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Russia rejects Swiss offer as Europe wades deeper into Ukraine war
Aug 11, 2022 13:21Moscow has rejected Switzerland’s offer to represent Ukraine diplomatically in Russia as it no longer considers Switzerland a neutral state.
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Wildfires rage in France, thousands evacuated from homes
Aug 11, 2022 03:58Wildfires tore through the Gironde region of southwestern France on Wednesday, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of 10,000 residents, some of whom had clambered onto rooftops as the flames got closer.
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Europe heads for drought as France faces historic drought, Rhine drying
Aug 06, 2022 10:27A continent-wide heat wave has swept Europe with rising temperatures above 40C for the first time on record resulting in a historic drought situation in France, England and putting Rhine River on the brink of drying up.
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Eurozone inflation hits new record as energy, food prices surge
Jul 29, 2022 15:13Inflation in European countries using the euro currency has once again hit a new record as energy prices go up due to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic.
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US selling $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany
Jul 29, 2022 02:19The United States will sell $8.4 billion worth of fighter jets and other weapons to Germany, according to the Pentagon.
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Russia doing better than expected despite sanctions: IMF
Jul 27, 2022 03:57Russia’s economy is doing better than expected despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the war in Ukraine, the International Monetary Fund says in a new report.
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Brutal heatwave, wildfires engulf Europe, 2000 dead in Spain, Portugal
Jul 22, 2022 03:45More than 2,000 people have died in Spain and Portugal in recent weeks amid record-breaking temperatures, accompanied by massive wildfires that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Italian PM wins confidence vote but key coalition allies boycott voting
Jul 21, 2022 07:53Italian Premier Mario Draghi has won a confidence vote in the parliament, but the government crumbled when three large parties of his main coalition partners snubbed a confidence by mass abstentions, virtually dooming any prospects for the embattled premier’s unity government’s survival.
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Scorching heat wave sparks wildfires in Europe
Jul 14, 2022 07:12Thousands of firefighters battled more than 20 blazes that raged on Wednesday across Portugal and western Spain, menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Europe.
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Iran demands ‘strong’ economic guarantees in JCPOA revival talks: FM Amir-Abdollahian
Jul 14, 2022 04:12Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says it is a “necessity” for Iran to gain economic benefits from the 2015 agreement and thus wants “strong” guarantees in talks on a potential revival of the deal, which the US abandoned unilaterally three years after its conclusion.