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Reuters: Merkel to hang on as active caretaker

After 16 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel is not seeking re-election in Germany’s Sept. 26 election, but she is anything but a lame duck. Read …
Reuters

Deutsche Welle: Angela Merkel – German chancellor in times of crisis

“Angela Merkel will be remembered as a great European stateswoman,” Francois Hollande says. “She kept the European Union together — despite the …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: EU chief executive lays out plan to make bloc more independent

STRASBOURG – The European Union’s chief executive set out plans on Sept. 15 to make the 27-nation bloc more independent in areas from defence to …
Reuters

Reuters: Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cash

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI – Afghanistan’s banks are running out of dollars, and may have to close their doors to customers unless the Taliban government …
Reuters

Reuters: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

The pace of vaccination must be quickened to avert “a pandemic of the unvaccinated”, the European Union’s chief executive Ursula von der Leyen …
Reuters

Reuters: Why Europe faces steep winter energy bills

LONDON – Households across Europe face much higher winter energy bills due to a global surge in wholesale power and gas prices and consumer groups …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: France warns Mali against Russian Wagner mercenary deal

French Defence Minister Florence Parly has warned Mali against a deal with Russian private security group Wagner amid claims the country’s military …
Al Jazeera

Reuters: EU cannot rely on soft power alone, Commission chief says

STRASBOURG – The European Union must find the political will to build forces that can intervene militarily without U.S. support, its chief executive …
Reuters

Reuters: Afghan envoy says Taliban have broken promises on rights

The Taliban have already broken their promises to safeguard women and protect human rights, and the international community must hold them to account, …
Reuters

CNN: Afghan women are sharing photos of dresses to protest the hijab mandate

Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban’s new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful …
CNN

Reuters: Donors pledge $1.1 billion for ‘collapsing’ Afghanistan

Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiraled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and …
Reuters

BBC: Taliban kill civilians in resistance stronghold

The BBC has found that at least 20 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, which has seen fighting between the Taliban and …
BBC

Agence France-Presse: study finds no need for a vaccine third jab booster

Vaccines are effective enough at preventing severe COVID-19 that there is no current need for the general population to be given third doses, …
Agence France-Presse

Washington Post: Legacy of Angela Merkel

After a decade and a half in power, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s era is coming to an end. The first German premier to leave power of her own …
Washington Post

RFE/RL: Tajikistan accepts around 100 Afghans fleeing the Taliban, but sends 100 back

Tajik authorities say they have accepted around 100 Afghan nationals from a group of more than 200 people, including many women and children, who …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Germany’s Merkel still inspires many women

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a feminist icon after 16 years in power even though the world’s most powerful woman has only belatedly …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Afghan pilots who fled to Uzbekistan begin transfer to US military base

U.S.-trained Afghan pilots who flew themselves and their family members to Uzbekistan before the Taliban takeover have begun departing the …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Financial Times: US adviser warns ‘lives at stake’ in European gas crunch

A senior US energy adviser warned that “lives are at stake” in Europe this winter as the continent approaches the season with low gas reserves and the …
Financial Times
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