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EU bans plastic ketchup and sugar sachets
The move is part of the European Union’s fight against harmful plastics In its continuing battle to rid the planet of harmful plastics, the EU has announced that by 2030, all single-use sachets will disappear from supermarkets, hotels and restaurants, a measure that will reduce plastic...
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Russia targets energy facilities in air attack on Ukraine
A Russian air attack on Ukraine damaged several facilities in a strike targeting energy infrastructure across the country, Ukraine's military and energy officials said on Wednesday. "Another massive attack on our energy industry!" Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on the...
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Xi begins Serbia visit on the 25th anniversary of NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy
This handout photograph taken and released by Serbia's Presidential press service, May 7, shows Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, left, shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at Belgrade Airport, at the second stop of Xi's European tour after a state visit to...
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C Raja Mohan writes: Xi Jinping’s visit, a divided Europe and India’s challenge
Xi Jinping\u2019s swing through Europe this week highlights China\u2019s bold play to exploit the divisions within Europe and across the Atlantic with the United States. It also underlines Europe\u2019s trilemmas in navigating the great power dynamic between the US, Russia and China. The prospects...
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German blue-chips warn of ‘extremist’ threat before EU elections
A roster of German blue chip companies has banded together to counter anti-immigration political parties in advance of the upcoming EU elections. Thirty companies, including BMW, BASF, and Siemens, announced on Tuesday that they have formed a “business alliance” to battle populism and promote...
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Israel is testing the West’s most fundamental values
The student protests that are roiling US universities and colleges — and now spreading into Europe — over Israel’s war on Gaza are testing the Western world’s long-held principles and values. Images of police cracking down on largely peaceful gatherings have shaken the foundations of the American...
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Europe risks losing its biggest oil companies to America
Two of Europe’s biggest oil companies, Shell and TotalEnergies, are considering abandoning their stock exchanges for Wall Street in a move that would deal a hammer blow to London and Paris. Britain’s Shell (SHEL) is the second-largest company on London’s FTSE 100 index, representing 8.4% of its...
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Xi’s big adventure to keep Europe open and onside
The global economy is a very different place today than it was five years ago, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping last visited Europe. Since 2019, a pandemic wreaked havoc, Joe Biden was sworn in as US president, Russia invaded Ukraine (which Beijing tacitly backed), German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
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Xi's key message to Europe: cooperation
PARIS -- President Xi Jinping on Monday underscored the importance of bolstering cooperative ties between China and France as well as the European Union (EU), particularly amid escalating protectionism and raging conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. Xi, who is on a six-day trip to France, Serbia and...
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US, UK, most EU nations to boycott Putin inauguration
The United States and most European Union nations have said they will not send envoys to Tuesday’s inauguration of Vladimir Putin as Russian president. Putin, 71, secured a fifth term in office in a March election that critics said lacked democratic legitimacy.Keep reading list of 4 itemslist 1 of...
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