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German machinery exports to India rise 11% as firms look beyond China

October 9, 2026 admin

VDMA president Bertram Kawlath | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement India is emerging as a strategic partner for German and European mechanical and plant engineering industry, driven by rising demand, investment opportunities and efforts to diversify supply chains away from China, according to the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). German machinery exports to India rose 11% to…

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Denmark inaugurates CO2 storage facility in North Sea

September 18, 2026 admin

INEOS opens the first full-scale CO2 storage facility in the EU. Photo coutesy: www.ineos.com | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Energy group INEOS announced on Friday (September 18, 2026) that its Greensand carbon capture and storage (CCS) project had begun storing carbon dioxide under the seabed beneath an old oil-platform in the North Sea. “Today, Greensand…

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UN rights chief troubled by new EU migrant return rules

June 20, 2026 admin

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File picture | Photo Credit: AP The UN rights chief said on Saturday (June 20, 202he deeply regretted the European Union’s new migration rules, which allow much broader detention powers and the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. The rules, approved on Wednesday (June 17, 2026),…

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI faces backlash from UK, EU, India, and Malaysia over sexualised deepfakes

January 7, 2026 admin

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualised images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool. On Tuesday, Britain’s top technology official demanded that Musk’s social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker cited it…

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Russia accuses NATO, EU of waging ‘real war’ on it via Ukraine

September 25, 2025 admin

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a signing ceremony of cooperation agreements between Nicaragua and Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine, in Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s top diplomat accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to declare a “real war” against his country in a speech at the United…

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France To Germany To Belgium, EU Is Withering Away

December 9, 2024 admin

France is without a government or an annual budget. Germany, the supposed anchor of European stability, is being run by a caretaker administration. Poland, meanwhile, has temporarily suspended the right to asylum, a cornerstone of European values, in a “bold new migration strategy” that looks more like a move that undermines the European Union ideals….

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Meta Forms Teams To Combat Disinformation, AI Abuse In EU Parliament Polls

February 26, 2024 admin

Meta currently works with 26 Independent fact-checking organisations across the EU Brussels: Facebook owner Meta will set up a team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of generative artificial intelligence in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June amid concerns about election interference and misleading AI-generated content. The rapid growth of generative AI, which…

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Deal to force multinational companies to pay 15% minimum tax is marred by loopholes: EU Tax Observatory

October 25, 2023 admin

An ambitious 2021 agreement by more than 140 countries and territories to weed out tax havens and force multinational corporations to pay a minimum tax has been weakened by loopholes and will raise only a fraction of the revenue that was envisioned, a tax watchdog backed by the European Union (EU) has warned. The landmark…

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EU Not In Hurry To Sign Trade Deal With India

August 27, 2023August 27, 2023 admin

European Union official said in the EU, its “substance” matters more than a deadline. (Representational) New Delhi: The signing of the free trade agreement between India and Europe might take a while as a senior European Union official said in the EU, its “substance” matters more than a deadline and further discussion is needed. Speaking…

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