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The European Investment Bank’s new policy will limit funding for new fossil fuels projects starting at the end of 2021
Has Russia forged a new international security role?
Russia is visibly capable of exercising significant influence on carefully selected matters where conditions allow Moscow to make the most of its strengths, whether military, diplomatic, or economic
Despite ‘wonderful’ meeting, Trump and Erdogan fail to resolve conflicts
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (13 November) pushed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to walk away from the purchase of a Russian missile defence system, calling it a “very serious challenge” to bilateral ties, even though he described a meeting between the two leaders as “wonderful.”
Brazil is in split, can former president Lula boost Brazil’s left or will he help unite the far right?
Lula’s freedom was never a foregone conclusion even after Brazil’s Supreme Court decided recently that it was unconstitutional to jail defendants before they had exhausted their appeals
Green MEP calls for EU action plan on alternatives to animal testing
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EU takes step closer to Turkey drilling sanctions
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