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An Italian judge has found a security decree is "not applicable" in the case of rescues, meaning Sea Watch skipper Carola Rackete is free to go
World
07.08.2024
Italian judge says German migrant rescue captain free to go
Scott Warren, a 36-year-old geography teacher and long-time volunteer with the humanitarian group No More Deaths, faced 20 years in prison for aiding two Central American migrants, but a judge declared a mistrial
World
07.08.2024
US aid worker who helped migrants faces retrial but offered deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for European nations to follow the US lead and impose sanctions against Iran
World
07.08.2024
Iran trying to 'blackmail' world by violating nuclear deal: Netanyahu
United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard delivers her report in June 2019 on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
World
07.08.2024
Reconsider Saudi G20 after Khashoggi killing, UN expert says
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Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo says a trade pact between the EU and South American companies is spurring interest in other potential international trade agreements
World 07.08.2024
Brazil sees more trade deals for S. America bloc in 2019
Kingfisher beer owner Mallya left India in 2016 owing more than $1 billion (885 million euros) after defaulting on loan payments to a state-owned bank and allegedly misusing the funds
World 07.08.2024
Indian tycoon wins legal bid to appeal extradition from UK
Charles Michel will take the EU Council presidency after a stellar career in Belgium which saw him become a minister at 25 and prime minister at 38
World 07.08.2024
Charles Michel, Belgium's compromise craftsman
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will accomplish another first, as she takes over the helm of the European Central Bank
World 07.08.2024
Christine Lagarde continues to break glass ceilings
Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has been nominated as the European Union's next top diplomat
World 07.08.2024
Outspoken Borrell nominated for EU foreign policy chief
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has emerged as a surprise candidate for the powerful job of European Commission chief
World 07.08.2024
Ursula von der Leyen: Merkel loyalist, mother of seven
Austria's parliament has taken heed
World 07.08.2024
Austrian parliament approves total glyphosate ban
Ukraine's snap parliamentary polls were called by the country's recently-elected President Volodymyr Zelensky in a controversial move aimed at replacing lawmakers who he says no longer enjoy public support
World 07.08.2024
Ukraine says European observers not welcome at July polls
The French heatwave from June 26-28 was four degrees Celsius warmer than an equally rare heatwave would have been in 1900, scientists say
World 07.08.2024
Climate change made French heatwave 'more likely' in hottest June ever
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