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All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.
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Vatican to deactivate mobile phone signal ahead of conclave to elect new pope
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Macron’s Vision for a European Netflix Takes Root
Germany’s Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz is heading for Paris this week at a time when French President Emmanuel Macron wants to rekindle European integration in the face of Trumpian chaos. And one small item in the policy program…
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"Today Russia stands with India because of Nehru, Indira's foreign policy": Congress leader Supriya Shrinate
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): Congress leader Supriya Shrinate has credited former Prime Ministers Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi for laying the groundwork for India’s close ties with Russia, following a phone call by Russian…
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Strengthening the EU’s global leadership on water resilience – POLITICO
In rural areas across the globe, women spend an estimated 40 billion hours a year fetching water, as much as the entire working time spent in France.
Water is not only essential for life, but it is also a driving force for — and…
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El Salvador president orders arrest of of bus company heads for defying free transport order
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele ordered police via social media on Monday to arrest five heads of bus companies in the Central American country after they defied his…
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Why Zelensky – not Trump – may have ‘won’ the US-Ukraine minerals deal
Last week, the Trump administration signed a deal with Ukraine that gives it privileged access to Ukraine’s natural resources.
Some news outlets described the deal as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “caving” to US President…
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FSB, wheel of fortune and other horrors of Russian prisons. How the system of torture of Ukrainians in Russia works
On 29 April, 13 media outlets from around the world released articles as part of the Viktoriia Project, dedicated to the death of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.
The terrible fate of our…
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Enlist wary execs – POLITICO
It’s a last-ditch pitch from the EU. Without support for more energy sanctions, and with some officials even discussing an eventual return to fuel from Moscow, Brussels is increasingly shopping for alternative options. There’s also U.S….
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EU countries soften push to stop Chinese tech buyouts – POLITICO
The strategy comes as part of a broader EU-wide effort to rein in foreign investors from taking control of European companies in strategic or sensitive sectors, such as when Chinese shipping giant Cosco attempted to buy a container terminal in…
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EU sails past deadline to tame AI models amid vocal US opposition – POLITICO
That initiative was inspired by ChatGPT’s rise to fame in late 2022. The instant popularity of a chatbot that could perform several tasks upon request, such as generating text, code and now also images and video, upended the bloc’s…
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