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Moldova, fearing Russia, wants to join EU ‘as soon as possible’
Moldova wants EU membership “as soon as possible” as protection against a threat from Russia and hopes for a decision to start negotiations “in the next months,” President Maia Sandu said in an interview.
The small nation of 2.6 million…
EU considers alignment on China passengers as COVID cases surge
European Union nations will try to build a coordinated approach to incoming airline passengers from China as the world’s most populous country is hit by a wave of COVID-19 infections and as several EU member nations announced individual…
Ukraine plans evacuations in 2 stricken cities as temperatures plunge
The Ukrainian government is preparing to help evacuate residents from two cities where shattered electricity and heating infrastructure has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis when winter sets in, officials said over the weekend.
But…
Theft is on the rise in UK stores as cost-of-living crisis grows
The bright yellow security labels and products boxed up in hard-to-conceal packaging on Britain’s supermarket shelves have a story to tell: theft is on the rise along with the soaring cost of living.
Incidents of shoplifting in the UK…
Biden has unscheduled meet with Erdogan
President Joe Biden had a brief, unannounced meeting on Tuesday with Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to Turkish media and the country’s government.
The two men met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in…
COP27: Rishi Sunak urges global push on ‘clean growth’
The fight against climate change can become "a global mission for new jobs and clean growth", Rishi Sunak will tell world leaders at the COP27 summit.
The prime minister will also say it is essential nations stick to…
Media Brief – Role of Agric Inputs in Food Security
Executive committee and membership of Croplife Sri Lanka, in partnership with industry
professionals and subject experts at local and global arena organized an interactive gathering
themed with "Role of Agric Inputs in Food Security". The…
Imran Khan marches for early Pakistan polls as legal woes mount
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan continued his march to the capital Islamabad to push for early elections even as his legal troubles could threaten to derail his political career.
Khan has vowed to reach Islamabad by Friday…
G7 to hold emergency summit after Russia’s massive attack on Ukraine
Leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to hold an emergency summit online on Tuesday, a day after Russia unleashed one of its largest missile strikes on Ukraine since its invasion in late February.
Ukrainian…
Battered by floods and trapped in debt, Pakistani farmers struggle to survive
There are millions of farmworkers whose fields were submerged by the record-shattering floods that have swept across Pakistan. In the hardest-hit regions, where the floods drowned entire villages, authorities have warned that the floodwater…