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UK probes leaks of ‘highly sensitive’ info to Epstein
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 03/02/2026
» LONDON - The British government has referred communications between former cabinet minister Peter Mandelson and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to the police after it found them to contain “market-sensitive” information.
India, Canada return ambassadors as Carney, Modi look past spat
AFP, Published on 18/06/2025
» KANANASKIS (CANADA) - India and Canada agreed Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other's capitals, turning the page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada's new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi.
France, EU take aim at Trump's assault on science, seek to lure US researchers
AFP, Published on 05/05/2025
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen took aim at Donald Trump's policies on science on Monday, as the European Union seeks to encourage disgruntled US researchers to relocate to Europe.
Drug policies ‘drive mass detention’
Post Reporters, Published on 21/12/2024
» GENEVA - Punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations, says the Global Commission on Drug Policy in a new report.
Russia arrests 4 suspects in Moscow attack as death toll climbs to 133
New York Times, Published on 24/03/2024
» Russian authorities said Saturday that they had arrested the four individuals suspected of setting a suburban Moscow concert venue on fire and killing at least 133 people, one of the worst terrorist attacks to jolt Russia in President Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century in power.
Celine Berthon made France's first woman spy agency chief
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» PARIS - France appointed its first woman domestic intelligence chief Wednesday, with top police officer Celine Berthon stepping up to head the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).
EU tells China 'differences' must be addressed
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» BEIJING - EU President Ursula von der Leyen told Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday that the bloc and its biggest trading partner must address their differences, as they began the first in-person EU-China summit in over four years.
Russia evokes WWII to blast EU
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» KYIV: Russia accused the West of wanting to inflict a lasting defeat against Moscow and lashed out against EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Kyiv ahead of a Ukraine summit.
Russia, Ukraine agree new prisoner swap in Turkey
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» ANKARA - Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed a new prisoner swap during rare talks in Turkey during which they also discussed the creation of a "humanitarian corridor" in the war zone.
Borrell visit to Morocco clouded by EU graft scandal
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» BRUSSELS: The EU on Wednesday defended a trip by its top diplomat to Morocco, which has been linked, along with Qatar, to a graft scandal unrolling at the European Parliament.