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‘Zombie knives’ causing rise in stabbing deaths in UK: Police
Jun 29, 2018 02:46Violence is spiraling out of control in the British capital as gun and knife-related attacks have reached record highs and the metropolitan police are dealing with a shortage of officers.
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Baltic states link power grids to cut reliance on Russia
Jun 28, 2018 14:10The leaders of the Baltic states and Poland were to sign a long-awaited deal on Thursday to connect their power grids to the European Union grid by 2025 and break their dependence on Russia, a Soviet legacy.
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Turkey condemns ‘hypocritical’ EU view of accession talks
Jun 27, 2018 14:58Turkey on Wednesday slammed the European Union as "hypocritical" and "prejudiced" after the bloc said Ankara was moving further away from Europe, just days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a new term.
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Two dead, 18 injured in UK bus-lorry crash
Jun 27, 2018 03:59A crash between a double-decker bus and a lorry in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, has left two people dead and 18 others injured, police say.
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Turkey’s EU accession talks deadlocked: EU
Jun 27, 2018 03:16The European Union (EU) says talks with Turkey to potentially accept Ankara’s accession to the bloc have reached a deadlock over alleged Turkish rights violations and judicial failures.
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EU requests for US waivers on Iran trade ‘unanswered’
Jun 26, 2018 11:39France says a joint request by Europe’s three largest economies from the US to exempt their companies from sanctions for doing business with Iran has gone unanswered.
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EU urge ceasefire in Yemen’s Hudaydah amid Saudi-led offensive
Jun 26, 2018 11:29The European Union has expressed “extreme concern” over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in war-battered Yemen, calling for a ceasefire in the port city of Hudaydah.
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EU to penalize Myanmar officials over crimes against Rohingya Muslims
Jun 25, 2018 12:16The European Union is reportedly set to slap sanctions on military officials in Myanmar over their role in the systematic human rights violations against the country’s minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Nine EU nations set to formalize a joint military intervention force: France
Jun 25, 2018 08:31The French defense chief says nine European Union countries are set to formalize a plan for the creation of a joint European military intervention force, which would have the backing of Britain following its exit from the 28-nation bloc.
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Italy urges EU states to share refugee burden
Jun 24, 2018 14:42Italy, the main European frontline country to deal with refugees over the past three years, has called on European Union members to accept their share of refugees entering the bloc.