A road sign directs traffic to the entrance of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, north-east Germany.
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By waiving sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia and Germany, the United States is paving the way for the controversial project to go ahead.
Rolling the dix.
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If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, what does that say about the EU?
Bateaux de pêcheurs au Sénégal.
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L'UE ne cesse de conclure de nouveaux accords avec des pays, en dépit des preuves d'un sérieux déclin des populations des espèces concernées.
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Viktor Orban has once again flouted EU values with a new law on sharing material that ‘promotes homosexuality’.
Bad Neuenahr, Germany on July 16 2021, where massive rainfall caused widespread flooding.
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I helped forecast disaster – but nothing prepared for me what happened next.
It’s all getting very taxing.
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Estonia and Hungary are arguing that EU member states cannot legally implement the OECD agreement on corporation tax.
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The EU is cracking down on pay secrecy, as the pandemic exacerbates gender inequalities.
A less militarised approach could lead to greater security in the region.
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The over-militarisation of the crisis across the Sahel region has done little to foster stability.
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Rooibos tea is the first African product to receive EU protected designation. What does this mean for the region where it’s grown?
Not all tax havens come with fancy resorts and sun-drenched beaches.
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The G-7 wants to set a minimum global tax rate, which would make it harder for countries to act as tax havens.
The UK’s secretary of state for international trade, Liz Truss chairs a CPTPP head of mission roundtable, July 2020.
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The CPTPP probably won’t invigorate post-Brexit Britain economically, and it could even be dangerous, geopolitically speaking.
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International trade policy is back in British politicians’ hands.
Two members of the G-7 exchange an elbow bump.
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The G-7 nations, which include the US and UK, form the foundation of the modern global economy.
Protesters took to the streets in Poland to protest the country’s crackdown on abortion access.
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Some countries made abortion access easier during the pandemic. Others used it as an excuse for a crackdown.
A ground crew member transports the COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX at Bole international airport in Addis Ababa.
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The inefficient vaccine allocation rules currently in place must be replaced by new cooperative institutional structures and more concrete steps by the Group of Twenty (G20) countries.
Who is looking over your shoulder, Angela?
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The European nation allowed the NSA to collect data on its EU partners from undersea cables.
Facebook’s data centre in Clonee, Ireland.
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Ireland is under pressure to investigate, and potentially fine, Facebook for alleged data breaches under GDPR.
Biden is expected to confront Russian leader Vladimir Putin (center) over his stalwart backing of Europe’s last dictator, Alexander Lukashenko (left).
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Some tension was inevitable at the June 16 US-Russia summit. But Vladimir Putin’s defiant support for Belarus’s rogue regime now pits him harder against the West.
Global governance of artificial intelligence is necessary to regulate AI industries.
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The new EU regulation is about to change the way we do artificial intelligence. The United Nations needs to follow suit.
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New European laws aimed at regulating trade in human milk products could be used to target person-to-person sharing of milk for babies.