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India Raises Concerns Over EU's Carbon Tax, Deforestation Regulation
A number of countries, including India, Russia, and Brazil, have flagged concerns over European Union's (EU) carbon tax and deforestation regulation in a meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.
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EU Flag Removed From French Monument After Outrage
A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France's six-month presidency of the bloc was removed on Sunday after it drew outrage from far-right and right-wing leaders.
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ESA Announces Satellite Constellation to Precisely Detect Man-Made Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission where human-made emissions of greenhouse gases will be tracked from space. ESA, in collaboration with the European Union's (EU) Earth-monitoring programme Copernicus, announced this mission during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow on November 2.
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Now, African Nations Flag EU Excluding Covishield For 'Vaccine Passport'
Days after it was red-flagged in India, the European Union's decision to exclude Covishield from a list of approved Covid vaccines for a 'passport' - to allow holders restriction-free travel in the bloc - has set alarm bells ringing in Africa.
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Opinion: Prince William And Kate Can Save The Royal Family
Soft power means a lot to a country like Britain, which will soon have to live off its wits outside the European Union, even as it discovers that favorable trade deals are as hard to find as Lewis Carroll's Snark. Might the answer lie in part with the country's longest-surviving "Firm," the Royal Family, as much as trade delegations and the U.K. pr...
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France: Far Right Marine Le Pen's Party Calls EU Flag 'Oligarchic Rag'
France's far-right National Front stepped up its anti-European Union rhetoric today, days after toughening its stand against immigration, in an apparent bid to mobilise its core supporters ahead of Sunday's presidential election.
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Iran Air Taken Off Safety Blacklist, Cleared To Fly In Europe
Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and cleared to fly in the European Union, the European Commission said today.
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UN General Assembly Approves Palestinian Request to Fly Its Flag
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian resolution that will allow Palestine to fly its flag at U.N. headquarters, a move that infuriated Israel but which the Palestinians described as a step toward U.N. membership.
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Vatican Undecided if Will Fly its Flag Next to Palestine's at UN
The Vatican's chief delegate to the United Nations on Wednesday said it was unclear if the Holy See would choose to fly its flag alongside the Palestinians' at U.N. headquarters if a Palestinian draft resolution is approved this week as expected.
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Israeli NGOs Feel the Heat From Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's New Government
On a backstreet in Jerusalem sit the sparse offices of B'Tselem, an Israeli organisation that has long been a bane of successive governments, tirelessly flagging military abuses in occupied Palestinian territory.
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Angela Merkel Backs 'In Principle' European Union Plan to Revive Economy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today she backed a new multi-billion-euro European Commission plan to kickstart the European Union's flagging economy, if the funds are invested wisely.
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Government Willing to Go for FTA With European Union: Commerce Minister
The government is willing to go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union but wants the 27-member bloc to address the issues flagged by New Delhi, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said.
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Ukraine Hoists Flag Over Pro-Russian Bastion
Resurgent government forces hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-Russian rebels' main stronghold Slavyansk after a shelling onslaught levelled much of the city but delivered Kiev the biggest success of its campaign.
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On Outskirts of Europe, Help from Brussels Appreciated
The European Union flag has often been put to the torch on the protest-hit streets of Athens -- but in poorer towns and villages across Greece Brussels folk get a warmer reception.
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Pro-Russia separatists take armoured vehicles, humiliating Kiev forces
Separatists flew the Russian flag on armoured vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
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India Raises Concerns Over EU's Carbon Tax, Deforestation Regulation
A number of countries, including India, Russia, and Brazil, have flagged concerns over European Union's (EU) carbon tax and deforestation regulation in a meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.
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EU Flag Removed From French Monument After Outrage
A large European Union flag attached to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Friday to mark the start of France's six-month presidency of the bloc was removed on Sunday after it drew outrage from far-right and right-wing leaders.
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ESA Announces Satellite Constellation to Precisely Detect Man-Made Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a new mission where human-made emissions of greenhouse gases will be tracked from space. ESA, in collaboration with the European Union's (EU) Earth-monitoring programme Copernicus, announced this mission during the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow on November 2.
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Now, African Nations Flag EU Excluding Covishield For 'Vaccine Passport'
Days after it was red-flagged in India, the European Union's decision to exclude Covishield from a list of approved Covid vaccines for a 'passport' - to allow holders restriction-free travel in the bloc - has set alarm bells ringing in Africa.
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Opinion: Prince William And Kate Can Save The Royal Family
Soft power means a lot to a country like Britain, which will soon have to live off its wits outside the European Union, even as it discovers that favorable trade deals are as hard to find as Lewis Carroll's Snark. Might the answer lie in part with the country's longest-surviving "Firm," the Royal Family, as much as trade delegations and the U.K. pr...
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France: Far Right Marine Le Pen's Party Calls EU Flag 'Oligarchic Rag'
France's far-right National Front stepped up its anti-European Union rhetoric today, days after toughening its stand against immigration, in an apparent bid to mobilise its core supporters ahead of Sunday's presidential election.
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Iran Air Taken Off Safety Blacklist, Cleared To Fly In Europe
Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and cleared to fly in the European Union, the European Commission said today.
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UN General Assembly Approves Palestinian Request to Fly Its Flag
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian resolution that will allow Palestine to fly its flag at U.N. headquarters, a move that infuriated Israel but which the Palestinians described as a step toward U.N. membership.
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Vatican Undecided if Will Fly its Flag Next to Palestine's at UN
The Vatican's chief delegate to the United Nations on Wednesday said it was unclear if the Holy See would choose to fly its flag alongside the Palestinians' at U.N. headquarters if a Palestinian draft resolution is approved this week as expected.
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Israeli NGOs Feel the Heat From Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's New Government
On a backstreet in Jerusalem sit the sparse offices of B'Tselem, an Israeli organisation that has long been a bane of successive governments, tirelessly flagging military abuses in occupied Palestinian territory.
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Angela Merkel Backs 'In Principle' European Union Plan to Revive Economy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today she backed a new multi-billion-euro European Commission plan to kickstart the European Union's flagging economy, if the funds are invested wisely.
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Government Willing to Go for FTA With European Union: Commerce Minister
The government is willing to go in for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union but wants the 27-member bloc to address the issues flagged by New Delhi, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said.
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Ukraine Hoists Flag Over Pro-Russian Bastion
Resurgent government forces hoisted the Ukrainian flag over pro-Russian rebels' main stronghold Slavyansk after a shelling onslaught levelled much of the city but delivered Kiev the biggest success of its campaign.
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On Outskirts of Europe, Help from Brussels Appreciated
The European Union flag has often been put to the torch on the protest-hit streets of Athens -- but in poorer towns and villages across Greece Brussels folk get a warmer reception.
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Pro-Russia separatists take armoured vehicles, humiliating Kiev forces
Separatists flew the Russian flag on armoured vehicles taken from the Ukrainian army on Wednesday, humiliating a Kiev government operation to recapture eastern towns controlled by pro-Moscow partisans.
