When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part — a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that highlighted the special status of the polar region. ......
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France has adopted controversial reforms to New Caledonia’s voting rules, which have led to the worst unrest in the Pacific territory in more than 30 years. The administration in New Caledonia said that more than 130 people had been arrested in rioting, which began on Monday night with cars and...
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Kyiv: EU ministers on Tuesday gave their final approval to a massive overhaul aimed at tightening the bloc’s migration and asylum laws that had been years in the making. EU officials had been at pains to wrap up the migration reforms ahead of European elections scheduled for June. The issue...
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It took three years of negotiations between member states for the smoke to clear on the most thorny issue of European policy, that of immigration. The new Migration and Asylum Pact attempted to bridge the differences among member states, emphasizing solidarity and a more equitable distribution of...
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A last-ditch attempt to try to save the EU’s nature restoration laws from oblivion has been mounted by 11 member states, which are racing to get the legislation over the line in the next four weeks. In a move led by Ireland, 11 environment ministers have written to countries that have said they will...
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