine

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THE European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of improved passenger rights for rail users across Europe. The changes have yet to be approved by EU member governments and will not come into effect until 2019 at earliest. The new rules

The Atlantic

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Trump is using the possibility of tariffs to get trade concessions from Europe. The Europeans are not interested.

Farmer's Weekly

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The UK and various European countries, such as France, Germany and Italy, have banned, or are discouraging all but essential travel for November, as they move back into COVID-19-related lockdowns. However, Werner van Rooyen, operational manager of th

Shooting Times & Country

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has proposed regulations that would ban the use of lead in all shotgun and rifle ammunition in the European Union. The proposals include a five-year transition to a complete ban on the use and sale of all lead sho

Foreign Policy Magazine

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WHAT EXACTLY IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? A postnational superstate or a mechanism to augment the power of nations? A neoliberal fantasia or a protectionist cartel? A Christian empire? A socially liberal paradise? Or is it something defined not by what it

The Christian Science Monitor

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A proposal to cut aid to European Union members that violate democratic norms, such as Poland and Hungary, could help ensure Europe remains a safe home for liberty.

Farmer's Weekly

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The European Parliament has rejected an attempt to ban companies in Europe from using brand names such as ‘veggie burger’ for plant-based products. However, the body did support an amendment to regulations to prevent the use of terms such as ‘cheese’

Post Magazine

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China is "keeping a wary eye" on the United States and the European Union " its two biggest trade partners " as they try to pressure Beijing to make changes, diplomatic sources and observers said. Amid an escalating trade war, Washington wants Beijin

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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In the dim light of this administration's indecisiveness about whether to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, our neighbors Canada and Mexico have been informed that this country has again postponed a decision on whether to slap tariffs

Apple Magazine

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The European Union unveiled new plans to make big tech companies pay more taxes in a move that would, if endorsed, hit online U.S. firms like Google and Facebook. Insisting that digital companies must pay their fair share, the European Commission sai

The Christian Science Monitor

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As they split, the U.K. and European Union are each striving to boost the talents of their people in science and technology. In that venture they are united in seeing the potential for creativity.

The Christian Science Monitor

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The ruling party’s reversed itself on expelling judges – and rule of law – thus avoiding a split with the European Union. Poles decided that constitutional principles are part of Europe’s project in peace.

TechLife News

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The European Union unveiled new plans to make big tech companies pay more taxes in a move that would, if endorsed, hit online U.S. firms like Google and Facebook. Insisting that digital companies must pay their fair share, the European Commission sai

The Christian Science Monitor

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A bold proposal for carbon cuts by the European Commission also comes with plans to share the burden fairly. The fair part may be as important as the carbon targets.

The Independent

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Hopes of a Brexit trade deal with the EU are hanging in the balance, as Boris Johnson prepares for talks with the European Commission president which could pull the plug on negotiations just 24 days ahead of the no-deal deadline. As talks in Brussels