Another big table, but this time Vladimir Putin isn’t sitting at the head.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Members of the Levica party march on a government building during a protest in Skopje, North Macedonia, on July 6, 2022. Thousands of people marched for several nights after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a proposal to enable the country’s admission into the EU that many North Macedonians find controversial.
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The EU is creating resentment in North Macedonia over its feud with Bulgaria. In the midst of the Russia-Ukraine war, it will only serve to benefit Russia in its efforts to undermine the EU.
The Serb leader in Bosnia & Herzogovina, Milorad Dodik, has been an outspoken supporter of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
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Russia is doing oil and gas deals in the Balkans, where ethnic tensions are on the rise.
A pro-EU protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2022.
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Russia’s neighbours are increasingly worried about the threat of invasion.
NZ PM Jacinda Ardern and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after their meeting on June 30.
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For the EU, the recent trade deal with New Zealand is about a lot more than money. Climate change and expanding its role and influence well beyond European borders are major motivations.
International scientific collaboration has boomed since the end of the 20th century.
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Scientific research done through international collaboration has boomed in the past 30 years. But recently, powerful countries are using science as a tool of politics, threatening that work.
A cannabis ban has been in place in France since 1970, but there are ongoing demands to end it.
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France may be getting closer to legalizing cannabis. Still, arrests are rising quickly and often target Arab Muslim men.
A man stands in a crater after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 1, 2022.
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The EU must play the biggest role in ending the war in Ukraine. Peace negotiators should take a systematic approach that focuses first on where there is likely to be agreement.
Will Boris Johnson be back? The chances may be slim.
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The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
It’s running out.
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Even before the war, Moscow was acknowledging the problems in its energy industry.
Sudanese people march in Khartoum during one of many protests against the 2020 coup. More than 100 have been killed.
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The AU needs to address two main problems to steer Africa into a prosperous future – the use of unconstitutional means by some leaders to cling to power and disregard for the rule of law.
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Four months since the start of invasion, the European Union has already adopted six sanction packages. Room for manoeuvre is shrinking.
Finland and Sweden joined 14 NATO allies in a June 6, 2022, military exercise on the Baltic Sea.
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Sandwiched between Russia and NATO ally Norway, both Sweden and Finland have maintained neutrality in global conflicts. That changed in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
The border crossing into Togo from Benin is a busy route for citizens.
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African states and their development partners must protect ECOWAS regional integration efforts.
What role does long-term certainty play in immigration policy?
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Government policy that provides certainty to immigrants will improve integration and, ultimately, boost the economy
Peace train: Italian prime minister Mario Draghi, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz en route to Kyiv.
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Five ideas based on solutions in other countries that could help bring the various players to the table.
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The government’s plan to override the Northern Ireland protocol breaches the UK’s legal obligations.
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson announced a set of proposed regulations requiring tech companies to report child sexual abuse material.
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The EU’s proposed regulations don’t align with existing technology. They’re likely to fail – or to break the internet as we know it.
Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine in May 2022.
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Third-country nationals are left powerless in the face of bureaucracies of asylum with only the help of others in the same situation.
Carbon footprints have a complex history.
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The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.