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MEPs back Russia fertiliser crackdown, sidelining Orbรกn

MEPs have agreed sanctions-like tariffs on Russian fertiliser, but one lawmaker says trade measures aren't an effective workaround for Hungary's veto in the EU Council.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

Restaurantโ€ฏreview: Berlaymont canteen

Sizable meals at reasonable prices in Brussels' gossip heartland.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Remittance Taxes Emerge as Weapon Against Undocumented Immigrants

Republican lawmakers are preparing bills to tax remittances to the United States. Remittance taxes are emerging as another Republican tool against undocumented immigrants, with at least two proposed bills that could have catastrophic consequences for Latin American countries. RELATED: UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Tรผrk Maintains a Complicit Silence: FM Gil The โ€œBig, Beautiful Bill,โ€ [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Grand Kornhill Cinema becomes latest movie theatre to close in Hong Kong

Venue located in Kornhill Plaza South in Quarry Bay and operating as part of MCL chain will shut on May 28.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Why are scammers still thriving in Southeast Asia?

Despite recent crackdowns across Southeast Asia, online scammer syndicates continue to gain power and influence in the region. The UN is attempting to build a united front against cross-border criminal networks.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Russia may use military force to protect shadow fleet, Estonia warns

Moscow is using ageing vessels in an effort to dodge international sanctions on its oil exports.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

YouTube will start playing ads at โ€˜peakโ€™ video moments using new artificial intelligence tool

The initiative is YouTubeโ€™s latest foray into using AI to maximise advertising potential.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Beijingโ€™s bid to entice researchers home, visa-free policy expanded: SCMP daily highlights

From Chinaโ€™s recruitment drive for researchers to the worldโ€™s first supercomputer in orbit, hereโ€™s a round-up from todayโ€™s coverage.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Syria: US Lifting Sanctions Will Bolster Rights, Recovery

Click to expand Image Syrians celebrate in Umayyad Square after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to ease sanctions on Syria in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. 2025 AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki (Washington, DC) โ€“ US President Donald Trumpโ€™s announcement that theUnited States will remove longstanding sanctions onSyria is a critical step toward improving Syriansโ€™ access to fundamental economic rights and...

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Higher Education and Authoritarianism: Lessons From Afghanistan for the US

While the U.S. governmentโ€™s recent attacks on higher education may look much different from the Talibanโ€™s, there are some parallels and useful lessons.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

Trump says he doesn't want Apple building products in India: 'I had a little problem with Tim Cook'

Apple has been ramping up production in India with the aim of making around 25% of global iPhones in the country in the next few years.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Dengue and chikungunya risk becoming endemic in Europe as mosquitoes head north

Climate change is driving outbreaks of tropical diseases across the continent.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

DeepSeekโ€™s popularity waning as Kuaishou gains in video generation, AI platform Poe finds

Only 3 per cent of queries on the Quora-owned platform went to DeepSeek-R1 by the end of April, down from a peak of 7 per cent in February.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Chinaโ€™s trade stand pays off but more clashes with US to come, analysts warn

Beijing should not harbour any illusions after early win, with sticking points and structural issues still to deal with.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Uzbekistanโ€™s modernist revival: โ€˜A Matter of Radianceโ€™ at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

Uzbekistan presents its modernist architectural legacy at the Venice Biennale, with a focus on one of the worldโ€™s largest solar furnaces and the future of sustainable design.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked

The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment. Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University, has the unfortunate distinction of being part of two federal grants canceled in the last month that deal with the [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Inside Climate News favicon Inside Climate News

Ukraine peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

โ€˜We canโ€™t be running around the world looking for Putin,โ€™ Zelensky said after meeting Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenyaโ€™s carbon market ambitions

Two of Kenyaโ€™s biggest carbon credit projects are mired in controversy, clouding the country's hopes of raising climate finance from the offset market The post Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenyaโ€™s carbon market ambitions appeared first on Climate Home News.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Climate Home News favicon Climate Home News

UK in talks with multiple countries over asylum seeker 'return hubs', PM Starmer reveals

During his first official visit to Albania on Thursday, the British prime minister said the UK was in talks to set up "return hubs" with "a number of countries".

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Girls with healthier diets tend to get their first periods later, researchers say

Early menstruation has been linked to health issues later in life, making the time around puberty important for long-term well-being, researchers said.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Spain identifies power failure 'ground zero' as search for Iberian blackout cause continues

The government is rigorously investigating the incident that saw Spain and Portugal grind to a halt in late April, the Spanish energy minister said.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Why China-US Trade Talks May Not Lead to a Comprehensive Deal

If the U.S. pressures China to free-float the yuan, increase market access, and go for full capital account convertibility, a trade deal is unlikely.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

US urged to โ€˜meet China halfwayโ€™ as envoy Perdue arrives in Beijing amid trade truce

Trump ally David Perdue faces โ€˜complicated and urgentโ€™ tasks as he assumes post as American ambassador to China, analysts say.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Largest China-Russia Land Port Reinvents Itself as Industrial Hub

Manzhouli will include a chemical industrial cluster within the import-export resource processing park. In the quiet hours of the morning, freight trains rumbled through Manzhouli, carrying a steady flow of agricultural products and timber from Russia to this border city in north Chinaโ€™s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. RELATED: Putin Thanks Brazil and China for Backing [โ€ฆ]

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Why doesn't the EU recognise the anniversary of the Nakba?

The 15 May marks the forced expulsion and displacement of 700,000 thousand Palestinians during the conflict that created the State of Israel in 1948. Not that you would know that from the EU.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

UK to allow foreign states to own 15% stake in British newspapers

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the move would allow media outlets to seek investment while limiting the risk of outside influence.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Gambia probes sale of ex-leader's luxury cars, cows and boats

An investigative report says some state officials sold Jammeh's assets to themselves at low prices.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: BBC Africa favicon BBC Africa

US Naval Academy students scale greased monument in annual tradition

Freshmen at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis tackled the slippery Herndon Monument on Wednesday, marking the end of their gruelling first year, known as โ€œplebe year.โ€

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Dutch competition agency launches two probes under EU Digital Markets Actย 

The findings will be shared with the European Commission which has enforcement powers under the Digital Markets Act.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

History repeating: Which country is most likely to win this year's Eurovision?

New data analysed the typical Eurovision winner between 1956 and 2024 ahead of the Grand Final in Basel, Switzerland.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy slams Putin's absence in Turkey

The Ukrainian president has called Russia's low-level delegation sent to peace talks in Turkey merely "decorative." He had challenged Russia's leader to meet him in person to talk about ending the war.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

India disputes Trump claim it is ready to charge US 'no tariffs'

India's foreign minister countered Trump saying "nothing is decided till everything is".

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: BBC Asia favicon BBC Asia

โ€˜Where conflict, poverty and climate collideโ€™: Number of internally displaced people tops 80 million

With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, hereโ€™s what experts say is needed to support them.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

President Xi sends a message to Danish businesses ahead of China visit by foreign minister

First such letter to a foreign business community since 2021 shows how China is trying to expand its circle of friends amid a trade-war truce with the United States.

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Sudden escalation of trade tensions sends shockwaves through global economy

Amid escalating trade tensions and growing policy uncertainties, the global economy stands at a fragile turning point, according to a new report on Thursday from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).

Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News