Tag: Europe

FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 | Will Argentina or Morocco buck the European push?

July 8, 2026 admin

The World Cup began as a sprawl — 48 teams, three host nations, heat, distance, noise and the promise that football’s centre of gravity might tilt somewhere unexpected. Two knockout rounds later, Europe has placed six teams in the quarterfinals, with Argentina and Morocco the only survivors from outside the continent. European nations — Spain…

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Europe swelters under record-breaking heatwave

June 24, 2026 admin

Europe struggled to cope with a record-breaking heatwave on Wednesday (June 24, 2026), with at least 94 million people expected to experience temperatures above 35C, most of them in France and Spain. AFP estimates based on analysis of forecasts from the German weather service and 2025 population projections from Europe’s Joint Research Centre suggest maximum…

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EU sanctions officials over deportation of Ukrainian children

May 11, 2026 admin

Latvia’s Foreign Minister Baiba Braže, speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at the European Council building in Brussels on May 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The European Union on Monday (May 11, 2026) imposed sanctions on 16 officials accused of helping Russia to abduct tens of…

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Trump’s Blunt ‘No’ To Europe Can Change Everything

February 18, 2025 admin

It’s a new phase in the Ukraine war as the Trump administration moves to hold talks with Russia without the presence of Ukraine or Europe. The Saudis will be in the mediating role, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Trump’s Middle East special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, all…

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Is Trump justified in asking EU to buy more oil and gas from the U.S.?

January 22, 2025 admin

In July 2024, the EU sourced close to 15% of its crude oil from the U.S | Photo Credit: Peter Boer U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on many countries if they do not fulfil certain conditions. In November last year, he said he would impose sweeping tariffs on imports from Canada, China,…

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The Medieval Monarchies That Survive In Our Midst

December 25, 2024 admin

Continental Europe is home to four microstates with populations of between 30,000 and 80,000 people: Andorra, on the border between France and Spain; Liechtenstein, nestled between Switzerland and Austria; Monaco, which sits on the French Riviera; and San Marino, which is surrounded by northern Italy. These states have existed since the medieval period and their…

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New XEC Covid Variant Spreads To 27 Countries, Here’s What We Know So Far

September 18, 2024 admin

So far, 500 samples from 27 countries have been found to contain XEC. Scientists have warned that a “more contagious” variant of Covid-19, dubbed XEC, is spreading more rapidly across Europe and could soon become the dominant strain. According to the BBC, the new variant was first identified in Germany in June, and since then,…

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Condom Use Among European Teens “Worryingly” Declining: WHO

August 29, 2024 admin

The report also showed that teens from low-income families were more likely to not use a condom. Copenhagen: Condom use among sexually active teens has declined significantly in Europe over the past decade, with rates of unprotected sex “worryingly high”, the World Health Organization said Thursday. “This is putting young people at significant risk of…

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Modi In Ukraine, And The Realism We Are Missing

August 24, 2024 admin

The Russia-Ukraine war started exactly two years ago. The very next day, on February 25, 2022, India abstained from voting on a draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council. In the course of the ongoing war, New Delhi has been abstaining from taking clear sides, much to the chagrin of establishments in both the…

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Modi In Ukraine, And The Realism We Are Missing

August 24, 2024 admin

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