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EU opens door for Balkan states
AFP, Published on 24/02/2018
» BELGRADE: The European Union has offered some of the six Balkan states who hope to join the bloc the prospect of becoming new members by 2025, but warned them they still have many obstacles to overcome.
Smoke blots out western United States
Associated Press, Published on 22/08/2018
» SEATTLE: Smoke from wildfires clog the sky across the entire western part of the United States, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors.
EU states spar over digital tax
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2018
» VIENNA: Germany has called for more time to agree on a European Union tax overhaul to raise levies on large digital firms, although its finance minister says a solution is needed soon.
EU carbon tax hurts poorer states
News, Miriam González Durántez & Calli Obern, Published on 27/06/2022
» In July 2021, the European Commission did something that no other major governing body had ever attempted: It tied trade policy to climate policy. Reaching the European Union's goal of cutting net greenhouse-gas emissions by 55% by 2030 will require the EU to reduce emissions both at home and beyond its borders.
UK 'ready' to aid developing states
News, Mark Gooding, Published on 19/12/2022
» This week, the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gave a speech setting out his long-term vision for the future of Britain's foreign policy.
Why won't states regulate artificial intelligence?
News, Brian Judge, Published on 18/12/2023
» What happens when a globe-spanning corporation becomes so powerful that even nations have to answer to it? In the 18th century, the British East India Company (EIC) came close. Founded by royal charter to act as a trading arm of the British monarchy, the company grew into an imperial power in its own right.
Asia a key battleground in fight against killer air pollution: UN
Bloomberg News and Online Reporters, Published on 21/03/2018
» Asia is a critical battlefield in the global fight to rein in air pollution, registering about 5 million premature deaths each year, delegates at a United Nations conference said on Wednesday, as urged tougher enforcement of curbs.
UN Yemen envoy to visit battleground port ahead of peace talks
AFP, Published on 22/11/2018
» SANAA - The United Nations envoy to Yemen will visit the rebel-held battleground port city of Hodeida this week, a UN source said Thursday, as he presses warring parties to uphold pledges to join peace talks.
Vietnam bars visitors from UK, Schengen states
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/03/2020
» Vietnam is suspending tourist visas for travellers who have been in the United Kingdom and the 26 Schengen countries of Europe for 14 days prior to their planned arrival starting Sunday at noon because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Australian states squabble over reopening domestic borders
AFP, Published on 21/05/2020
» BRISBANE, Australia: A bitter row has broken out between Australian states, with some refusing to reopen domestic borders to outsiders despite a steep drop in coronavirus infections.