Tag: POLITICO
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Rishi Sunak under pressure to sack Suella Braverman after row over pro-Palestinian rallies – POLITICO
[ad_1] LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to fire his home secretary after she accused the police of being too lenient on pro-Palestinian protests — an attack which was not cleared by No. 10 Downing Street. Ministerial colleagues have so far declined to endorse Braverman in the wake of her…
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EU throws weight behind Cypriot plan to ship aid to Gaza – POLITICO
[ad_1] Several EU countries on Thursday threw their weight behind Cyprus’ plan to supply Gaza with humanitarian aid, but several hurdles remain, mainly over the feasibility of landing big cargoes safely in Gaza’s tiny port facilities. The president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, presented his country’s proposal to open a maritime corridor to help deliver more…
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Israel berates New York Times, CNN, Reuters, AP over Hamas attack photographers – POLITICO
[ad_1] Israel on Thursday slammed four international media outlets — the New York Times, CNN, the Associated Press and Reuters — over the conduct of four photojournalists in Gaza, saying they had advance knowledge of the attack by Hamas militants on October 7 that killed more than 1,400 people. The news services strongly rejected the…
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EU balks at US, Israeli pressure for new Hamas sanctions – POLITICO
[ad_1] Israel and the United States are piling pressure onto the EU to impose new sanctions on Hamas in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel in which some 1,400 people were killed. Some EU countries are pushing back, with Portugal’s foreign minister telling POLITICO that new sanctions were a “diversionary tactic” compared…
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Que va dire Emmanuel Macron aux francs-maçons ? – POLITICO
[ad_1] C’est un petit événement en soi : Emmanuel Macron est attendu à 12h45 ce mercredi au 16 rue Cadet, dans le IXe arrondissement de Paris, au siège du Grand Orient de France. La principale obédience maçonnique célèbre en effet cette année ses 250 ans, ou plus précisément l’anniversaire de l’appellation “Grand Orient de France”.…
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Portuguese police raid Prime Minister António Costa’s residence – POLITICO
[ad_1] Portuguese police raided Prime Minister António Costa’s official residence on Tuesday and detained his chief of staff, Vítor Escária, as part of a corruption investigation. The probe is linked to lithium exploration schemes in the north of Portugal and a green hydrogen mega-project in Sines. Police searches of the prime minister’s residence and the…
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Aide to Ukrainian armed forces commander killed by explosive in birthday present – POLITICO
[ad_1] A top aide to Ukraine’s army commander was killed in Kyiv by an explosive that went off as he returned home with a birthday present on Monday. “An unknown explosive device went off in one of the birthday gifts. From the beginning of [Russia’s] full-scale invasion, [Major Hennadiy Chastyakov] was a reliable shoulder for…
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Reassessing the EU’s approach to methane emissions – POLITICO
[ad_1] The European Union’s ambition to build a carbon-neutral economy by mid-century is a true beacon of hope in the global fight against climate change. Certainly, the mitigation of methane emissions is among the key ingredients of the EU’s decarbonization trajectory. But the path we choose to navigate this endeavor needs to be equally ambitious,…
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Blinken meets Palestinian leader Abbas in surprise West Bank visit – POLITICO
[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Palestinian Authority’s President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah during a surprise visit to the West Bank on Sunday, stepping up Washington’s Middle East diplomacy as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. They discussed efforts to restore calm and stability in the West Bank, including the need to stop…
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Von der Leyen in Ukraine ahead of enlargement decision – POLITICO
[ad_1] KYIV — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Ukraine on Saturday, as the EU tries to reassure the Ukrainian people of the bloc’s support and ahead of key report on Kyiv’s accession aspirations. “I’m here to discuss Ukraine’s accession path to the EU,” von der Leyen said on X from Kyiv.…