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Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others | Nesrine Malik
Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others | Nesrine Malik
The vicious reaction to his New York mayoral success tells us this: the establishment will not countenance mainstream voters making common cause with Muslims, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others | Nesrine Malik
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Brussels to stand its ground on 90% emissions cut by 2040
Brussels to stand its ground on 90% emissions cut by 2040
But the EU will offer countries significant leeway on what counts towards the goal, a draft summary suggests.
dlvr.it
June 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Brussels to stand its ground on 90% emissions cut by 2040
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Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer "science asylum" to U.S. academics hit by federal research spending cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump.
'Science refugees': French university welcomes first U.S. researchers
The University of Aix-Marseille welcomed the scholars on Thursday, following the March launch of its 'Safe Place for Science' initiative.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Eight American researchers have arrived at a university in southern France, as the country pushes to offer "science asylum" to U.S. academics hit by federal research spending cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump.
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France: l'ex-Premier ministre Dominique de Villepin lance son parti, à deux ans de la présidentielle
France: l'ex-Premier ministre Dominique de Villepin lance son parti, à deux ans de la présidentielle
A moins de deux ans de l'élection présidentielle française, l'ex-Premier ministre Dominique de Villepin a annoncé lundi créer son propre parti, appelé La France humaniste, dont il sera le président d'honneur. ... %
www.lalibre.be
June 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
France: l'ex-Premier ministre Dominique de Villepin lance son parti, à deux ans de la présidentielle
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EU to lift EIB lending limit to 100 billion euros in defence push, sources say reut.rs/4e7KLQc
EU to lift EIB lending limit to 100 billion euros in defence push, sources say
EU governments have agreed to lift the annual spending of the bloc's powerful European Investment Bank (EIB) lending arm to 100 billion euros ($115 billion) this year and treble its funding for the EU's defence industry, said sources briefed on the plans.
reut.rs
June 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
EU to lift EIB lending limit to 100 billion euros in defence push, sources say reut.rs/4e7KLQc
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La Chine entend supprimer les droits de douane pour la quasi-totalité des pays africains
La Chine entend supprimer les droits de douane pour la quasi-totalité des pays africains
L’annonce, faite le 12 juin, conforte le statut de Pékin comme partenaire stratégique du continent même si l’impact devrait être bien plus symbolique qu’économique.
www.lemonde.fr
June 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
La Chine entend supprimer les droits de douane pour la quasi-totalité des pays africains
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Aid cuts will do irreversible damage, warns UN development chief
https://www.ft.com/content/fc2981d1-4298-42e2-8f35-4e4b7da04fcd
https://www.ft.com/content/fc2981d1-4298-42e2-8f35-4e4b7da04fcd
Aid cuts will do irreversible damage, warns UN development chief
Outgoing UNDP head says funding reductions by US, UK and others will harm systems that took decades to build
www.ft.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Aid cuts will do irreversible damage, warns UN development chief
https://www.ft.com/content/fc2981d1-4298-42e2-8f35-4e4b7da04fcd
https://www.ft.com/content/fc2981d1-4298-42e2-8f35-4e4b7da04fcd
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"We need to create a better dialogue between the European countries & the private sector...the dialogue can help us move faster also on the state & European level."
🗣️ Kädi Ristkok w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social on a common agenda for defence & climate
🔗 buff.ly/8BetdAg
🗣️ Kädi Ristkok w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social on a common agenda for defence & climate
🔗 buff.ly/8BetdAg
June 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"We need to create a better dialogue between the European countries & the private sector...the dialogue can help us move faster also on the state & European level."
🗣️ Kädi Ristkok w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social on a common agenda for defence & climate
🔗 buff.ly/8BetdAg
🗣️ Kädi Ristkok w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social on a common agenda for defence & climate
🔗 buff.ly/8BetdAg
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Clean energy investment hits new highs and shows no sign of slowing
Exclusive: Clean energy investment hits new highs and shows no sign of slowing | TechCrunch
Global investments in clean energy are likely to hit new highs in 2025, according to a new IEA report.
techcrunch.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Clean energy investment hits new highs and shows no sign of slowing
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Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that quickly dissolves in seawater
The new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
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Senegal plans to boost tax compliance to increase revenue and reduce reliance on financing from external sources like the IMF, PM Sonko said.
"...a country does not develop by being held by the hand, but by building on its own strengths" www.reuters.com/world/africa...
"...a country does not develop by being held by the hand, but by building on its own strengths" www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Senegal aims to raise tax collection to cut reliance on external funding
Senegal plans to boost tax compliance to increase revenue and reduce reliance on financing from external sources like the International Monetary Fund, its Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has said.
www.reuters.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Senegal plans to boost tax compliance to increase revenue and reduce reliance on financing from external sources like the IMF, PM Sonko said.
"...a country does not develop by being held by the hand, but by building on its own strengths" www.reuters.com/world/africa...
"...a country does not develop by being held by the hand, but by building on its own strengths" www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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L'arabe fait partie du quotidien de millions de personnes en France. Pourtant, dans le système scolaire, son enseignement reste discret, presque marginal. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/2gh
May 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
L'arabe fait partie du quotidien de millions de personnes en France. Pourtant, dans le système scolaire, son enseignement reste discret, presque marginal. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/2gh
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Cape Verde economist and former African Union advisor Carlos Lopes has seen the so-called “partnership of equals” touted by Brussels flounder on a desire to open up market access for European countries, rather than help Africa industrialise.
Carlos Lopes — Europe’s insecurity and delusion about Africa
Cape Verde economist and former African Union advisor Carlos Lopes has seen the so-called “partnership of equals” touted by Brussels flounder on a desire to open up market access for European countries, rather than help Africa industrialise.
euobserver.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Cape Verde economist and former African Union advisor Carlos Lopes has seen the so-called “partnership of equals” touted by Brussels flounder on a desire to open up market access for European countries, rather than help Africa industrialise.
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It is time for Europe to start thinking and acting beyond Trump’s America.
Europe Needs to Get Over America
Europeans must take charge of their own security.
foreignpolicy.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It is time for Europe to start thinking and acting beyond Trump’s America.
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The EU needs to boost defense production as Washington threatens to phase out its presence in Europe, European Council head António Costa told us.
EU needs defense autonomy as US shifts focus, EU Council chief says
KAZANLAK, Bulgaria — The EU needs to boost defense production as Washington threatens to phase out its presence in Europe, European Council head António Costa told POLITICO. “We certainly need to p…
www.politico.eu
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The EU needs to boost defense production as Washington threatens to phase out its presence in Europe, European Council head António Costa told us.
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Kuwait Petroleum subsidiary acquires 25% stake in China's Wanhua Chemical Group reut.rs/4lP8fNk
Kuwait Petroleum subsidiary acquires 25% stake in China's Wanhua Chemical Group
Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company, a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, said on Saturday it has signed an agreement to acquire a 25% stake in China's Wanhua Chemical Group.
reut.rs
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kuwait Petroleum subsidiary acquires 25% stake in China's Wanhua Chemical Group reut.rs/4lP8fNk
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Amid mounting pressure from the trade tensions sparked by the United States, some in France are beginning to see merit in the EU-Mercosur agreement, viewing it as a strategic response to growing economic uncertainty.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
France’s united front against Mercosur deal starts to show cracks
Amid mounting pressure from the trade tensions sparked by the United States, some in France are beginning to see merit in the EU-Mercosur agreement, viewing it as a strategic response to growing economic uncertainty.
l.euronews.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Amid mounting pressure from the trade tensions sparked by the United States, some in France are beginning to see merit in the EU-Mercosur agreement, viewing it as a strategic response to growing economic uncertainty.
#EuropeNews
#EuropeNews
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Face aux bouleversements géopolitiques, de nouveaux clivages apparaissent, une nouvelle convergence se dessine.
Demain soir à @normalesup.bsky.social, nous présentons notre sondage exclusif — l'Eurobazooka.
Avec @thierrybreton.bsky.social et Emmanuel Rivière.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/evenement...
Demain soir à @normalesup.bsky.social, nous présentons notre sondage exclusif — l'Eurobazooka.
Avec @thierrybreton.bsky.social et Emmanuel Rivière.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/evenement...
Trump, Poutine, la guerre, le nucléaire – que pensent les Européens ? | Le Grand Continent
Mardi du Grand Continent à l'École normale supérieure sur l'Eurobazooka, avec Thierry Breton et Emmanuel Rivière.
legrandcontinent.eu
March 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Face aux bouleversements géopolitiques, de nouveaux clivages apparaissent, une nouvelle convergence se dessine.
Demain soir à @normalesup.bsky.social, nous présentons notre sondage exclusif — l'Eurobazooka.
Avec @thierrybreton.bsky.social et Emmanuel Rivière.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/evenement...
Demain soir à @normalesup.bsky.social, nous présentons notre sondage exclusif — l'Eurobazooka.
Avec @thierrybreton.bsky.social et Emmanuel Rivière.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/evenement...
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Danish PM no doubt planning a speech in the US that will charge the Trump administration with under-investing in the American people.
incredible -- JD Vance rails against Denmark from Greenland -- "Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not done a good job by the people in Greenland."
March 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Danish PM no doubt planning a speech in the US that will charge the Trump administration with under-investing in the American people.
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In an era of constrained budgets, development finance institutions won't replace aid— but they can step up and finance development where it's needed most.🌏
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-dev...
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-dev...
How Development Finance Institutions Can Help in a Time of Aid Austerity
Aid agencies across Europe and North America are seeing their budgets slashed. Replenishments to multilateral agencies from the International Development Association (IDA) through Gavi to the Global F...
www.cgdev.org
March 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In an era of constrained budgets, development finance institutions won't replace aid— but they can step up and finance development where it's needed most.🌏
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-dev...
@charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-dev...
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded quickly to a decision by United States President Donald Trump to slap a 25 percent tariff on auto imports.
Von der Leyen vows EU will protect its interests as Trump announces huge car tariffs
The U.S. has escalated its trade war with Europe by implementing a 25 percent tariff on automobile imports.
www.politico.eu
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded quickly to a decision by United States President Donald Trump to slap a 25 percent tariff on auto imports.
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france foreign minister jean-noël barrot: russian aggression in europe is “not theoretical.”
saying moscow’s aggression “over the past three years has extended way beyond ukraine itself.”
(fact check: true)
saying moscow’s aggression “over the past three years has extended way beyond ukraine itself.”
(fact check: true)
Russian threat in Europe 'not theoretical,' says French foreign minister
France's foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot responded to a US official who had brushed aside worries that Moscow would seek to push further into Europe.
www.lemonde.fr
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
france foreign minister jean-noël barrot: russian aggression in europe is “not theoretical.”
saying moscow’s aggression “over the past three years has extended way beyond ukraine itself.”
(fact check: true)
saying moscow’s aggression “over the past three years has extended way beyond ukraine itself.”
(fact check: true)
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In Cairo, I joined the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee to discuss the situation in Gaza.
We condemned the renewed hostilities and called for the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid.
The two-state solution is the only path to lasting peace.
Our joint statement → europa.eu/!TDCQwn
We condemned the renewed hostilities and called for the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid.
The two-state solution is the only path to lasting peace.
Our joint statement → europa.eu/!TDCQwn
March 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In Cairo, I joined the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee to discuss the situation in Gaza.
We condemned the renewed hostilities and called for the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid.
The two-state solution is the only path to lasting peace.
Our joint statement → europa.eu/!TDCQwn
We condemned the renewed hostilities and called for the urgent resumption of humanitarian aid.
The two-state solution is the only path to lasting peace.
Our joint statement → europa.eu/!TDCQwn
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europe working to prevent disastrous unilateral exit by the united states
European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato
UK, France, Germany and Nordics among countries engaged in informal discussions over a managed transfer
www.ft.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
europe working to prevent disastrous unilateral exit by the united states