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Thousands of Ukrainian children remain under Russian control, facing indoctrination, militarisation and the loss of their identity, the Bring Kids Back UA initiative warned as the EU prepares new sanctions against those responsible for their deportation.

Public-private partnerships are opening new opportunities for investment and development, from renewable energy and digital infrastructure to water and desalination. The episode looks at how cooperation between government and business could shape Azerbaijan’s next phase of growth.

Brazil has yet to provide the necessary guarantees to allow an audit of its beef exports’ compliance with EU food safety standards, while inspections of poultry and honey imports are already under way.

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament will push for stricter limits on allowing oil and gas companies to be classed as green investments under the EU’s updated sustainable finance rules, according to a document obtained by POLITICO, The position will set up a fight with member countries, which want to loosen restrictions on fossil fuel companies under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation — an EU law that aims to prevent greenwashing to support sustainable investment decisions.

Burnham and his wife, Marie-France van Heel, welcomed the French president and First Lady Brigitte Macron outside the famous black door of 10 Downing Street.

Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 Okhmatdyt children's hospital strike, was shot twice by a motorbike gunman near Engels airbase and airlifted to Moscow in serious condition.

MDG-politiker Sigrid Heiberg vil foreslå at Oslo MDGs nominasjonsmøte torsdag klokken 18 blir holdt for åpne dører. Det bekrefter Heiberg overfor NRK. Fylkesstyret i partiet har innstilt på at møtet går for lukkede dører av hensyn til den politiske borgfreden etter kong Haralds død. – Jeg kan ikke se at det er mindre respektfullt overfor kongen og landesorgen å holde møtet åpent for presse og gjester, sier Sigrid Heiberg til NRK. Nominasjonsmøtet skal vedta Oslo MDG liste til neste års kommuneva

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Deezer L’ancien Premier ministre de Jacques Chirac veut être candidat à la présidentielle mais en a-t-il les moyens ? Où en est-il dans l’organisation de sa campagne ? Son repositionnement plus à gauche peut-il êtr

Norges ambassadør til Moskva er kalt inn til det russiske utenriksdepartementet i forbindelse med at Norge har tatt beslag i et russisk skip på Svalbard. Det melder Ria, ifølge Reuters. Russiske myndigheter vil overlevere en formell protest på beslaget. Utenriksdepartementet sier at de vil forsøke å få satt fri skipet.

BIRMINGHAM, England — European diplomats are quietly courting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, as the party gathers for its annual conference this week — with several EU countries sending representatives for the first time. Germany, Italy and Spain are among the nations dispatching officials to the party’s conference in Birmingham, as capitals begin to grapple with the prospect of Farage’s party entering government.  “There are more [diplomats] attending this year, probably, because embassie

Carmen Álvarez Cuadrado You’ve probably heard of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church, Egypt’s Coptic Church, and Iraq’s Chaldean Church. They are four of the 23 ancient churches of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa. Over time, these churches preserved their own languages, cultures, and rites. But they are not outside the Catholic Church. Quite the opposite. They belong to it and are in full communion with the pope, who is the highest authority for

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); The European Union is discussing export support with Ukraine and its neighboring countries, including through so-called solidarity lanes, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen told Bloomberg on 2 September. Strikes in the Black Sea have curtailed exports from both Ukraine and Russia, while low water limits how much grain vessels can carry on the Danube, Ukraine’s main fallback when sea traffic slows. Wh

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will meet with the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington this month, a surprising shift after the Pentagon chief rebuffed a visit earlier this year. The meeting will take place as part of Pistorius’ trip to the U.S. for a rollout of F-35 warplanes purchased by Germany, according to two NATO defense officials and a U.S. defense official familiar with the planning, who were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic. The talks are

Injured Humboldt penguins in Chile are fitted with recovery vests designed to protect wounds and prevent them from damaging stitches as they heal.

It's back-to-school time again, and teachers and their unions are reigniting the debate over stagnant wages and recurring staff shortages. But which countries pay teachers the best?

BIRMINGHAM, England — France’s Jordan Bardella and Britain’s Nigel Farage will on Friday lock arms on immigration policy, but the limits to their love-in are becoming clear. The two anti-immigrant populist leaders face opposition within Bardella’s far-right party, the National Rally, over Farage’s controversial proposal to enlist the Royal Navy to help repel immigrants trying to reach the United Kingdom on so-called small boats and return them to France. Bardella, the president of the far-

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia has been bolting small FPV attack drones to the wings of its long-range Gerans and releasing them deep inside Ukraine, far behind the front. The tactic may now have reached Kyiv Oblast, where an FPV drone was recently recorded, though it is not confirmed that a Geran delivered it, Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, the president's adviser on defense technologies, told UNIAN. A Geran drop is one of the versions

Brussels and Budapest are exploring whether letting two temporary Hungarian migration laws lapse – without softening border policy – could provide a path to ending the EU's €1m-a-day fine imposed on Hungary, but experts remain doubtful it will be enough to satisfy the ECJ.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); A gunman on a motorcycle shot a Russian Aerospace Forces officer twice in Saratov Oblast on the morning of 3 September, Radio Svoboda reported. Telegram channels identify the wounded man as Nikolai Varpakhovich, the major general who commands Russia's heavy bomber division at Engels. Ukraine's security service and prosecutors named that officer a suspect three days earlier over the missile strike on Kyiv's m

Kardinal Christophe Pierre skal representere pave Leo XIV under kong Haralds begravelse onsdag 9. august. Det opplyser Vatikanets ambassade i Stockholm. Også Vatikanets ambassadør til Norge, erkebiskop Julio Murat, kommer i begravelsen. Kardinal Christophe Pierre har tidligere blant annet vært Vatikanets ambassadør til Mexico og USA.