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‘Waiting to die’: the dirty business of recycling in Vietnam
Hanoi (Vietnam) (AFP) - Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and...
EU faces key summit on using Russian assets for Ukraine
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU leaders are under pressure to hammer out how to keep financing Ukraine at a summit...
German shipyard, rescued by the state, gets mega deal
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - German shipyard Meyer Werft has received a mega order worth up to 10 billion euros ($11....
Showdown looms as EU-Mercosur deal nears finish line
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Brussels and Berlin insisted Monday the EU's vast proposed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur...
French PM urged to intervene over cow slaughter protests
Toulouse (France) (AFP) - Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was urged on Sunday by local officials to intervene to avoid an...
German defence giants battle over military spending ramp-up
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Defence giants are drawing battle lines as Germany rearms, with the old guard arguing for traditional...
Hungary winemakers fear disease may ‘wipe out’ industry
Zalaszentgrót (Hungary) (AFP) - Hungarian winemaker Viktor Keszler had to rip out young vines after only three harvests -- when...
‘Stop the slaughter’: French farmers block roads over cow disease cull
Mont-de-Marsan (France) (AFP) - Thousands of farmers in southwestern France blocked roads and set fire to bales of hay Saturday...
EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - EU finance ministers agreed Friday to impose a three-euro duty on low-value imports into the bloc...
Russian central bank says suing Euroclear over frozen assets
Moscow (AFP) - Russia's central bank on Friday said it was suing the Belgium-based Euroclear financial group, which holds Moscow's...
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