Ukraine says it has failed to negotiate an agreement with Russia or Turkey to enable its grain ships to sail safely in the Black Sea.
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Angela Merkel said she "won't apologize" for having tried to solve Russia's aggressions toward Ukraine diplomatically — even though she failed.
Merkel argued she blocked Ukraine's NATO membership bid in 2008 because it would have triggered war right away.
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In this week's high-stakes Shangri-La security conference: Ukraine, and the other elephant in the room.
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CORRECTION: We deleted an earlier version of this tweet to clarify that MEPs signed off on the EU's climate law last year.
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A year after signing off on a law to reduce emissions by 55 percent this decade, MEPs are preparing to vote today on key measures to implement the target.
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“Since the conflict began, Russia started needing China more than earlier because China remains in many ways the only game in town.”
My long-read on future Sino-Russian relations, from energy to geopolitics — and Stalin and Mao.
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Germany is looking to scrap a Nazi-era law that forbids doctors from publishing factual information about abortion.
But the law is only one of many obstacles women seeking abortions in Germany face — it’s technically still illegal in the country.
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An authoritarian nuclear superpower invading a smaller but determined US-armed neighbor is not the stuff of theoretical war games any more.
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British PM Boris Johnson has his fingers crossed this morning that rebel Conservatives roar with approval when he faces Commons at noon — his first proper public appearance since 40 percent of his troops voted to oust him as PM.
More in London Playbook: politi.co/3xuby5B
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After a truly bruising 48 hours, Boris Johnson now faces a potentially humiliating end to his premiership.
But colleagues, critics and biographers of the British PM all agree on one thing: it will be almost impossible to persuade him to quit.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Ankara today for talks amid reports Turkey is close to brokering a deal to restart exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
More in Brussels Playbook: politi.co/3MCQBde
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Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected accusations that her policies while in power were indirectly to blame for Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine, in her first public interview since leaving office in December.
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Kyiv claims it has failed to negotiate an agreement with Russia or Turkey to enable its grain ships to sail safely in the Black Sea.
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In the Scottish city of Aberdeen, Europe's oil capital, an unlikely alliance is forming between rig workers and environmentalists.
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European Parliament lawmakers vote Wednesday on whether to mandate an end to the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans from 2035.
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By 2024, you'll only need one charger for all mobile devices bought in the EU.
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The EU has a masterplan to help shift millions of tons of grain out of Ukraine.
Ukrainian ministers, rail chiefs and grain traders say it's doomed.
Among the reasons: border bureaucracy, a shortage of wagons and a flotilla of sea mines.
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Facebook, Google and Twitter now have 60 minutes to take down flagged terrorist content spreading on their platforms.
If they don't, they risk fines of billions of euros.
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At the World Trade Organization in Geneva this month, representatives of 164 countries mean to tackle the world's most pressing trade issues.
But, geopolitical jostling between the world's great powers is likely to get in the way.
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“Nobody supplies [weapons to Ukraine] on a similar scale as Germany does.” — says German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
But here's the gist: the evidence seems to say otherwise.
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For decades, Moldova maintained close ties with Moscow. But in recent years, relations have soured, the bills have soared and Chișin�?u has found itself trapped in a cycle of debt and division.
To get out of it, it will need a lot of help from Brussels.
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OPINION: When authorities are in charge of objectivity, who will object to the authorities?
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Belgium's King Philippe is on a state visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week.
His challenge? To make the trip boring.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Boris Johnson's narrow win in yesterday's confidence vote as "great news," calling the British prime minister "a true friend of Ukraine."
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Boris Johnson survived a no confidence vote against him yesterday. Now Sweden's government has done the same. Narrowly.
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Moldova is in a toxic relationship with Moscow’s energy exports.
Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has it scrambling to get out of it.
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Ukraine's nuclear power plant operator denounced a request by the global nuclear watchdog to visit the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The Ukrainian side claims the visit would be a way of legitimizing Russia's occupation of the plant.
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OPINION: In a world now steeped in misinformation, don’t give me truth. Give me debate.
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This month, 164 countries will meet at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, where they mean to tackle the world's most pressing trade issues. Key among them: food security.
But how likely is the WTO to get a deal on them?
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With no end in sight to the conflict in Ukraine, Polish cities are under pressure to provide refugees with housing and education.
Rzeszów, which saw its population swell by more than half since the invasion, is among the many asking for assistance.
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One charger to rule them all, forged in the fires of Brussels ...
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When Chairman Mao Zedong visited Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the winter of 1949, he was the junior supplicant.
Seven decades later, the tables are turning. Now, Xi Jinping holds the better cards over Vladimir Putin in the China-Russia relationship.
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Sweden’s government has narrowly survived a vote of no confidence that specifically targeted Justice Minister Morgan Johansson over his violent crime record.
The outcome is a victory for Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
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In 2021, the world's 16 largest automakers increased their profits by 168 percent year-on-year. For some, their success is partly due to a strategy to deal with a shortage of semiconductors: focus on luxury models.
But, it's creating climate worries.
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All digital companies operating within the EU - including Facebook, Google and Twitter - will now have 60 minutes to take down any flagged terrorist content.
If they regularly fail to do so, they could be fined up to 4 percent of their global revenue.
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Amid record eurozone inflation, European Central Bank policymakers are heading into a feisty debate this week over the size of their first interest rate hike in over a decade.
Will it result in more aggressive action from the central bank?
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When Chairman Mao Zedong visited Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the winter of 1949, he was the junior supplicant.
Seven decades later, the power dynamics reveal a radical reset. Now, Xi Jinping holds the better cards in the Moscow-Beijing relationship.
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OPINION: Boris Johnson is now a seriously wounded prime minister. The easiest thing the UK Labour Party could do now is enjoy the irrelevance.
Instead, they should seize the opportunity presented to them by this moment of crisis for the government.
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