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Polish response to threat of European Commission sanction unlikely to defuse situation

The European Commission has set today as Poland’s deadline to comply with EC demands to…

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While migrant flows to the EU are down, populist sentiment in Southern Europe remains

Today, the European Union’s statistics office is expected to release a report on first time…

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Comprehending the hyperbole of President Xi Jinping

The president has commenced his second term with the former anticorruption tsar as his deputy.

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G20 finance ministers to mull threat of tit-for-tat tariff imposition

Foreign ministers and central bank chiefs from the world’s top 20 economies will meet in…

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International Court of Justice to begin hearing Bolivia-Chile border case

Delegates from Bolivia and Chile will head to the International Court of Justice today, where…

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Boris Johnson heads to Brussels to drum up support against Russia

European foreign will discuss a coordinated response to a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

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Former may of Ho Chi Minh to stand trial as anti-corruption drive sweeps Vietnam

Today begins the ten-day corruption trial of Dinh La Thang, a former Vietnamese Politburo member…

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German finance minister arrives in the US to discuss mitigating Trump’s tariffs

Today, Germany’s economy minister Peter Altmaier will arrive in the US to discuss halting President…

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Vladimir Putin headed for certain re-election in presidential vote

Victory today will extend Putin’s presidential mandate to 2024.

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A first for a Saudi leader in over a decade, Saudi crown prince gives televised U.S interview

An interview with the power behind King Salman’s Saudi throne, Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), will…