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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanIn EU first, Greece set to introduce 13-hour workday
The center-right government is aiming to transform Greece's labor market into one of Europe's most βflexible.β
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Trumpβs Gaza deal wonβt end Starmerβs trouble with the left
Labour MPs hope Trump's ceasefire deal will lower the political temperature in the U.K.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Top German MPs call to lift weapons export ban on Israel
Germany partially suspended arms exports to Israel in August.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:French PM backs freezing Macron's pension reform to save government
The changes, which raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, were seen as signature reforms in Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:EU plans to join stiff G7 response to 'unjustified' Chinese controls on rare earths
The EU is working with G7 partners on acoordinatedresponseto Chinaβs βunjustifiedβ new restrictions on rare earth exports, the blocβs trade chief said on Tuesday.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:What role can Europe play in Trump's peace plan?
Sidelined by the US, Europeans are determined to play a leading role in shaping the future of Gaza. However, without a place in Trump's Board of Peace, can they do more than offer aid?
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:India's cough syrup tragedy shows huge drug safety gaps
The poisoning of children in Madhya Pradesh state has sparked urgent calls to reform India's massive pharmaceutical industry, which produces most of the world's vaccines and a large share of its generic medications.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Cape Verde celebrates historic first World Cup qualification
The Atlantic island nation erupted with joy after its historic 3β0 home win over Eswatini secured a berth in football's 2026 World Cup across North America.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Russia blasts βfreaksβ at Time magazine over cover that Trump hated
βOnly unhealthy people" could have chosen the photo Time used, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova fumes.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Can the UK lead Gaza's reconstruction?
The UK has quietly assembled major global funds and allies for a three-day conference to discuss a way forward for Gaza's reconstruction, but how beneficial could the talks be without the key players in the ceasefire?
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:France: PM Lecornu backs suspending Macron's pension reform
Sebastien Lecornu said he will freeze France's retirement age at 62, below most comparable countries, until 2027's election. This would leave President Macron unable to implement what he considers a core economic reform.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Police clash with protesters as huge strike rocks Brussels
Tens of thousands came to the Belgian capital to march against austerity measures and other controversial government policies.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Iran jails 2 French citizens on 'spying' charges
Iranian state media reported that they received lengthy first-instance jail sentences, without naming them. The only two French nationals known to be held in Iran, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, were detained in 2022.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Madagascar protests: Army takes charge after president flees
"We have taken the power," Colonel Michael Randrianirina said in a national broadcast. President Rajoelina had fled the country after protests escalated over the weekend.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Macron finally admits he (maybe) got it wrong on pensions
The French president makes a desperate bid to save his fragile latest government.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Germany: Body of missing boy Fabian found in forest
Police say they suspect a crime has taken place after the discovery of a body thought to be an eight-year-old boy missing since Friday. The discovery came after days of searches around his hometown in northern Germany.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:For affordable and sustainable energy, go local
Energy Citiesβ latest EU Tracker shows the persistent gap between the transformative potential of local heating and cooling plans β and the lack of national backing for local authorities.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:National strike by Belgium's big unions hits public transport, airports and ships
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Brussels over government reforms and spending cuts.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Can the West really influence Africa's democracies?
As Africa faces democratic setbacks and Western aid dries up, some argue the West's influence was never as strong as assumed. Is it time to rethink who really shapes democracy on the continent?
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Gen Z protests: Why are Asia's youth so angry?
Young people across South and Southeast Asia have grown up online, frustrated and impatient with their leaders. As jobs dry up and inequality widens, their protests are shaking even the most entrenched political systems.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:EU fines Gucci, Chloe, Loewe for price fixing
The European Commission has said the three luxury brands conspired to maintain inflated prices by strongarming retailers on pricing. The practice is a breach of EU competition rules and hurts consumers.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:China decries Netherlands takeover of Wingtech subsidiary
A state-backed semiconductor association says it "firmly opposes" the Netherlands taking control of a European subsidiary of Chinese chip company Wingtech. The Dutch cited national security and availability concerns.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Israeli gymnasts excluded from worlds after CAS rejects appeals
Israel has failed in its attempt to get the Court of Arbitration for Sport to force Indonesia to allow its athletes to participate in the world artistic gymnastics championships.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Humanitarian trucks into Gaza to be reduced, Israel tells UN
Reuters reported that Israeli authorities notified the UN that it would allow 300 trucks to enter Gaza, half the agreed number, from Wednesday. Plus, President Trump urges Hamas to return the bodies of dead hostages.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:A steel deal with Trump could undermine the EU's trade standing
TheEU's newrules on steel imports are anotherattemptby Ursula von der Leyenβs commissionto bind the EU to Donald Trumpβs United States. But that will have a knock-on effect on the EUβs trade relations with others.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Listen: EU ministers discuss mutual deportations as new migration fix
European interior ministers met in Luxembourg this week, with the meeting continuing today to discuss how to better manage migration, or at least how to convince voters that theyβre doing so. At the centre of the talks is a proposal that would make deportation orders issued by one EU country automatically recognised by all others.But how would that actually work, and could it be the fix for the EUβs migration system?
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Dorothee Elmiger wins 2025 German Book Prize
Already praised as one of the most promising young Swiss writers, Elmiger offers with "The Dutch Women" a nightmarish literary expedition into the heart of the jungle.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The Philippines: Frankfurt Book Fair's guest of honor
As the Southeast Asian country is featured at the book fair, here's a look at three of the Philippines' most important literary voices.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Blast kills three police officers trying to evict siblings from house in Italy
Gas canisters were set off when the carabinieri entered the property near Verona in northern Italy.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The VΓ‘rhelyi affair: When an EU member state spies on Brussels
The VΓ‘rhelyi spying allegations pose a question the European Union has never had to answer so starkly: what happens when a member state treats the institutions it helped create not as a common project, but as hostile territory to be infiltrated and undermined? asks Alberto Alemanno.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:EU delays 'chat control' law over privacy concerns
A proposed EU law designed to scan online communication to keep kids safe from online sexual predators has been shelved over worries it could undermine fundamental privacy rights.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:SpaceX completes 11th Starship test flight
This is the last flight before SpaceX begins test-launching an upgraded version of the rocket better suited for longer space missions.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Meta and Google stop political ads, hurting research on EU
Political researchers have raised concerns their work would be affected due to Meta and Google's decision to cease their official ad services β a move responding to new EU regulations.
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:The idea of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine β explained
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has pledged 10m to support the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.But what exactly would such a tribunal mean in practice βand what are the difficulties?
Published on: October 14, 2025 | Source:Trump says he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
Zelensky, due to visit Washington this week, wants long-range missiles to hit back at Russia - and Donald Trump says he may send Tomahawks.
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