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Kremlin condemns NATO's appeal for Ukraine to use Western arms in Russia 2024-05-27
LBC International

The Kremlin scolded NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday for suggesting alliance members should let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with Western weapons and said it was clear that NATO...

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Wider Europe Briefing: The EU's Hard Choices On Georgia 2024-05-27
Radio Free Europe

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's Eastern neighborhoods. I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two...

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EU must make choice on Israel Borrell 2024-05-27
Beijing News

Supporting both the Jewish state and international law is becoming increasingly difficult, the bloc's chief diplomat says Members of the EU are divided over the war in Gaza, as the goal of upholding international law appears to clash with support for Israel, the bloc's security and foreign policy...

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Hungary's five-time Prime Minister Orbán is facing a new serious contender in upcoming EU elections 2024-05-27
Newsday

BUDAPEST, Hungary — About three months ago, a scandal rocked five-time nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party which prides itself on upholding family values and Christian conservatism. As party leaders attempted damage control after close Orbán allies, President Katalin Novák...

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The new migration and asylum pact: smoke and mirrors? 2024-05-27
CyprusMail

By Luigi Scazzieri In April this year, the European Parliament agreed to a reform of the Union’s rulebook on migration and asylum, approving the different legislative files that make up the so-called New Migration and Asylum Pact. The Pact was finally approved by member-states around a month later,...

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North Korea plans to launch a rocket soon, likely carrying its 2nd military spy satellite 2024-05-27
Manila Bulletin

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday announced plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite by early next week, drawing quick, strong rebukes from neighbors South Korea and Japan. This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what the country...

photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

Netanyahu not budging on Biden’s Gaza war plea 2024-05-27
Asiatimes

US President Joe Biden has mobilized his three top national security officials to pressure Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept US plans for ending the Gaza war and future Middle East peace. Biden wants Netanyahu to change battlefield tactics and prepare for negotiations leading to...

photo: AP / Abir Sultan/Pool Photo

In pricey Hong Kong, residents flock to China for cheaper dining, shopping 2024-05-27
Al Jazeera

Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong resident Mimi Lau regularly heads to Shenzhen to grab a meal with friends or go shopping in one of the Chinese megacity’s many upscale malls. For Lau, who lives in Hong Kong’s New Territories near the border with mainland China, Shenzhen is not only a shorter bus ride...

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EU hosts talks to strengthen Palestinian Authority for Gaza 2024-05-27
Dawn

BRUSSELS: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday hosted Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa for international talks on building up the Palestinian Authority to eventually take over Gaza rule from Hamas. A “strong” Palestinian Authority is needed to bring peace in the Middle East,...

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2 Germans, a Spaniard and a Senegalese killed in building collapse in Spain's Mallorca island 2024-05-24
Newsday

MADRID — Spain's National Police on Friday gave details on four people killed when a building housing a bar and restaurant club collapsed on the island of Mallorca. Police said two German women, aged 20 and 30, died, along with a 33-year-old Spanish woman and a 44-year-old...

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