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Europe needs to be a player, not a playing field, EU tells China
The EU needs a balanced relationship with China, EU president Charles Michel told Chinese president Xi Monday in a summit which underlined differences over human…
Countries must ‘get their hands dirty’ to stem COVID and prevent future pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended a world embroiled in chaos, unleashing catastrophic health, social and economic consequences along with irreparable harm to humanity, according to…
Coronavirus: Disposable masks ‘causing enormous plastic waste’
The government has been urged to do more to get people to switch from disposable masks to reusable coverings. The Liberal Democrats said single-use surgical…
ECB’s Lagarde shifts burden to governments to aid recovery
Euro zone governments must keep spending heavily to aid the bloc’s recovery from its historic pandemic-induced recession, complementing already super-easy monetary policy, European Central Bank…
Changing tack: wind power breezes back into shipping with Swedish venture
A Swedish consortium aims to launch commercially by 2025 a wind-driven car carrier that will emit 90 per cent less carbon dioxide than a conventional…
Nomadland takes first prize at scaled-down Venice Film Festival
Chinese-born director Chloe Zhao has become the first woman in a decade to win the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The event…
Protests against virus restrictions in Germany, Poland
Several thousand people protested in German cities on Saturday against measures imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, while hundreds marched in the Polish…
Pandemic pushes world’s biggest jobs programme to brink in rural India
Omkar Rathod was thankful for the company of hundreds of fellow migrant workers as they trudged home to far-flung villages once lockdown had shut Indian…
‘Pesticide scandal’: UK branded biggest exporter of ‘banned’ chemicals
An investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed journalism unit has uncovered exports of 32,000 tonnes of ‘banned’ agrochemicals from the UK in 2018. The pesticides have been…
Belarus: UN chief deeply concerned over use of force against peaceful protesters
Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday expressed deep concern over the continued use of force against peaceful protestors in Belarus and detention of those exercising their…
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