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Turkey’s ‘Gezi Seven’ must be freed

June 17, 2022 1:30 pm

Today, Amnesty International has taken the significant step of naming the defendants prisoners of conscience.

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, says UK government

June 17, 2022 12:05 pm

WikiLeaks founder has been battling against the move for years.

WTO breaks negotiating slump with package of deals

June 17, 2022 8:18 am

The deals breathe new life into the moribund organization, which previously had produced only one new multilateral agreement between all 164 members in its 27-year existence.

Finance ministers put banking union plans on ice

June 16, 2022 9:56 pm

A German-Italian deadlock over a common deposit insurance scheme couldn’t be broken.

Rhetoric and reality collide as France, Germany, Italy back Ukraine’s EU bid

June 16, 2022 9:23 pm

In Kyiv, EU’s Big Three and Romania endorse candidate status but war shadows Ukraine’s aspirations.

Ukraine impact — Panel-speak, decoded — Poets’ guide to economics

June 16, 2022 7:47 pm

We explore more repercussions of the war in Ukraine, explain the latest dust-up between the U.K. and the EU and unpack the patois of political panel discussions. …

Oil tanker squeeze threatens to leave Putin all at sea

June 16, 2022 5:49 pm

The EU and UK insurance ban could seriously curtail Russian oil exports elsewhere.

Frances Haugen: From whistleblower to watchdog

June 16, 2022 3:56 pm

The former Facebook employee is seeking to raise up to $5 million to create a group focused on social media accountability.

Poland says Biden’s plan to export Ukrainian grain ‘interesting’ but will take months

June 15, 2022 7:23 pm

US president proposed building temporary silos on the Polish-Ukrainian border to move crucial goods stuck amid Russia’s invasion.

India takes WTO hostage as key talks drag into overtime

June 15, 2022 7:04 pm

First major WTO meeting in five years is at risk of failure, diplomats fear.

Berlin accuses Moscow of playing gas games as pipeline flows fall

June 15, 2022 5:59 pm

Outages at two major suppliers are squeezing the bloc and imperiling energy security.

EU primed for minimum tax rate deal on Friday

June 15, 2022 1:28 pm

Poland’s change of heart comes after its government settled a rule-of-law dispute with the Commission.

Global abortion-rights advocates worry their countries are next if Roe falls

June 15, 2022 9:05 am

Activists said they spoke to officials not only about their fears of the international impact if Roe were to fall but also proposed changes to US policy that has long restricted funding for abortions abroad.

The deteriorating nuclear order

June 15, 2022 4:32 am

We’re returning to a time when nuclear threats were the norm — and the world flirted with Armageddon.

Greece, Turkey vie for US goods — at the other’s expense

June 15, 2022 4:00 am

Athens wants to be known as the ‘reliable and predictable ally,’ while Ankara is offering a ready military and connections beyond the West.

Beyond the Brexit sound and fury, a legal quagmire awaits

June 14, 2022 11:54 pm

The EU is about to trigger a lengthy legal process to bring Britain back in line with the Brexit deals.

Biden: US to build silos on Poland border to export Ukrainian grain

June 14, 2022 7:26 pm

US and Western officials have been exploring efforts to build temporary silos in Ukraine and other nations as a means to quickly scale up grain storage capacity in Ukraine.

Big Tech cries foul over EU cloud-security label

June 14, 2022 3:56 pm

‘Immunity requirements’ could force giants to disavow US data laws and restructure European operations.

Crypto industry fears regulatory backlash over lending crisis

June 14, 2022 3:45 pm

The meltdown of Celsius Network has rattled crypto companies already on high alert.

Biden to travel to Middle East in July, White House says

June 14, 2022 2:37 pm

The president will make stops in Israel, the West Bank and then Saudi Arabia, where he’ll seek to rebuild relations just a year after vowing to make the kingdom a “pariah.”

Apple’s privacy rules targeted by German competition watchdog

June 14, 2022 11:39 am

Regulator fears tech giant’s move to clamp down on user-tracking could have anti-competitive effects.

‘A huge lag time’: US struggles to rush cutting-edge military tech to Ukraine

June 14, 2022 11:37 am

‘Successes occur by exception, not by rule,’ one DoD official said.

Commentary

Ukraine: Time for the West to make up its mind

June 14, 2022 4:03 am

The indecision of its allies could doom the country to a long war of attrition that’s to Russia’s advantage. 

US Capitol riots panel makes case election fraud claims were Trump vs. ‘Team Normal’

June 13, 2022 7:58 pm

The January 6 select panel’s second day of public hearings on Monday focused on the former president’s promotion of his false fraud claims.

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